Tom Beauchamp's Blog (3)

Decided to try something different this morning, as I needed to be back at the house by 10:00. Have Home Depot rep coming by to give me a price on a new heat pump, and had to be back for the appointment.Decided to troll for striped bass and hybrids. Got my limit with this set of cousins. The striper was 28" and 7 lbs and the hybrid was 28" and 8 1/2 lbs. Also had a couple nice sized yellow bass. We're gonna eat good tonight. Gonna make my asian merinade and cook them on the grill. should go… Continue

On most days, I can go out on Percy Priest and catch about as many bluegill as I want, but some days you just have to be thankful for the ones you get, yesterday was one of those days. The two things that can make for a tough day fishing are a cold front, and a high pressure system, even more so when you get both on the same day. Although the weather was beautiful yesterday, and it was a cool and comfortable day on the lake, the fishing was really off. It did me good to slow down, re-asses what… Continue

It is always a pleasure when you can take kids who have seldom if ever been fishing, and put them on top of a good school of bluegill. I knew when I left the house this morning that it was going to be a day when I didn't get to fish myself. Even the father of the kids who were with me was as inexperienced as they were. I had to show each of them how to hold the pole, bait a cricket, and remove a fish from a hook. Within an hour you would think they were all seasoned fisherman to hear them talk.… Continue