Girls Rule
Capt. Richard Simms
August 9, 2008
Chattanooga - Freshwater Fishing Report
Tammy White and her boyfriend Jared came down from Michigan to visit her Dad up in Bradley County, Tenn. Jared is a pretty hardcore angler, but had never had a taste of Southern Hospitality. He got some today... but the truth is, as Tammy said, "Girls Rule!"
Everybody caught some fish, but Tammy had the hot hand. We had a pretty good bite going the first couple of hours of daylight and then they kind of shutdown on us. But Tammy was in no mood to quit and kept workin' it hard.
She hung up and broke off once. I retied and she chunked it out again. A minute later she said, "I'm hung again," and handed me her rod.
I grabbed it, picked up on the tip, immediately handed the rod back and said, "Here... catch that fish."
To which she said, "That's a fish!"
It was... and gave her a royal battle. I actually had to calm her down a little bit but she handled it like a trooper. A darn big cat on 8# test. Which means life is good and gettin' better every day.
Chattanooga Fishing Forecast:
The catfish bite remains consistent on the Tennessee River. It's real hard to get skunked... and most days we're catching 50 to 150 lbs. of fish. Drifting cut bait, or in my case, chunks of chicken breast, in the main river channel. Depth doesn't matter as much as structure. A 70 lb. blue cat was taken this week in 12 feet of water. Bass anglers are doing well on deep river channels breaks throwing deep-running crankbaits or spinnerbaits. Some topwater action early and late.
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