Clay Goforth Posted March 30, 2015 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 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
grizwilson Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Excellent! “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
Members Ccox1982 Posted March 30, 2015 Members 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
Plastic_worm Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Awesome!! 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/
Members JD Dudley Posted April 1, 2015 Members Posted April 1, 2015 Whew, I bet you got pretty cold going under the water to take those pictures... now that's dedication!
Clay Goforth Posted April 1, 2015 Author 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 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
joeD Posted April 4, 2015 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
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