Lower Mcalpine results 8/19/2013

[fisherman14]

We had a nice afternoon on the river. First of all, it was difficult to get bait. Tossed out my cast-net and only caught one 6" shad in it. Tossed the net again and the net got snagged on something on the bottom and pulled it all out of shape. I then tied on my Sabiki rig and tossed it out with no success. Went to another bait hole and caught nothing.

We then motored up river to where I wanted to drift fish for catfish. I was selfish and used the one shad I caught and rigged it on my hook. In less than 3 minutes I was reeling in a 20# blue cat. OK, I'm now out of bait so I had to resort to chicken liver. I placed a good sized glob on the hook and in under 4 minutes reeled in another nice blue, again about 20 pounds. Both of those fish were released. Both were caught in 35 feet depth.

That was all that Knute(The Heathen) needed to see. He was sitting in the back of the boat with a Pop'R tied on his rod waiting for the whites to jump. He quickly grabbed another rod and tied on the same type of terminal tackle that I was using.

We made a multitude of drifts throughout the sun drenched day and took a short break to hydrate. (Just water and cola: no alcohol on my boat on the river).

Some of the "eating" size fish I kept and they are on ice now chilling their fins till I can regain my energy and clean them in the morning.

The boat was back in the barn shortly after sunset and Mrs.Tyme was kind enough to have a fine dinner ready for this sun soaked,chicken liver coated, smelly old fisherman.

Hey when me and my friends can't net shad we throw on a rooster tail and catch skipjack and use them they love rooster tails

[Tyme2fish]

Hey when me and my friends can't net shad we throw on a rooster tail and catch skipjack and use them they love rooster tails

Thanks,fisherman14. I've also used small blade baits or casting spoons, crappie jigs, and sabiki rigs for the skipjack. But the skipjack have been difficult for me to locate this year. We used to catch them all the time, but they have been elusive for me recently.

[fisherman14]

Thanks,fisherman14. I've also used small blade baits or casting spoons, crappie jigs, and sabiki rigs for the skipjack. But the skipjack have been difficult for me to locate this year. We used to catch them all the time, but they have been elusive for me recently.

Mabey riverrat used up all the skipjack hahah

[steve douglas]

bait has been tough lately, i have resulted to using old frozen bait, but its been catchin fish though. good report. i dont have to remind you of that old sayin. you made it happen.