In Dec 2009, Bonefish, 3sons and Myself, were fishing Dale Hollow on an overcast dreary perfect FNF morning. I had found a new spot a week earlier that was giving up some really good quality Smallies. 3sons and myself both had caught fish over 5 the day before plus 3sons had caught a good 4lb Greenfish off the same spot. The 3 of us hit this point and there is one particular angle when you cast that you got bit because there was a brushpiles in probably 10 feet of water and you would have to work you jig thru it slowly or get hung up. I had caught one a little over 3 on the first cast thru it so was even more on point than before. 3sons was in the middle of the boat and Bonefish was manning the backseat. I made a cast into the brushpile again and was easing it thru when I got hung up. Bonefish wasn't paying much attention so I whispered to Mike that when I set the hook to play along. I set the hook and of course the bait goes nowhere. I am moving the rod back and forth, on and off the trolling motor, Mike grads the net and I break off a big piece of the brushpile and am now reeling it in. I tell Mike to give the net to Bonefish because she is taking me around the boat. The whole time I have the trolling motor moving the boat forward to get the branch to the back of the boat. Old Bonefish is ready, cinched down his hat, net in hand, bent at the knees in full netting position. I get the branch just to the surface and yelling to Bone to get her get her as he stabs to net a .... Branch. Mike busts out laughing, I am about 98.6 degree Tinkle Tinkle down the inside of my insulated coveralls and there's Bonefish with a look of be wilderness on his face. He looks at me and says "YOU OLD SON OF A BUCK YOU!!!!!" Drops the net and picks up his FNF rod and makes a cast. Mike and I are about to fall out of the boat from laughing so hard. Tears running down our faces, Mike laying over the drivers seat holding his sides me about to Drain all over the place and there was Bonefish with this "I see how you do a buddy Grin all over his face" fishing away.

There are some things that happen on a fishing trip that you will never ever forget. Luckily I have several of these memories and "Bonefish and the Log Salmon" is one of them.