TN basstracker Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Started the weekend at Glenn Springs in West TN on Thurs and ended it at Pickwick Lake for the weekend. Thursday, I only caught 3 fish, but no real size. One about 3 lbs and the others about 2 a piece on T-rigged worms. Went to the in-laws this weekend at Pickwick and took the boat and fished and had a ball, til the party-goers ran us off the water! Finally caught a smallie and a decent one at that! (Wasn't really trying to catch one, but....lol!) I've only caught one other one in my life and it was like 12-13 inches. This joker was 19.5 inches, but skinny. Only weighed like 3.3 lbs. Caught this fish on an 1/8 oz. shaky head worm in junebug color on a rocky point where it entered a little cut and had some chunk rock blend into pea gravel. Talk about some acrobatic little suckers! I've never had a fish jump and tail walk across the water like smallies do. I'm hooked, I tell ya. That 3 lb. smallie fought just as hard as any 5-6 lb. Largemouth I've ever caught. Talk about fun on a spinning rod with 8 lb. test. Anyhow, we caught a ton of bass on Crankbaits in Yellow Creek, as well as baby brush hogs down near the mouth of the Tombigbee. Caught a 4.5 lb Largemouth, but wouldn't you know the camera batteries went dead. I managed a few pics of the smallie before the batteries died. Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted July 7, 2008 Super User Posted July 7, 2008 You are racking up this year. Keep up the good work! Quote
paul. Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 very nice. you are catching a very good grade of fish for our neck of the woods and doing it consistently too. much respect to ya. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted July 7, 2008 Super User Posted July 7, 2008 Nice fish, great pics! BTW, I was able to view your slideshow on the other thread. Great fish! 8-) Quote
TN basstracker Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 very nice. you are catching a very good grade of fish for our neck of the woods and doing it consistently too. much respect to ya. Thanks alot Paul! That means something coming from the Hawg Caller himself! I was hoping you saw this thread RW. Our club is having our July tourny at Pickwick on July 19th at Pickwick and it's a night tourny. Fish from 9 p.m. til 6 a.m. I'm still learning Pickwick myself. I rarely venture much out of Yellow Creek. Whacked the LM's over the weekend back in the mouth of the Tombigbee on crankbaits. Switched to the shaky head and went to look for shaded banks and happened to find a bank where some chunk rock and pea gravel met and switched to a shaky head and WHAM!, the fight was on... Quote
JCrzy4Bass Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 WOW! That fish is almost as big as your kid Haha. Nice smallies man. And a nice largie to boot. The lake your fishing looks beautiful too. Calm water like that is a blast to fish topwaters with. Good job man! P:s: If that's a decent smallie than the ones I have been catching down here mine as well be pan fish lol. Quote
Super User Jimzee Posted July 8, 2008 Super User Posted July 8, 2008 Your doing good man, keep it up. Nice fatties!! Quote
TN basstracker Posted July 8, 2008 Author Posted July 8, 2008 WOW! That fish is almost as big as your kid Haha. Nice smallies man. And a nice largie to boot. The lake your fishing looks beautiful too. Calm water like that is a blast to fish topwaters with. Good job man! P:s: If that's a decent smallie than the ones I have been catching down here mine as well be pan fish lol. I say decent because the fish was 19.5 inches long, but only went a little over 3 lbs. Skinny little joker, but you couldn't tell it from the fight he put up on a spinning rod with 8 lb. test! Usually a 19.5 inch smallie will go 4.5-5 lbs. and Pickwick is full of those. And the lake in the first pic has a bunch of huge grass flats and late in the evening when it slacks over, the topwater bite is awesome. I get on the flats in 2-4 ft of water and just watch for the swirls and throw flukes into the middle of it and hang on!!! Skillet can vouch for that! He's seen it first hand! Quote
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