The lure you used looks like a hybrid: fatter grub body / Crappie Magnet tail. If so, that's right up my alley!
BTW, thanks for the report, photos and congrats on the nice fall transition catch!
Mouth of the James River you might have to reel in real quick to get out of the way of war ships. They won't go around you.
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va
The lure you used looks like a hybrid: fatter grub body / Crappie Magnet tail. If so, that's right up my alley!
BTW, thanks for the report, photos and congrats on the nice fall transition catch!
pretty spot for sure and the spot is pretty too ....
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It's a Charlie Brewer Whirly Bee. It has a spinner attached to the hook shank and has a slow fluttery fall. Everything eats it. It is a little big for the average gill but the big ones can get hooked. The Duck River is full of Rock Bass, Spots, and Smallies, with the occasional Crappie.
Good thought!
The line in the photo is actually not a smaller line. It is the main line from Nashville south to Huntsville and it runs many trains a day. The bridge however is a very old bridge with open ties (sleepers) that you can see through. It is real spooky when a train crosses. I am too chicken to stay under the bridge when this happens as I always troll a short distance away. Lord willing I'm going back tomorrow afternoon!
Thanks for the post. It brings back Duck River memories for me. We lived in Waverly TN for 17 years. Only fished it one time above Columbia, but I fished the last 15-20 miles of the Duck a lot, mostly for white bass and crappie. Once upon a time, on an early spring day, my old fishing buddy and I caught 11 different species of fish there.
Charlie Brewer Whirly Bee
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Something about those twin tails really set fish off....! Good choice of lure!
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