Virginia to Mississippi: When the Sun comes up tomorrow…..

My retired buddy Allen and I will be in John Mayo’s boat on Enid!

God Bless all those affected by last nights terrible storm.

The front was over Richmond this morning. Delayed to Atlanta and they cancelled our flight to Memphis. Asked us to have a seat for 5 hours then sent us to Detroit (and I guess Canada). Just barely made the connection to Memphis (thank goodness for those moving walkways). Hertz supplied a cute little Buick SUV and South we went.

Sun was sinking behind the trees as we pulled over by the sign, took a deep breath and once again counted our blessings. It wasn’t hard convincing Allen’s wife that this was a perfect retirement present. In turn he sweet-talked my lovely wife. The rest is histo…… wait…..the story continues in the morning.

Told Slab where we were headed and a package arrived in the male. No sunburned bald spot for me!! Thanks Ed

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3”of rain and fast rising water…..not a care in the world come morning. If we have signal I’ll try to update. Grenada on Monday. Not expecting much sleep here in Batesville, Mississippi.

Good night all.

Dayton & Allen

John is a great guy and a heck of a fisherman! Hope y’all have a great trip!


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Should have one really good trip. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Awesome

Have a great trip. Keep an eye on the weather.

Safe travels. Hope y’all get to wear them out or catch a fish of a lifetime!


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Good morning all. We are here.

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Extensive travels for sure. Looking forward to your reports.
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Looks like a beautiful morning. Now go make some memories. Happy for y'all!

Great looking start to the day. Hope the crappie are cooperative.

Looks like a beautiful morning there. Now go fill that livewell with some slabs !!! Let us know how you do.

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Beautiful day. Muddy. High. Debris. Learning Livescope. Seeing fish snub us like pretty girls treated me in school!

This Livescope is incredible. 3 fish so far

Cell service is slow.

https://youtu.be/j8h9gW85pxc

Allen’s first Mississippi female - YouTube

Ugly watt had us work for the fish. Biggest 1.8. Gonna try Grenada tomorrow.

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What was the water temp there ?


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Congratulations fellas and thank for posting your adventures

Water temp on Enid was 60-66. Chocolate water everywhere.

Marking very nice fish this morning but they aren’t eating yet. Not too spooky though, just chilling. Wind is high today. Wave spearing high. But there are fish here where we are hiding.

Good Luck fellas


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Tough day. Finicky fish.

https://youtu.be/qN_mpikFbuM

Grenada morning wake-up. - YouTube

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I’m whipped. But hitting the hay smiling.

Y’all look like you’re having fun

Double

I want to apologize to the people of Memphis. That was me circling the airport yelling “How do we get in there?!” But Allen got to see planes landing over us. We circled the airport conte clockwise and did not see the way in. Made a u turn and started back around and thankfully the signage was much better.

We crossed Ole Man River into Arkansas and back.

A quick trip to BpS Pyramid! (Would have been much cooler if the storm had been open)

Circled Graceland. They do NOT want you to se the mansion from the street! Oh well.

Now as I sit in Memphis airport at 11am, and a 15 min phone call with my wife winds down, she says “you know what today is right?” I go quiet and panic sets in as I realize that it’s her birthday today. She laughs and says “aren’t you glad I’m not like ————?” (Someone we know who would go ballistic if her birthday was forgotten). I’m so blessed.

I’m blessed WAY beyond what I deserve. We aren’t money rich but my cup runs over in every other way. Thank you Lord.

I went fishing just a few miles away from people who lost everything to a tornado. Belongings, homes and even family members including children. Lord continue to be with those that need your loving touch while they carry and deal with a burden that I could not carry. Prayers for all involved.

Heading to Atlanta soon then on to Richmond where Marsha and Evelyn will be waiting for our return. Marsha will make fun of me for forgetting her birthday. And she will love me anyway. (If you live near Atlanta airport, I could really use some fresh, pretty flowers, if you could bring them to TSA checkpoint, thanks!)

Man, I hope they don’t want a lot out of me at work tomorrow. Next week is spring break for our public school. I get to take my next for buddy Caleb fishing. Yee Haw. I can’t wait!

Have a great week everyone. Spring is here. Hope you get to catch a few.

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Grenada after the storm - YouTube

https://youtu.be/kaQDzSvSl3Y
Joey Ferguson Livescope class on Grenada - YouTube

https://youtu.be/PgsFm3t9Bhk
Allen on the Grenada crappie Livescoping - YouTube

Glad you had a good trip and made some memories. Kudos to.your wife for being so understanding.

Awesome story awesome writeup and pics. Thanks for sharing.

I hope the sauce helped.

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Thank Ed. The Slab Sauce will be used next week here on my home waters. We don't travel much. I don't ever fly. We packed light and did not check a bag. After reading all the regs on liquids and litium batteries on carry on luggage, I was afraid to take the Sauce. Thinking if they questioned what I have in there too hard, my only choice would be to throw it away at TSA. While I'm not really afraid to fly, it's not my favorite thing. I had packed knock-off GoPro gear and extra batteries, plus USB batteries to recharge phones and such. Delta/TSA says you are limited to number of batteries, size of spare batteries, total Watt-Hours of all batteries combined and each battery must be wrapped sperately and presented/declared to TSA. I figued I'd get pulled out of line and checked to see what else I had. I was pretty nervous.

Our trip was an experience. Day two guide's lower unit locked up shortly after lunch. Garmin Trolling motor did not like being on high trying to get up back to the nearest ramp. It quit. Zero power to it. Would not even turn on. Checked and trouble shot the litiums for problems or sleep mode. Swapped batteries. Nothing. Had to call a friend for a tow.

Both John Mayo and Joey Ferguson were awesome guides. Easy going. Likealbe. And great fisherman. Despite the canceled flight, high, muddy water, rental car tire warning light popping up 1hr into Mississippi showing 21 pounds but the valve stem would not take air, the big fish on Livescope that refused to eat, the dead outboard, the dead trolling motor, the dead armadillos all over the sides of I-55, the closed Bass Pro, the non-visible Graceland and the forgotten Birthday..........we had a heck of a good time.

It was nice to be back in my own bed last night. Going thru the back log of work emails now. Looking forward to more fishing next week.

Awesomeness