Texas to Tennessee

Social media has a way of old high school friends finding each other after 37 years! What's the best way for a reunion, plan a fishing trip, esp if you are coming to see me!

With the help from captain Richard Simms at scenic city fishing tours, I started my best friend from Texas vacation catching 5 different varieties of fish below the chickamauga dam. What a trooper, after a flight delay an a late night arrival, we where on the water at 0615 the next am, in the pouring rain! I warned her before she booked a flight I'd make a river rat out of her...she never stopped smiling even in the rain, once she reeled n a couple of fish! Special thanks to Richard Simms, what a perfect way to entertain an out of town guest with a guided fishing trip!



Next was my time to shine, crappie fishing, following a guide trip, I felt the pressure but was up to the challenge....dock shooting of course, seeing that's my specialty....i had to keep with my "can-do"determination



I was able to locate some keepers an the fun began trying to teach her how to dock shoot...let's just say, detecting a summer deep dock crappie bite can be challenging even for an experienced angler, however Lisa was a quick learner an able to get a few to the boat! One lesson we learned together was the net was our best friend!



Of all the tourists things she did while she was visiting, I think the fishing was what hooked her into believing what I always say, nothing beats the great state of Tennessee !!