Julie and I got a late start on the Coosa but had a good day for size. Thanks to a tip from an old friend we saw at the ramp we had about 115 shad in about 45 minutes in Brushy Branch. I was very happy about that.
We headed up the Coosa, anchored at our favorite spot, and caught a few little flatheads and blues with the occasional 3 lb. Striper. After a 20 to 30 minute lull (as we were about to move to another spot) we both got hit by drag screamers and had another fire drill trying to keep lines from getting tangled. That big one pretty much did what ever he wanted to for a few minutes - I was lucky he didn't wrap around a blowdown. After a tug of war we finally played out both fish and got them in the boat. Julie's was 16 pounds and mine was 29 pounds, both Blue Cats. That double accounted for about half the total weight for the day
We had several blue and flatheads from 4-9 pounds and a 9 pound drum. Even though each species fight differently, they all pull hard on the Coosa.
We also tried up a feeder creek but only managed a 3 pound Channel cat. We chummed several dozen live shad in that little creek and enjoyed the show as small bass around our anchor point marauded the shad. We figured we boated about 90 pounds total for the day. Not a bad way to spend a gorgeous day on the river.
Water temp was about 74 on the Coosa several miles above Brushy. All fish were released, so it's your turn to catch 'em.
We headed up the Coosa, anchored at our favorite spot, and caught a few little flatheads and blues with the occasional 3 lb. Striper. After a 20 to 30 minute lull (as we were about to move to another spot) we both got hit by drag screamers and had another fire drill trying to keep lines from getting tangled. That big one pretty much did what ever he wanted to for a few minutes - I was lucky he didn't wrap around a blowdown. After a tug of war we finally played out both fish and got them in the boat. Julie's was 16 pounds and mine was 29 pounds, both Blue Cats. That double accounted for about half the total weight for the day
We had several blue and flatheads from 4-9 pounds and a 9 pound drum. Even though each species fight differently, they all pull hard on the Coosa.
We also tried up a feeder creek but only managed a 3 pound Channel cat. We chummed several dozen live shad in that little creek and enjoyed the show as small bass around our anchor point marauded the shad. We figured we boated about 90 pounds total for the day. Not a bad way to spend a gorgeous day on the river.
Water temp was about 74 on the Coosa several miles above Brushy. All fish were released, so it's your turn to catch 'em.
