Thread: Something unusual on the River

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 ....

Fall foliage excursion?

Originally Posted by bwilso

What is interesting to me is this passenger train was in Chapel Hill Tennessee and there is no CSX or Amtrac passenger service within a couple hundred miles from here. It must have been some kind of private excursion.

Originally Posted by Fishfishwish

Fall foliage excursion?

Could very well be. It can be a nice revenue producer for a smaller line. Some of the smaller ones around here have rebuilt steam locomotives and put together some nice fall/thanksgiving and Christmas specials.
Bob

Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

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!

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.

Originally Posted by BobC

Could very well be. It can be a nice revenue producer for a smaller line. Some of the smaller ones around here have rebuilt steam locomotives and put together some nice fall/thanksgiving and Christmas specials.
Bob

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.

Wow that alot of different species. We don't have White Bass here and very few Crappie. Wish we did have White Bass, nothing like that fast little dudes.

Originally Posted by PickwickDam

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.