Thread: Fun trip with my son in Chattanooga, TN

My family and I went to Chattanooga for a half-week vacation about 10 days ago. Last year, my son and I went fishing with Sam Simons (associate of Richard Simms of Scenic City Charters) and had a great time. A year older and wiser, Austin was ready to head out again and catch another big one.

Since Austin is only 6 years old, we have to tailor the game plan to fit his level of interest/patience. As a teacher, Sam understood the situation well and did a great job of accommodating us last year, and that Saturday was no exception.

We anchor fished for catfish (no luck there), then set up in the slack water near the Chickamauga dam for a bit and fished some shiners (3 nice largemouth, including one that topped 4 lbs), then drifted shiners (a 10-lb-class striper, couple lost fish, and a blue cat), then drifted chicken breast (about 8 blue & channel catfish, including one blue that measured 37 inches), then went bluegill fishing for about an hour (caught ~ 40, put 14 in the cooler), then drifted chicken again and ended with a small blue cat.

Another cool feature of the trip was that the big catfish had been tagged 3 years earlier by Richard Simms, so we called him up and gave him the number off of it. I'm waiting to hear back about the info from the fish when it was originally tagged.

Combined with a bit of first-time boat driving, we had an adventure fit for any 6-year-old (or a person suffering from ADHD). Fun times!

I hope to see you all in April for a quick trip, and then a bit longer in July when we come down with the family for our longest-ever vacation (10 days).

Congrats on the good luck. Making memories for life with the little one as well as yourself. Good luck on your next trip to paradise.

good looking cat those suckers are some hard fighters