After-Work Quickie 5/20

[RedHeron]

Down in south Alabama for work. I really didn't have time to go fishing after work today, but I just couldn't help it. I drove over to a nearby river that I've floated before at high water, but haven't fished. I knew there was some limestone shoals about 1 mile upstream. I slipped the kayak in the river and headed upstream, hoping for a twilight bite in the shoals. The air was still warm and muggy, but the water felt cool (no time to take an actual temperature). It was low and clear other than being tannin-stained the color of sweet tea.

When I finally made it to the shoals, this is how much light I had to work with.

Hard to tell, but there's a couple Class I drops in that photo...pretty impressive shoal for south Alabama.

I made a few casts with a Torpedo...missed a small one that blew up on it. But I couldn't keep the bream off of it, so I switched to a spinnerbait. A few casts later, I got a Kentucky spot legitimately over 13"...13.5" to be exact.


By this time it was really starting to get dark. Some locals at the bridge mentioned seeing a gator, so I didn't want to run into him in pitch darkness...so I headed back. 1 hour, 2 miles, 1 fish. Not a bad way to end the workday.

[Redfish]

LOL! RedHeron, now I know that Mississippi boys are known for 'headlighting' deer, but this is the first time I've seen 'headlighting' for river bass! Thanks for sharing, and yes, a great way to end the day!

[Bruiser]

Nice, Lance!

[turkey]

oh....the lengths we'll go just for a tug on the line

[fishtaco]

I'm a little relieved that you were able to catch a kentucky bigger than 13" even. It still baffles me that we had such a tough bite on our float.

[Stump]

Very Coo!

[Lawnmowerman]

From the Thread Title, I was afraid to look,,,,

After looking, Sweeeet,,!!

[PawPaw]

I do say Lance......you're persistent as well as consistent! BTW, that's a good thing!

[Jump n Fish]

Thats crazy. I wish I had that kind of devotion to load and unload my kayak knowing I've only got an hour to fish. I'd get to go fishing a lot more often if that were the case.

[RedHeron]

Thanks for the comments guys. LOL at Lawnmowerman...I guess a guy's first instinct is to equate/compare everything with sex.

Jeff, I think "crazy" pretty well sums it up.
My little "how many different rivers I've fished in" tally gets the better of me sometimes. I actually had a choice of spending 2 hours on a creek I've fished before, or driving almost an hour to this place and only fishing for an hour. But, I got two birds with one stone with the deal...got my honest-to-goodness 13"+ Kentucky (the creek close-by has Alabamas), and I added River #107 to the list.

[waderjon]

Going for it in the dark with gators in the area ? You must have been needing it bad.,,You da man Lance.

[kodyspringer]

As a devoted Bulldog fan, a Gator has never scared me either RH!