Old Hickory 8-14-2010

Talk about Hot, today was a real scorcher. Our club blasted off about 5:20 waiting for first light. My partner, Carl Appelt and I began fishing a few willow grass clumps with no success. We then moved to a flat with a nice drop off. I caught 4 fish in about 20 minutes on a Little John crankbait. 2 were 10" bass, a 14" catfish and a 16" largemouth (2.25). After that it got really slow. We fished c-rigs, t-rigs, crankbaits, jigs, worms with no success. Finally caught a 8" on a worm with about 15 minutes to go. Carl picked up a small bream with a jig, belly hooked. When we put the boat on the trailer, I really had a sinking spell. I think the heat finally got to me. I recovered quickly with a sandwich and strawberry shake at Wendys. Congrats to Ron for a nice catch on a really tough day. And congrats to Lawrence on an 18.75 big fish. I'll be really glad when this heat wave breaks.