BCDD 5/21/15

**saute86** · 05-21-2015, 04:39 PM

Last Saturday was my oldest son's birthday and we got to go on his annual birthday fishing trip this morning. We went to the Bell City Ditch and had a blast. He finally out fished me in numbers. He had 4 in the boat before I could catch my first one. I still got to rub it in catching the largest fish. We kept 9 sacs, 7 bass, 1 catfish. We threw back a few small sacs and goggle eyes. Fish would only bite on shiners today. I talked to to a couple of boats and they couldn't buy a bite. Around 1pm we heard thunder and we were about 8 miles south of the launch. When we pulled up the bottom fell out. It was raining sideways. We saw a tree break in half as we sat in the truck. After 45 minutes the wind slacked and I loaded the boat while it was still pouring down. The deck had 3 to 4 inches of water on it. The boat felt really heavy in the water. I decided to winch it up on the trailer instead of driving it on for fear of sinking. Its a steep launch and water was over my batteries once it was on the trailer. Next time I will put the bilge pump on while its pouring so that doesn't happen again.
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**Choupic** · 05-21-2015, 04:54 PM

Nice catch sauté ! The amount of rainfall we've been getting lately is ridiculous . Glad yall got out while yall did .

**fishervet** · 05-21-2015, 05:00 PM

nice post.......HBD to your oldest son.Great gift you gave him......

**Tracker123** · 05-21-2015, 07:03 PM

Great post, excellent pictures. Thanks for posting.

**PawPaw Gene** · 05-21-2015, 08:21 PM

Nicely done Don, and Happy Birthday to your son.
"gene"

**saute86** · 05-21-2015, 08:36 PM

Thanks for the kind comments. I am thinking of going back tomorrow. The place I buy shiners is managed by an old high school friend of mine. I love it when he bags my shiners. I paid for 4 doz and asked for 2 doz in 2 bags so I would have enough water for both buckets. We fished all morning and I still have way over 4 doz in each bucket. You have to love getting the brother-in-law deal.

**mermentau** · 05-21-2015, 09:16 PM

Looks like after noon it get's stormy lately. Glad you all made it a happy birthday. Looks like your son enjoyed it.

**saute86** · 05-21-2015, 09:45 PM

This is about our 4th year in a row just him and me fishing on his birthday. My avatar is from our first birthday trip. 2 years ago his birthday trip post made the CDC homepage. Here are some pics of the last 3 years and today's sink pic..
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