Nimrod71
Senior Member
Had a great time on the river today. There was a slight bait problem, I didn't have any crickets, None of the bait shops I called had any, but I did find some really good big jumpers at Lyons Open Air store.
i was on the water at 7 a.m. and headed for one of my lake starting points. In the lake I use a 12 pole and #5 hook rigged Carolina style, fishing on bottom. Well, after and hour I had only caught three fish, 3 big mud fish. Time to try the river.
Next stop, my #4 river spot. I baited up two reels and fished for 15 minutes, no bites. Now I headed to the #3 spot, same thing, no fish, what's wrong. I know the river is falling out fast but I didn't expect this.
The next stop was down river in the deep water, well really above the deep water. I had caught fish here last week. A big tree had fallen in the river and I tied on to the top about 14 ft. from the bank in the current. The first line had hardly hit the bottom before I had a hard bite. Fish on and let me tell you it put a smile on my face when I pulled up a big channel cat. I felt good.
I was fishing on both sides of the boat. The channel side was getting the most bites. The bank side was getting the most eels. I hate eels I caught 5. Like the mud fish I shot them in the head. If they had been big enough I would have kept them and made Altamaha Scollps out of them, the big ones do eat good, battered and fried. I did pick up a few bream on the bank side but the channel side was were the action was.
By 12:30 I was ready to head back to the boat ramp and to the house. All in all it was a good day, the Lord blessed me with 17 good size channel cats and 12 bream, bigger than my hand and 3 that were as big as I have seen and if the Lord wills it I will be back at the river tree in the morning.
i was on the water at 7 a.m. and headed for one of my lake starting points. In the lake I use a 12 pole and #5 hook rigged Carolina style, fishing on bottom. Well, after and hour I had only caught three fish, 3 big mud fish. Time to try the river.
Next stop, my #4 river spot. I baited up two reels and fished for 15 minutes, no bites. Now I headed to the #3 spot, same thing, no fish, what's wrong. I know the river is falling out fast but I didn't expect this.
The next stop was down river in the deep water, well really above the deep water. I had caught fish here last week. A big tree had fallen in the river and I tied on to the top about 14 ft. from the bank in the current. The first line had hardly hit the bottom before I had a hard bite. Fish on and let me tell you it put a smile on my face when I pulled up a big channel cat. I felt good.
I was fishing on both sides of the boat. The channel side was getting the most bites. The bank side was getting the most eels. I hate eels I caught 5. Like the mud fish I shot them in the head. If they had been big enough I would have kept them and made Altamaha Scollps out of them, the big ones do eat good, battered and fried. I did pick up a few bream on the bank side but the channel side was were the action was.
By 12:30 I was ready to head back to the boat ramp and to the house. All in all it was a good day, the Lord blessed me with 17 good size channel cats and 12 bream, bigger than my hand and 3 that were as big as I have seen and if the Lord wills it I will be back at the river tree in the morning.
