5-31-15 Cumberland Mixed Bag
Per the norm, i gear up and head out with 1 species for the target, yet i take everything i own with me as a precaution...lol. tried for some stripers butt crack early, had some blow-ups, a few chases and i yanked it clean out of ones mouth a few feet from the boat (that was pretty sweet to see though!!!) After that petered out i tried some bass, got a few, nothing big but fun on a crankbait no less. Ran into a small school of some chunky whites too, pure luck! found em sitting in 13' of water between 2 close humps. Been last fall since i got into em and ya forget how hard a river run white hits a bait.
The best catch of the day though was a good amount of toothy eaters! saugers, landed 10 and 8 were legit keepers, 18-20" fish, super fat. Got em trolling super light spoons in 22ft. Ofcourse like i mentioned earlier i had stripers on the brain, so i didnt even take a cooler with ice to keep em...figures right! lol. Sure is nice to fish some water without a bunch of traffic to contend with.
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