Tom Beauchamp's Blog – July 2010 Archive (2)

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