Clay Goforth 74 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 My dad and I went on our annual spring weekend fishing trip on the White River. The trip always coincides with the Shawnee/Supreme tournament, which was on Saturday. We fished the catch and release area above State Park on Friday and had a great time fishing the 1 unit of water. We put on the water at 1 in the afternoon and just had a blast. We boated around 60 fish by 5:30, including a 20" brown. We also caught some beautiful rainbows. Nothing big but the colors on these fish were spectacular. The hot color was a black and olive 1/16oz jig. On Saturday, we fished the Tournament, launching at 7am from Wildcat Shoals with 2 units of water running. We found fish immediately, courtesy of a trip I took to the river a few weeks ago. The first fish landed was on the first cast and was a 19" brown...Not the minimum 24" inches but a fun fight nonetheless. We caught our four rainbows and put them in the livewell and started hunting big fish. We found some nice fish, the nicest a 22" brown my dad caught. 2" shy of an $1,100 payout for big fish!!!! On our other fish, they again had some beautiful color. Our four rainbows for the day scored us 4th place in the tournament anyway, which I was pleased with considering there were 70 boats on the water. We had a wonderful time and Paula Flippin with the Cotter Chamber does an awesome job putting on this event. Today, we went back to the catch and release area below the dam because they were generating three units of water, which is incredible fishing for the area. And it did not disappoint. The fish were not as plentiful but they were QUALITY. We caught 18" rainbow after 18" rainbow. I even landed these two 20" plus rainbows, the first was 20" and the second was a FAT 22" fish. The 22" fish was a fighter. A true slab of a fish... I also got some other cool underwater pictures of fish that you guys might like so I included them here. laker67 1 Quote Clay Goforth=4px> Trophy Anglers Guild www.TrophyAnglersGuild.com "Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul." - Democritus Link to post Share on other sites
grizwilson 813 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Excellent! Quote “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein Link to post Share on other sites
Members Ccox1982 49 Posted March 30, 2015 Members Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I love fishing below the darn when they got 3-4 units rolling. Seem to always catch some good quality fish. U guys caught some good looking fish. Great report and photos. Thought the underwater pics were pretty neat. Clay Goforth 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terrierman 4,551 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Nice report Clay. Love that river too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joeD 868 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Three words: Mmm Mmm Mmmh! Clay Goforth 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plastic_worm 538 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Awesome!! Quote YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5T_lKUH3gVkxSraJWUVzoQ FB - https://www.facebook.com/looknfishy Blog - http://looknfishy.blogspot.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/looknfishy/ Link to post Share on other sites
Members JD Dudley 19 Posted April 1, 2015 Members Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Whew, I bet you got pretty cold going under the water to take those pictures... now that's dedication! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clay Goforth 74 Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Whew, I bet you got pretty cold going under the water to take those pictures... now that's dedication! You're an idiot. I miss your face, by the way. We need to have lunch and talk about TAG. JamiePatterson 1 Quote Clay Goforth=4px> Trophy Anglers Guild www.TrophyAnglersGuild.com "Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul." - Democritus Link to post Share on other sites
joeD 868 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 One has to brew beer with a beard like that. Add selvage jeans, Red Wing boots, wool lumberjack shirt from Pendleton....Bingo! More cowbell! Clay Goforth 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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