06-14-2009, 09:00 AM
Alan Clemons is an outdoor writer friend from Huntsville. I&#39;ve been after him to fish with me for a while. Today he and his son Wesley finally made it.<br /><br />A fun day on the water (as always). We had less than an hour of optimum generation before TVA cranked &#39;em full bore (without blowin&#39; sirens, I might add emoScratch ). We caught a good number of fish in that hour, but nothing especially big. Once generators cranked up we had to start huntin&#39; and peckin&#39; for our fish. About Noon we pulled out and went up in the lake... my first foray above the Dam this year. A few fish there... but we had to work for them as well. We probably caught about 20 fish today... biggest was 17 lbs. And Alan stuck a bonus gar... first one I&#39;ve ever had anyone catch on chicken.<br /><br />Wesley is a smart young man. After the good morning bite ended, he lounged in the bottom of the boat most of the day... only hopping up to reel in the fish me or Alan hooked. emoLaugh <br /><br />Which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day!