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Today was HOT!!! No, not the fishing but the temperature.  The temps climbed in the mid 90’s but I was thankful for the breeze that kept us “fairly” cool every once in a while.

Tony Miller joined me today on the fishing outing.  I believe he said it had been 3 years since he had been fishing.  Ouch, and I thought my fishing time had been slow lately.

We spent a considerable amount of time this morning trying to locate some shad.  Our usual shad spot had current flowing through, so after some mindless net throwing and 3 spoonbill to show for it, we headed elsewhere.  Bait was hard to find today but we managed to get a few really nice shad, some smaller ones and even a nice mooneye.  Take a look at this shad!

The only spot that actually produced a fish was the first spot.  Tony managed to catch a 4-5lb Blue, as we were dodging trees and limbs in 12 ounce current.  We had numerous close calls with HUGE trees passing by, occassionally hitting the boat and/or line.  Our anchor lost it’s hold on more than one occassion and we basically worked hard for that one fish.

We had a great time though and that’s really what counts.  It was a beautiful day on the river, although it would have been more comfortable if the boat had air conditioning!

Shane