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  1. 10-26-2018, 08:14 PM #1
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    My dad and I put in on the lower side of the Gville dam and fished Shoal Creek from ab 7:30 - 10:30. Only caught 5 crappie (all released) - water level, color and temp (62-64 degrees) seemed perfect, but I guess the crappie had other plans - we did catch a lot of white/stripe bass trolling so that was fun I suppose.

    So I suggested we go to Honeycomb and shoot some docks and that’s when it turned bad. Usually my dad gets in the boat and I back the boat down and then I hop in, but this time he wanted to swap things up. I pulled the boat up to the dock and he slipped getting into the boat and fell in the water- like completely IN THE WATER! ! Thank God he was okay and we had a change of clothes in the boat....and he his only pair of dry shoes were his golf shoes lol. So after a scary incendent we were back on the water with my dad wearing his golf shoes with no socks and fished from ab 11:30- 1:00. Water temp was 63 - 65 degrees.

    The boat docks (SE of the bridge) were completely covered up in shad - I have never seen so many in my life, but we caught zero crappie. Everything seemed like it was gonna line up to be a great day, but it just wasn’t meant to be!

    Moral of the story, always fish with a buddy, be safe and pack
    an extra change on clothes and shoes/boots!

    Hope everyone has a much better weekend than we did!
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    Glad that he is ok and glad that yaw got to spend some time together on the water !
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  3. 10-26-2018, 09:51 PM #3
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    Glad your Dad is ok. Give it a little while and you will both be laughing about it.
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    Hey...
    The glass is half full not half empty
    Your Dad didnt get hurt
    He did have some more clothes
    You did catch some fish
    And the two of you were out together and made a great memory
    Sounds like a fantastic day to me

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    Glad you and your dad got out.


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    Glad he was OK. It'll be a story you two will share for many years. So like G says, the glass is half full, especially since dad is OK.
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    Glad to hear your Pops was ok. Some days on the water are rough like that. You don't appreciate the good ones if you don't have bad ones, though. On a side note, I probably passed right by you. I was on 431 coming back from Huntsville right about the time you were in Honeycomb. The Honeycomb bridge had 5 trucks there at 10:30.
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    Well that’s a good story to tell the grand kids Not a good day - Shoal Creek and Honeycomb
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