Down goes Elnut!!! Down goes Elnut!!!

[chunknwind]

Yeah, we caught 17 on Thursday on the fly, with two over 21 and a 20.5. I think Woody's biggest went 5.4lbs. That was with 3 people in the boat; Mike(threesons) joined us on Thursday. Friday was tough. We only caught two and took out about noon. I'm sure he'll post a full report whenever he gets a chance.

[kygorski]

I may have seen you guys heading west on 90 in the rain, were two boats in convoy? one a deep vee?

[elnutsmalljaws]

Yes it is true, the streak is over. I bought my boat in May of 2003 and for the very first time in history, I have been defeated in my boat in any type of fishing with a rod and reel, FNF or otherwise. It was a brutal 15 round battle that saw many good exchanges but mostly Elnut was taking left hooks and right uppercuts to the jaw and chin. (Due to the terrible condition of Elnut's mid-section it was agreed upon and in the contract that no hitting below the chin would take place). We launch and break up 1/4 inch ice in the Elkhorn for the short trip to the river and Redneck hooks up with the first 8lb pounder of the day about 3 cast in, Drum that is. Lands the Drum, photo op taken, and then he catches a 2lb Smallie a few cast later which is his biggest on the river ever. We are thinking it is going to be great but we could have put it back on the trailer and did just as good. But that would be too easy so we run and stop several times all the way up past Stoney creek and then turn around and come back and fish the first place again all with no luck. Elnut never got a bite, Billy lands 2 (1 don't count) plus about 5 tree limbs (he is the best limb fisherman I ever seen) and that is how the battle ended. First to admit I am spoiled by Dale Hollow. Hard for me to cast in water where 2lb Smallie is a good fish when every cast at Dale I expect to land a 5 pounder. I will say it will be a LONG time before I hit the river fishing when it is as cold as it was this morning. Call me Netboy and Camera B****( as Billy says) for he did spank me this morning. All I can say is today I decided to GUIDE instead of Fish and that is my excuse and I am sticking with it. All GOOD GUIDES's are expected to put their clients on fish and today my client caught his biggest river smallie of his life and I "EARNED" my Guide Fee for the day well.

[DYNATRAK]

good to see you getting out, elnut. i thought about you guys this morning as i walked out on the front porch to unplug the christmas lights and just about froze my quitty-quatty off. don't check my spelling on that. lol.

where did you guys put in?

[biggw]

((( quitty-quatty ))) <---------------------- UMMM Thats a new one

[biggw]

Yes it is true, the streak is over. I bought my boat in May of 2003 and for the very first time in history, I have been defeated in my boat in any type of fishing with a rod and reel, FNF or otherwise. It was a brutal 15 round battle that saw many good exchanges but mostly Elnut was taking left hooks and right uppercuts to the jaw and chin. (Due to the terrible condition of Elnut's mid-section it was agreed upon and in the contract that no hitting below the chin would take place). We launch and break up 1/4 inch ice in the Elkhorn for the short trip to the river and Redneck hooks up with the first 8lb pounder of the day about 3 cast in, Drum that is. Lands the Drum, photo op taken, and then he catches a 2lb Smallie a few cast later which is his biggest on the river ever. We are thinking it is going to be great but we could have put it back on the trailer and did just as good. But that would be too easy so we run and stop several times all the way up past Stoney creek and then turn around and come back and fish the first place again all with no luck. Elnut never got a bite, Billy lands 2 (1 don't count) plus about 5 tree limbs (he is the best limb fisherman I ever seen) and that is how the battle ended. First to admit I am spoiled by Dale Hollow. Hard for me to cast in water where 2lb Smallie is a good fish when every cast at Dale I expect to land a 5 pounder. I will say it will be a LONG time before I hit the river fishing when it is as cold as it was this morning. Call me Netboy and Camera B****( as Billy says) for he did spank me this morning. All I can say is today I decided to GUIDE instead of Fish and that is my excuse and I am sticking with it. All GOOD GUIDES's are expected to put their clients on fish and today my client caught his biggest river smallie of his life and I "EARNED" my Guide Fee for the day well.

Thats not the fisrt time Billy has beat up on his Guide lol

[DJD]

Thats not the fisrt time Billy has beat up on his Guide lol

Hey BigGW when are you going to be able to get out and challenge Billy? We need to know who will come out on top. Hope your doing well.

[fishbum]

YOu going to make it next weekend for the Big World Championship of the Float and Fly?
Jim D

[redneckshadrap]

What can I say??? I'll tell you. Having visited him at the hospital and in his home, it was nice to be actually going fishing with him.... So I caught 2 and he blanked. It didn't matter to me who caught fish. I was just glad to go with him.

I have been on that pool several times. What I had'nt done is have an opportunity to scout that pool. It's 24 miles of water. We started out in a place I was real familar with. So after we caught those 2 fish, it was time to see what else there was to find.

We went up to Stoney and I explained to him about that flood. Shoot, there's a lot of stuff in the water around there...We came back and checked out an area below where we started. We didn't have another bite.

Catching that Smallmouth where we did, leaves me to believe that there's more there to catch.

[elnutsmalljaws]

YOu going to make it next weekend for the Big World Championship of the Float and Fly?
Jim D

Jim,

I would like nothing better than to fish next weekend but I will not be able to make it. I never thought I would be fishing this early anyways but my buddy Hens had last thur and fri plus the week of the 15th off and we had planned on fishing the Billy tourney this weekend and then the week of the 15th. Hens made plans for today plus I did not think I could survive 4 straight days of fishing or we would have stayed and fished the Billy this weekend. If I knew how well I feel now, we would have stayed and fished the Billy. Most likely my wife would divorce me and my 5 year old would dis-own me if I came down Friday night and stayed for the World Greatest plus all the following week as well with my Buddy. No dis-respect but I do wish it was sometime in January to give me some time home in between with the family but I can't control that plus never thought I would be fishing at all this winter the way it has looked since August. I do know of several that would be at the Worlds Greatest as well but they have already fished the Smalljaw tourney and are fishing the Billy this weekend and like me have families and can't make it next weekend. Rest assured I will be there in thought but sadly I will not be there in body. I do hope that you have a HUGE turnout and whomever is the most deserving catches the biggest and takes the title of the Worlds Greatest FNF Fisherman. My buddy Hens gave me a new nickname these past 2 days "Certifyable Floatnflyable". Whomever takes the title may have the title but if he like to float the fly more than me, he/she will be doing something.

Elnutsmalljaws
"Certifyable Floatnflyable"

[psprowler]

Sounds like Billy scored quick and then sent in a play for the fish to go in a "prevent offense" so he could grind it out defensively.

A pitcher's dual if I ever saw one.

I would also like to challenge the ruling on the field that the drum doesn't count.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Sounds like Billy scored quick and then sent in a play for the fish to go in a "prevent offense" so he could grind it out defensively.

A pitcher's dual if I ever saw one.

I would also like to challenge the ruling on the field that the drum doesn't count.

1-0 or 2-0 either way I lost to the Ky River Master. Billy knows that I only count Black Bass in my boat. No other creatures count even though that huge drum did stretch his string. Trust me as cold as it was and as cold as my hands and toes were I was wishing for a 6 inch drum to inhale my jig. It still would not have counted in my eyes but just to land something with 2 eyeballs and gills would have been nice. Billy landed a couple of stick fish that even made me jealous. He is the absolute best stick fisherman I ever seen.