Bass Boat Central Southern Rally VIII - Pickwick

Just spent part of last Thursday, all day Friday and most of the day Saturday (March 15-17) attending the BBC Southern Rally VIII at Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL.

Jim (Reel Doc) and I fished pretty hard but with less than stellar results - we caught fish but it was a mixed bag with only 2-keeper LM.  We caught quite a few Stripers...Jim is holding one in the picture.

I had a chance to throw the A-Rig for the first time and caught several Stripers on it as well as a nice SM. Throwing it is hard on the shoulder but it retrieved easily.

It was nice to meet some of the BBC guys and I enjoyed the fishing.

Center Hill Lake - Tue 3-13-12

My 13-year old Grand Daughter is visiting this week so we had a little fishing trip this afternoon.  Three hours on the water, and sadly, she didn't even get a hit.  The only fish was this nice 4lb. 13oz. Small Mouth I caught on a Stan Sloan Zorro Football Head Jig, 3/4-oz, Green Pumpkin with Zoom Super Chunk in Green Pumpkin.  Hope we can get away tomorrow for a little while and see if she can't get hooked-up.

Caught a GREAT ONE yesterday - 8.9#

No!  Not a bass - my newest grand daughter was born yesterday morning.  Meet Miss Camryn, 8.9# and 20" long.  She is my 11th grand child although I have 2-more "bonus" grand kids from a marriage, making Camryn a total of 13!  What a blessing and what a beautiful baby.  Baby and Daughter in law are great and I was told this morning, the baby slept well through her first night.  I couldn't be more thankful or proud!