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    Yes it was windy! And yeah that's an understatement. Between the wind and discharge rates at 97k+ CFS, I opted for a nice protected creek. I had no clue as to where to begin. So I just put my sonar on side imaging and started my search. I located a school about 1/4 mile back in the creek. They were holding in a couple of blowdowns on a steep rock bank, a mini bluff if you will. I hadn't changed baits since my maiden voyage so that's what I started with. BG Green Banana was the first one in the pool. Almost every cast resulted in a 11-12" fish. When things slowed I just picked another rod that I had a Monkey Milk with tail lights tied on. That worked well for a bit longer. When things cooled off again I took off to find another spot. Scanning on back in the creek I checked a few more steep rock banks with blowdowns and found nothing. I didn't realize that while I was continuing my search the wind had died down somewhat, aka frontal passage had taken place. So I headed back out, stopping at a dock that I thought was holding fish made a few casts to no avail. Continuing back out of the creek, I stopped at the blowdown I had first found, fished it for about 15 minutes and only landed 2 more, and 1 of them was the only short of the day. Grand total for today was 7, and I'm thankful for those. With the bite all but stopped I decided to start my run back to the ramp.Name:  MVIMG_20200116_123914.jpg
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    Good job there, Lebron. I worked in the yard today and put new side bunks on the trailer. Should have been fishing. Grin.
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    Good job ! Glad you was able to get back out and locate some nice fish!
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    Sounds very productive.
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    7 keeper fish in those conditions is pretty good. At leas you kept plugging away and located them where most wouldn’t even try.
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    7 is a great mess of fish. I built structure this afternoon and the wind was chilly for sure.
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    7 more than I caught today. That’s 2 meals at my house. "Go fishin' when you can..." Well you know the rest. Chickamauga 1/16/2020


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    That's 14 fillets! Sounds like a good mess!
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    Gotta love it, congrats
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    2 meals at my house also! Glad someone got to fish today!!


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