Normandy 3-14-2012

[Alphahawk]

Spent a little time below Normandy catching stocker trout today. The flow is around 100CFS so the fishing was realy good...lots of fun on UL tackle. Then this fellow showed up...an 11 inch Rock Bass. Since these are becoming fewer and fewer I released this fellow to fight another day.


Regards

[Travis C.]

Good looking TARP rock bass there.

[bigun]

hey alphahawk nice rockbass how much do you think he weighed very rare to catch one that size.the state record is 2lb.8ozs.caught back in 1958 out of stones river.and my oppinion and estimation.being a short and chunky little fish that they are and I have caught several but nothing that size.Just my oppinion.that fish.probably was close to 2lbs.great catch and release.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by bigun

hey alphahawk nice rockbass how much do you think he weighed very rare to catch one that size.the state record is 2lb.8ozs.caught back in 1958 out of stones river.and my oppinion and estimation.being a short and chunky little fish that they are and I have caught several but nothing that size.Just my oppinion.that fish.probably was close to 2lbs.great catch and release.

Thanks for the comments. I am sure he was not two pounds. I caught a 12 inch at Center Hill Lake a few years back. When I was a boy growing up in Mid TN Black Perch were prevalent in all the streams I fished. They can be hard to come by in streams that once held a healthy population. For years everyone thought they bred like Bluegills...very prolific...but that is not the case. I have read many articles that if you are in a stream and come upon some in a hole only take 2 or 3 and move on....this will keep the population healthy.


Regards

I fished Mill Creek in the Antioch/South Nashville area from a young age and we caught lots of nice Rock Bass. We hardly ever kept any but I have heard there are "fishermen" cleaning out the creek with nets and keeping everything they catch.

I hate to hear this as I now have a grandson who I would like to share the experience with when he gets old enough....

If I had a dime for every hour I spent on the creeks, I could retire!

[bd-]

Yes, the new greenway access to Mill Creek has been extremely destructive to the fishing from Blue Hole down to Harding. It is not what it used to be.

bd

[creeksmallie]

The Rock bass population is still strong in many streams I fish. I saw a 14 incher taken 3 weeks ago it was pushing 2 pounds.The old gentleman that caught it tossed it back in and said that was a good un(back to crappie fishing he went). We catch a lot of 10 inchers in the summer. I like to release them and if I or a client want to keep them I like to keep the 5 to 6 inchers. Yes, it is work to clean them but worth it. Now I would not mind the limit being reduced to 10. One Stream I fished as a kid in Williamson County has lost its population though and that, I believe, is due to the Sewer System runnin out of the man holes from time to time. Some of the feeder creeks had sewer run down the channels and have no water in the summer. Water runs under and along the sewer line I guess. I walked a stretch ( I fished as a kid) and did not see minnows last summer and that was disturbing.
Center Hill has a good population we catch them on crawdads in the summer but I have yet to find them bunched up. Like I can in the streams.
As fars as big crappie, I wonder if we would see more two and 3 pounders in Priest if it went down to 15 instead of 30.