Thanks Giving Weekend

Our family gathered on Saturday, Nov 27th, for our Thanks Giving dinner. We met at my second daughter's house near Cookeville, TN. After lunch we took the kids to a nearby pond to fish - all but 2 of them caught fish and those 2 actually had bites but failed to connect. Issac caught 4-nice catfish out of 6-hits. Ryan caught the only bass. We all FROZE. A good day with ALL of the kids and Grand kids there!

Old Hickory with Son and Grand Son 10/2/10

About 3-weeks ago I enjoyed a day on Old Hickory with my Son and Grandson. A very nice day with high skies, warm temps and little wind. We caught fish with Spro frogs, Carolina Rigs, Jigs and flukes. The fish in the picture was almost 5#'s and of course, the largest of the day. My son caught it crawling & popping the frog in 2-ft of water over emerging weeds. Really enjoyed the day!

Center Hill Lake - Oct 9, 2010

The weather/conditions have finally made a turn on Center Hill. Went out Saturday afternoon about 2:30 PM and under high bright skies, 85-degree temperatures, water temps of 76 with a slight breeze was able to catch a nice 4.5# Largemouth, a 3# Smallmouth (should have weighed more but had a flat belly) and 2# Spot. They all came within a 100-yards of each other on a non-descript point in 8-12 ft. I was using 17# test Trilene Sensation with a piece of 17# Trilene Flourocarbon leader, a Stan Sloan Football jig (Dale Hollow Shad color) and Zoom green/gold/chartreause trailer.

I also caught a few other spots.

Old Fenwick fiberglass rods

I had fun rebuilding two old fiberglass Fenwick Rods. Finished them yesterday. They're great for small crankbaits and Charlie Brewer Slider system fishing. One is 6'6" and the other is 5'6" - Tennessee Handle style (you tape the reels to the rod). I think I got these at a flee market about 15-years ago. I stipped,re-finished and installed new line Fuji Hardloy (the best guide at the time these rods were original) guides.

Foolin' with rods

Tahoe has a new A/C compressor and new front brakes and rotors and the boat is in the shop getting a new pressure gauge and some other things checked out. So, I did a mid-season cleaning of all my reels and then cleaned up some rods. My son and one of my SnL's had some old nasty looking rods, so I stripped them and cleaned them up - put a new reel on my son's as the SnL already had a good Shimano on his. They turned out ok. This Saturday is my youngest G'Son's birthday party...he'll be one on Sept. 22nd, but we're all getting together on Saturday the 18th. He's a charmer!

Just a few more pictures of our Labor Day weekend at Lake Guntersville.

Labor Day Weekend at Guntersville

The family had a great time at Lake Guntersville - we had a beautiful home right on a calm bay off the main river channel, 2-boats to fish with and beautiful weather. Fishing wasn't fast & furious but everyone caught something and that was fine. We're already making plans for next year.