Another Short Wade With "the Chief"

[Buzz]

.......Or so the saying goes. Anyway, I get this phone call while I'm walking the dog, it's Chief Grey Bear, he asks, "What are you doing?" So, I tell him "I'm trying to figure out where to go and wade fish on Shoal Creek". He tells me, "I was thinking the same thing". Within a couple of minutes we had decided on a place to try that we hadn't hit in quite a while.

After we got rigged up we headed upstream. The creek is in great shape, clear but still a little cold. The first thing I commented on was the over abundance of moss. This is something that we haven't seen on this creek in a very long time. The last couple of years it has been a very small nuisance, but this year it is a huge issue.

We fished fast water without a taker, no smallmouth today!!! As we moved upstream to a wider deeper spot with some downed trees against the banks we started chunking jigs. I had the first hook-up, a really nice largemouth. Chief held the fish while I took the pic with my cellphone, since I forgot to check my batteries in my camera. Thanks Chief.

A little while later I caught a short Kentucky and that was it for me.

Chief wasn't left out, he caught a nice largemouth out of a deep fast hole on a Rapalla.

We worked or way back to the vehicles with no more bites. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes right after a cold front and the north wind is howling.

Three bites and three fish.

[Wheatenheimer]

Wow! That is one heckuva nice fish Buzz! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to fishing with you guys again real soon!

Kevin

[Chief Grey Bear]

You're right Wheatie, it is a nice fish. Just as fat and healthy as it could be.

It was great to get out and stretch the the old bones. I hadn't really fished in the last few weeks and though we only fished for a couple of hours, it sure did stoke the fever.

Give us a holler when you want to hook up, it is just about to bust wide open on the creeks!

[Buzz]

Thanks Kevin. I'm looking forward to doing some fishing with you too.

[fishinSWMO]

Nice fish guys.

I noticed quite a bit of moss also.