jdmidwest Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 One bass of the day and it had to be this ole gal. 20" and full of eggs. Scaled at 5.0 and released in good shape. Fishing was tough. Pickwick Lake was choppy with big rollers. We tried it for a while and got tired soon. Went down to the river below and started catching Skip Jacks and White Bass on crankbaits. We had been messing with them all afternoon and then I hit this gal. At first, I was thinking the first drum of the day. But she was tugging hard and my net man got ready. She broke the top and the rest is history. nomolites, Daryk Campbell Sr, gurzik and 21 others 24 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 That’s fatty! Good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 That's a hog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Very nice JD. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRRANGER Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Beautiful smallie, that's a toad for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Its an excellent fishery for sure. I really love the spring and fall there. Been going there for several years on Easter weekend. Bass are either on in the lake or white bass are running in the river. The skipjacks are just fun to catch. Talking to a guy at the dam on Saturday, they are worth $5 a piece for the big ones and you can keep 100. Many buckets were being pulled out. We tossed all of ours back. BilletHead, Jerry Rapp, snagged in outlet 3 and 2 others 5 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: The skipjacks are just fun to catch. Talking to a guy at the dam on Saturday, they are worth $5 a piece for the big ones and you can keep 100. Many buckets were being pulled out. We tossed all of ours back. I bet the oily things are going to the catfish guys. I know fish like that are coveted by the cat fishermen below Truman dam. Daryk Campbell Sr and nomolites 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 Yep. Tennessee River is still the king of the Catfish. Amazing what you can catch if you try for them there. We hit a bunch on tubes one time, all 4-5 lb fish working a bluff area. We tired of catching them and pulled off. Could not catch a bass because we kept hitting the catfish. We could sit on the dock of a summer nite in 30' deep cove and chunk livers, catch a mess in an hour. snagged in outlet 3 and Jerry Rapp 2 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Now that’s a smallie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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