A Full Day

[Oregon Native]

We figured yesterday the day before the Forth would be a good day to go fishing as maybe more people would be working and my son had the whole day to fish.  (Been a Looooonnnng time)  Anyway .... he wanted to go on an adventure so we went down to Watts Bar about a half hour from the house and got there a little before 7:00.  Morning was sunny and beautiful.  There was hardly anyone on the water...it was like a ghost town.  Fished for a few hours and caught some fish...nothing huge but some nice keepers and some dinks.  Headed further down lake from Kingston a few miles and things got better.  My son cranked up one about five on a shallow crank and was all smiles....five minutes later I got one over six...maybe close to seven flipping.  It was awesome....but that's all that came from that bank....wait....I caught a gar almost five feet long fishing this bank too....was crazy.  Saw a big rain storm coming and asked my son...1.  Do you want to run for it?  2.  Fish through it.  3.  Or hide under a dock?  We chose to hide for a half hour.  Was a good storm....what people that finally came to lake left in a hurry!!  Seemed like we could catch fish on everything except fishing deep!?  (need to learn lake better)  

Almost before  pulling out I got a big blue over 25# on a chatterbait....wow...wow...they are so strong...was awesome.

Was a good day...almost eleven hours with my son and fish caught.  Praise God.

[fishballer06]

A big cat on bass gear is always an intense battle. Sounds like a fun day with your son. Hopefully you two can get out and fish more often!

[jbw252]

Great day.  It's fantastic that you got to share it with your son.