BCDD 5/21/15

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

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

Great post, excellent pictures. Thanks for posting.

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

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.

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

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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Some how I posted one picture twice.

And missed the sink Picture from today.:banghead That big female still had some eggs in her sacs. The eggs looked healthy and the sacs had bloody veins.
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