Jeff Conklin (TNDeer "preds1") brought his family down from Nashville for a weekend getaway in Chattanooga... but the primary goal was to battle some Tennessee River catfish.
Saturday I must say our numbers were absolutely horrible... my "light tackle bite" seems to have just died to almost nothing. But thank goodness that what we lacked in numbers, we made up for in size.
Ben did battle with one hefty fish just minutes after we started. Sadly the fish came unbuttoned after 2 or 3 minutes. I fish Daiichi circle hooks and that is VERY rare! I was sort of bummed out
But it wasn't long after that when another rod bowed low to the water. 12-year-old Ben wrestled it from the rod holder and the battle was on! It started slow but like the Energizer Bunny... it went on, and on, and on.
After a pretty good while I pulled out the iPhone and gave it to Ben's Dad to shoot video. It is GOOD STUFF!
Here's the still shot.
We caught a few more fish, including another one pictured below that, after the beast, Ben called "a little one."
That means life is good and gettin' better ever day!
Saturday I must say our numbers were absolutely horrible... my "light tackle bite" seems to have just died to almost nothing. But thank goodness that what we lacked in numbers, we made up for in size.
Ben did battle with one hefty fish just minutes after we started. Sadly the fish came unbuttoned after 2 or 3 minutes. I fish Daiichi circle hooks and that is VERY rare! I was sort of bummed out
But it wasn't long after that when another rod bowed low to the water. 12-year-old Ben wrestled it from the rod holder and the battle was on! It started slow but like the Energizer Bunny... it went on, and on, and on.
After a pretty good while I pulled out the iPhone and gave it to Ben's Dad to shoot video. It is GOOD STUFF!
Here's the still shot.
We caught a few more fish, including another one pictured below that, after the beast, Ben called "a little one."
That means life is good and gettin' better ever day!
