Shell Knob Area

[T-RockJaws]

Only got to fish out of the Shell Knob bridge for about 3 hours last night. As the storm started to roll in and the bright flashes of light in the sky got closer, we got off the water. As is usually the case, as the storm approached the bite seemed to get a little better. Makes it hard to finally say enough and head out! Started out looking for some drop shot fish on the points, but did not have much luck. Partner did have a few bites and just missed a couple on the drop shot. Then we moved up into a deep cove and started flipping some jigs into the buck brush. Had a couple of shorts hit on a PB&J jig with watermelon trailers. We also saw a couple of nice fish up in there cruising. As night (and the storm) approached, the bite seemed to heat up a little. Started throwing big worms on a bank that dropped to about 35 feet deep, but we could still reach the bank on a good cast. Had several good bites, a couple of 14 inchers and one that went 5.4 lbs on the big worm.

One thing about an evening with storms rolling in, there sure isn't much big boat traffic!!!

[smallmouth man]

Nice one friend! HAWG, GET THE NET!

[Champ188]

Nice one, indeed. One like that makes even a short worthwhile.