We got on them today. 9 mile float, from about 8 AM to 6:30 PM. Topwater bite was hot until 11:00 or so. Never totally turned off but bigger fish were caught later in the day. Largest was 17.5 but my buddy missed a hawg just before we pulled out. Crushed a topwater plug, headed downstream, then spit him out on a huge jump.
Tried Mike's creek minnow method and immediately got a couple in the canoe. Didn't stick with it too long as I ran out of stonerollers and I suck at throwing the new cast net. Need serious practice.
Saw immature bald eagle, 3-4 hawks, 4' gray rat snake and a really cool area where large redhorse suckers were spawning in a shallow run below a riffle. Been a long time since we did an all day trip on a beautiful middle TN stream.
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