April 17H

[techo]

Shell (AKA Mrs techo) and I signed up for anothe AIA Tournament. They sure do like us there. We always pitch in the entry fee and are not much of a threat. We like them too though as they are pretty friendly folk.

Shell cut her hand in the kitchen yesterday, so I was a bit concerned about her being able to fish. She did outstanding. A friend had given me a heads up on a pattern and it turned out to spot on. We only weighed four fish at 9.5ish pounds, but we caught a lot of fish. We fished top water all day long. Shell wore out the red fin. I fished top water too, but the guy that told me about it can chime in if he wants to share the bait.

Shell think she caught 16 and I caught a few more. I did catch two on the spinner bait in an attempt to get a bit larger.This morning they were in about eight feet of water forus and we caught our last keeper about 2ish in 20 feet of water.

The trolling motor quit working for us. I wiggled a bunch of unknown wires under the dash and had it going again for a while, but it stopped part way through the day. I couldn't find anything disconnected or obviously loose.

The weather was perfect and the fishing was awesome. We caught some little small mouth that wanted to beat us up. I hooked the first one and yelled at Shell to get the net, but it was only 12 inches long.

There were great bags today with one being 22.36 and another 22.4. Talk about close!

Overall we didnt get the size we needed, but this is one of the best days ever spent with one of the best people I know!

[techo]

I tried to attach a couple of more pics, but slow going.

[dtrs5kprs]

Any day they will eat the fin all day is a good one. Great to hear it.

[snakem]

I tried to attach a couple of more pics, but slow going.

Techo ,now u have stirred up my better half with that red fin report. Good job.

Snakem Out.

[Gone Fishing]

Techo, glad to see you and the miss's had a good day of fishing. You still beat me on your best weight. I fished from Shell Knob to Big M (7:30 to 12:30) and caught alot of fish as I assume everyone did. I did not have much size. I got to laughing when I got home I had 10 different rods and setups on the front deck with all of them catching fish. I just had trouble catching the big ones.

[champ187xr6]

Techo..Sounds like a great day. Nothing like time on the water with family and friends and catching a few is the icing on the cake.

[captmac]

Good report and really appreciate the loyalty to the informant as to the pattern and bait. Hope yo uhave a great day!

[CaptainJoe]

Good job, Techo. Thanks for the report. Love them redfins.

[getfished]

Nice report and pics ! I'll be down in a day or two and I can't wait to get on the water. Keep those reports coming.

[Whack'emGood]

Sounds like a pretty good day on the water to me. Thanks for sharing the info.

Way to go T and Mrs. T.

Whack'em