Heartland Anglers May 1

Caught some better fish in this tournament, but still not enough to earn a check. If I am going to do any better, I am gonna have to get LeRoy out there to practice during the week! LOL Congrats to all the winners and thanks Rusty for running a great tournament.

Hearland Anglers April 17th

Caught one decent fish in the last Heartland Anglers tournament. Conditions were tough for us as we only could weigh 2 fish. This one came on a jig in about 10 ft. of water.

High School State Championship

Took a few kids down to Dayton to fish the High School State Championship. TBF put on an outstanding tournament for the kids. Several Pros came to the weigh-in, along with a great fishing legend "Larry Nixon". I was really proud of all my kids. Even though they didn't win, we all had a great time. I was very surprised to see the sportsmanship between the schools and how excited they all were watching their peers weigh in fish. Everyone was pretty much cheering for everyone.

Started out the day taking my two straight to Sale Creek. They caught several fish, but none were keepers. After that, they wanted to flip boat docks.... No takers. Then we ran up river and started targeting main channel and secondary points. Still no takers. Finally after a brutal day of no keepers, we decided to head back to Dayton. All in all it was a great day on the water. The kids seemed to be having fun all day. They would cast across each other and get all tangled up, but they were still having a blast. I even had to do surgery about 1 o'clock. I had one kid re-tie a lure and the other one heaved out a crank to snag both trebles in his partners back! OUCH! after about 10 minutes... I had him back up and fishing. What a tough kid! The other Rockwood team did manage to catch one keeper and weigh it in. As you can tell from the pic, they were very excited to be on the stage and weigh that fish. Like I said earlier, I am very proud of all the kids that fished this tournament. And even more proud of the adults who captained their boats and took the time outta their day for these kids. Congrats to Soddy Daisy High School on their win, and congrats to all of the other kids who participated in this tournament.

Heartland Anglers

Fished out of Rockwood Sunday morning in the Heartland Anglers tournament directed by Rusty Collier. They do a great job running the tournament. There was a little over 25 boats this week. Started out shallow cranking and lost a mule right at the boat. Found a couple of smaller keepers then went on to flip some boat docks. The very first dock I flipped, I pulled this hog out. It was an intense hook set. The fish went crazy under the dock but I managed to pull it out and land it. With the water warming up, there should be some nice sacks weighed in this coming weekend. Remember... Jerk, when they bite!

Chickamauga Hog

I found this pic on the Chattanooga Fishing Forum. I think this guy fishes for the University of Tennessee Bass Team. It weighed 9.14. Just for reference the smaller fish weighed 4.2 on digital scales. Total PIG! Just wanted to show this stud on my blog. Congrats 8ball on the nice catch, and thanks for the report on the forum.

3-27-2011

Caught some nice ones yesterday on the bar. Several came on jigs, while the better fish came on shallow cranks. Fish were in 1-4 ft of water, but were very close to deeper water. (Secondary Points) Water temp was warmer than the air temp. Water was around 55 degrees while the outside temp was around 50. The bar is heating up and there should be some hogs caught in the next couple of days. Trips Available.

Practice for Wal-mart BFL Voluteer Division

Went out Saturday to pre-fish for the BFL. Water temps were 50-55 degrees. Caught several LM shallow on traps and red eye shads. Found some SM suspended on a rocky main channel point and hooked into a nice 5 lber. I hope things stay the same for the weekend tournament. If anyone has any Watts Bar fishing reports.... please post!

Bassfury PRO

Broke Down @ CFF#1 with a SACK!

Couldn't get in touch with anyone fishing the tournament until it was too late. Spun a hub early Saturday morning and never made it to the weigh in. Caught some very nice quality fish. Probably enough to win or come in second but sh*t happens I guess. I'm still pretty sore over it but I guess things like this are going to happen. Anyway, here are some pics.

CFF #1 Guntersville Lake

I'm heading down to Guntersville Friday to fish the CFF #1 on Saturday out of Jackson County Park. I am super excited. Should be a really fun trip. I'm fishing with a good friend of mine, Jamie Smith from Harriman , TN. I can't wait to hook into one of those Lake Gunny Hole hogs! Stayed tuned next week for pictures of the event. Hopefully I will have some great news to share!