Re: [VFB] Fishing Report

[Chuck Alexander]

Jimmy: I have been there (Pickwick Lake).. But it was when I was a young kid and don't remember much about it..At the lake I fished yesterday, I had several 5-60 bluegill days this Spring, but this topped them all..If I hadn't had to go, I probably would have caught 100, cause I left at 4:30 or so, and the fish were JUST starting to feed on top, and I could have swapped to poppers and tore em up...I remember those days of cleaning all those fish too. My daddy had a friend we just called "Sarge" cause he was in the Army, and he had these old Army "coolers, which were wooden boxes about 3ft square I think, had galvanized lining, and foam in between the steel and the wood.. Well, we'd go up to Centre AL,(in Cherokee County) at the Old dead end bridge (At the fish camp therebut I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the fish camp right now) up there and literally catch 2-300 crappie per night.. Well, on Sunday, Me and My brothers spent the whole day cleaning crappie cause there was no creel limit then I don't guess... I actually hated to fish for several years because of that LOL....It was fun to catch em, take a pic now and then, and turn em loose cause i STILL hate to clean fish LOL, Chuck   ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore To: vfb@troutnet.com Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing Report Great report, Chuck.  Being raised in Sheffield, Alabama, I BELIEVE you when you say you caught 75-80 bluegills in only three hours.  When I was twelve, Dad bought me a Heddon bamboo fly rod and a bunch of popping bugs.  We went down to Pickwick Lake at Buzzard's Roost, near Cherokee, Ala.  Fished in a slough by the name of Airplane Holler. The willow, (may) fly spinners were falling out of the willows lining the shore, and in about the same time period, Dad and I caught 116 bluegills, all about hand size.   Helluva first time fishing.  Hooked me good! The only bad thing was that we didn't do C & R, so guess who cleaned those 116 gills!  Been fishing many times over the last 57 years, but never have I had that kind of luck again.  OF COURSE, it goes without saying.  ALABAMA is a heckuva bluegill state. JIMMY  D Folks: I had the most awesome day fly fishing to date today.. I set my own fly fishing "record" with 75-80 bluegills in only THREE hours.. it was 72 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.. It was as close to a "perfect" fishing day as I've ever had...Most I'd ever caught with a fly rod in one day had been about 60 during the Spring spawn, so it kinda shocked me that I beat that record on the last day of September, but ya never know when the fish are gonna bite ... Chuck