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Tony and I headed out again yesterday afternoon (July 2nd).  It was a beautiful evening.  The side channel where I normally catch my shad was really warm.  Water temp was 88 degrees.  After a few casts, I figured I needed to find some cooler water.   The tributary nearby was 6 degrees cooler.  That’s where we found them.  We caught about 18 shad which proved to be plenty for the evening.

Just like my last trip, I missed the big fish.  He bobbed the pole a couple times and started down with it.  I grabbed it too soon.  I apparently need to work on my patience   The next fish I was VERY patient with.  He wasn’t able, however, to do much with it.  He was a beautfiul flathead but only weighed around 2 lbs.

We were fishing down a revetment bank and our next spot resulted in a 4lb channel cat.  Tony was unable to get any good bites on his side of the boat.  I ended the evening on a sour note by catching a Drum

Hopefully my patience will pay off on the next trip.  I’ll be glad when the spawn is over and we can get back to some better fish.  Right now I’ll blame the spawn for my lack of fish, LOL.

Happy Fishing!

Shane