Pickwick Lake, showing her teeth
Jan 9, 2020 19:40:48 #
Pickwick Lake was showing her teeth today, with all the rain we've had here in southern TN and north AL the past few weeks and 6 more inches expected over the next week they were really moving the water down the Tennessee River, it was up a good 5to 6 foot and heavy current, Made for a hard time just sitting in the boat much less catching them big brown fish. But I did manage to boat this 22 1/4" 6 pound 3 oz beauty. Talk about a fight, this fish burned the line off my reel a good 40 yards down river then made a quick vertical exit from the water a good 3 to 4 foot. when she broke the water that far away in this heavy current I caught myself wondering how in the world will I ever get it back to the boat. My partner for the day did an about face with the boat and the chase was on. After another big jump and a couple more runs we finally led her to the boat. Man,,, Pickwick has some really nice Smallmouth and they fight harder than any other fish I've ever hooked.
Jan 9, 2020 20:12:00 #
Old75
Loc: Broken Arrow, OK
congratulations! I guess that I have never caught a smallmouth of any size.
Jan 9, 2020 20:14:31 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
Ivey, that is one nice brownie. Wish I could have been there to see the fight. I know about high water. Our local lake was 30 ft above normal most of the summer & the rivers were over the banks & flooding. I couldn't launch my boat. Stay safe & keep looking for that 9 pounder.
Jan 9, 2020 20:28:05 #
Wow Ivey, what a fish. I just might haft to come see you sometime so you can show ME how to catch em like that.
Jan 9, 2020 20:41:00 #
Thanks guys, If you can fish a jig or a Swim jig, spend some time fishing Pickwick Lake sooner or later you're gonna lock horns with a big Smallie. Since I've spent 40 years chasing these guys, and and lucky enough to learn from some of the best Smallmouth fishermen in the world I've been lucky enough to catch my share of these beautiful fish. Every time it still gives me the shakes
Jan 9, 2020 20:47:07 #
saw1 wrote:
Wow Ivey, what a fish. I just might haft to come see you sometime so you can show ME how to catch em like that.
Come on down any time, I don't mind sharing information. I'm getting on up in years and trying to pass all I know to as many as I can.
Jan 9, 2020 20:56:08 #
Jan 9, 2020 21:12:38 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
Wv mike what in world is a jollysocker? I'm thinking I've seen too much in tonight's form. Oz want's to be a pig & you come up with a jollysocker, whatever that is. If it wasn't raining I'd go fishing.
Jan 9, 2020 21:21:01 #
bottomcoon wrote:
Wv mike what in world is a jollysocker? I'm thinking I've seen too much in tonight's form. Oz want's to be a pig & you come up with a jollysocker, whatever that is. If it wasn't raining I'd go fishing.
Come on Mike. I want to know ejat a Jollysocker is to.
Jan 9, 2020 21:26:44 #
Hey Ivey, you don't look that old , and you can catch some dandy fish. Sounds good to me.
Jan 9, 2020 21:30:59 #
You got to watch mountain monsters to see one you might never go in the woods after dark again.
Jan 10, 2020 00:19:35 #
Awesome fish Ivey. Thank You for showing us.
Hey Saw what part of N Cal are in? You can Private Message me if you want. Some buddies and I usually fish for Small Mouth in mid to late summer in Oregon if your interested. We fish in Eastern Oregon. Been going to same river for decades. We have the rafts etc. it’s really fun. I usually target Channel Cats too on same trip. Usually eat the fish at least one night of the trip sometimes a few nights of it.
Hey Saw what part of N Cal are in? You can Private Message me if you want. Some buddies and I usually fish for Small Mouth in mid to late summer in Oregon if your interested. We fish in Eastern Oregon. Been going to same river for decades. We have the rafts etc. it’s really fun. I usually target Channel Cats too on same trip. Usually eat the fish at least one night of the trip sometimes a few nights of it.
Jan 10, 2020 01:20:03 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
The safest option for the Brussels committee would be to pick a homegrown cheese, such as the jolly Socker, which comes wrapped in a ball of blue wax that nobody has ever managed to penetrate.
Now we know the rest of the story...
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Now we know the rest of the story...
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Jan 10, 2020 15:44:50 #
raddish
Loc: Norteast Ohio
That's an eastern brown trout. Ha. They fight better than browns. Lots of guys in Ohio get their smallies out of Lake Erie, but river fish are another animal. Very nice fish on a nice big river. Congrats.
Jan 10, 2020 17:00:49 #
That’s a really nice smallmouth Ivey! I go to Kentucky Lake every chance I get and never caught caught one near that big ! I was wondering if Pickwick has an Asian carp problem like we do up here in Kentucky . I’m thinking it has hurt our fishery tremendously and I might need to go on down into Tennessee on my next vacation
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