10-24-2010, 09:00 AM
Gene0122 came down from Madisonville this AM to fish with the old Drumking. We launched the boat around 8:00 or so and started fishing on the bluff. We caught 2 nice crappie right off the bat and we thought that this would be a very good day. Well, it was eventually, but catching the fish was like pulling teeth until 11:05 AM when they suddenly turned on like gangbusters. My Casio fishing time watch gave the peak of the major movement this AM to be 10:50. Cheap thing. I need to buy a more accurate watch, I guess. emoBig
The fish slowed down a bunch around 12:30 to 12:45, so we moved. (We were fishing a dock by that time.)<br /><br />We hit a couple more docks and caught a few more stragglers and called it a day at 2:00 pm. We fished with 1/32 oz jigheads and Gene experimented with different colors while I was raking the fish in on bg slab slayers and 2&quot; minnows in the ghost color with a tail light. After about 15 minutes of throwing 1 color without any luck, Gene finally put on a ghost lure and caught fish on two consecutive casts. I have told people on the forum for several years now not to fall in love with a certain lure or color, but I&#39;m about to violate my own sayings. Gene more than held his own once he started throwing the right lure. <br /><br /> emoBig <br /><br />We saw Labman motoring up the river today and gave him a call on the phone to see what he was doing. Must have been a big secret cause he didn&#39;t tell us anything. emoPoke JK, <br /><br />We released all fish today and our totals were 48 crappie, 1 smallmouth, 1 spotted bass, 1 white bass, 1 yellow bass, and 2 bluegills. I&#39;m glad that the fish finally decided to bite today. I was getting embarassed taking Gene to all these good docks, bluffs, and stuff and only catching a straggler or two. When the fish turned on, the count was about 6, but outside of the feeding period, it took about 17 seconds to get a bite. Fish were deep then.<br /><br />I enjoyed the fellowship today, Gene. We can probably do this again someday. Perhaps even on Tellico.
The fish slowed down a bunch around 12:30 to 12:45, so we moved. (We were fishing a dock by that time.)<br /><br />We hit a couple more docks and caught a few more stragglers and called it a day at 2:00 pm. We fished with 1/32 oz jigheads and Gene experimented with different colors while I was raking the fish in on bg slab slayers and 2&quot; minnows in the ghost color with a tail light. After about 15 minutes of throwing 1 color without any luck, Gene finally put on a ghost lure and caught fish on two consecutive casts. I have told people on the forum for several years now not to fall in love with a certain lure or color, but I&#39;m about to violate my own sayings. Gene more than held his own once he started throwing the right lure. <br /><br /> emoBig <br /><br />We saw Labman motoring up the river today and gave him a call on the phone to see what he was doing. Must have been a big secret cause he didn&#39;t tell us anything. emoPoke JK, <br /><br />We released all fish today and our totals were 48 crappie, 1 smallmouth, 1 spotted bass, 1 white bass, 1 yellow bass, and 2 bluegills. I&#39;m glad that the fish finally decided to bite today. I was getting embarassed taking Gene to all these good docks, bluffs, and stuff and only catching a straggler or two. When the fish turned on, the count was about 6, but outside of the feeding period, it took about 17 seconds to get a bite. Fish were deep then.<br /><br />I enjoyed the fellowship today, Gene. We can probably do this again someday. Perhaps even on Tellico.