July 14, 2012
Nashville,
Tennessee
I was able to surprise
my best friend today with the help of his soon-to-be wife, Whitney, with a surprise fishing trip to Nashville, Tennessee.
Whitney had the whole day planned and worked with me to make sure Jonathan kept
his schedule clear. We booked a guide
and headed to Tennessee to catch some striped bass. Striped bass fishing is
very different than largemouth or smallmouth bass fishing. Striped bass inhabit
deer clear-water lakes and most of the fishing is done from a depth finder. We started out the day by making the drive to Nashville. We bought some rain gear on the way due to
the rain that we were expecting that day. We met the guide at the boat launch
and headed out on the Percy Priest Lake. It wasn’t long before we hooked up with our first
striped bass.
For the next 4 hours we
reeled in countless stripers and got to know our guide. We were mainly trolling
with Alabama rigs and watching our depth finder for the tell-tale banana shaped
readings that indicated a striped bass.
The day ended and we
released all of the fish and headed back to Alabama. We chalked this up as a
great day of fishing. We avoided most of the bad weather and caught several
striped bass. We had several doubles and one triple. As with any good fishing
trip, we had an excellent guide. Thanks to Billy Flatt and Nashville Fishing Charters for a great fishing trip!
