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…..Do you love to fish out of your kayak on the river with your friends?  I certainly do, especially when it’s fishing for one of Georgia’s beautiful species of bass called the “shoal bass”. Ride along with me and enjoy me and my friend in all the fun!

…. I know all of you have heard the saying, “Up The Creek Without A Paddle”…….right? Well, this episode of River Bassin™ TV demonstrates what it can be like if it happens to you. Join TYGA10 (Robert) and I on another fishing trip down the Flint River in North Georgia!

….. Are you struggling to catch fish on the “spinnerbait”?  You’re probably not alone!  I have been there and done that and can probably share stories with you that sound just like the ones you have.  I’ve recently found one of the secrets of this bait and want to share it with you…….

….. The day before yesterday I gave an old acquaintance of mine a call on the phone to find out if he would like to go fishing on one of our favorite rivers for some shoal bass.  Of course his answer was an emphatic  “YES”.  I have known Dennis (Dennis the Fish Menace) for about 2 years but we have never got our schedules synchronized so we were able to fish together.  We both met at the river bright and early the next morning ready to tackle some of Georgia’s beautiful “shoalies”.  The day started out with Dennis striking gold with a beautiful 4lb. 01oz. shoalie monstor!  That was just a preview of what was to follow during the day.  The morning was sort of slow with not much action.  I thought…… “I sure hope this is not an indication what’s in store for us today!”  Around lunch time we pulled over and had ourselves something to eat and discussed the morning and what our plans were for the afternoon.  Still optimistic,  I started fishing different baits using different methods to entice them to bite.  Still nothing!!!  Shortly after lunch, I heard Dennis yell out……..”BIG FISH ON!!!”.  I looked around and Dennis was being towed toward the nearest bank!!!!  WOW!!!!!  He sho nuff had a BIGUN!!!!  Dennis finally brought this huge fish to the side of his yak (on the side I couldn’t see) and was attempting to lip her.  Dennis yelled out…”OH NO!!!!  SHE GOT OFF!!!”  Anyway,  that was just the precursor to the rest of the day.  Dennis was kind enough to share with me what his “Secret Weapon” was and I couldn’t tie it on quick enough!!!  The rest of the story follows in the short video.  Hope you enjoy!

…….. On Saturday, July 25th, I was fortunate to be able to participate in the 1st Annual SBA “Spot Fry” held at one of the SBA member’s property along side the Flint River just outside of Thomaston, Ga.  The objective of the get together was to remove the allowable creel limit of “spotted bass” from the Flint River for each angler participating and following the days fishing, have a fish fry.  The second objective of the gathering was to do a river cleanup, removing as much trash such as paper, bottles, cans, plastic bags and such to help return the river to its natural beauty.  Fun was had by everyone that could attend and their reward was a dinner fit for a king!  There was more than enough food for everyone!  If you were unable to attend,  you were missed and hopefully you can be at next years gathering.  I put together a short video of the event.  Hope you enjoy it.

…….. Yesterday,  I was able to fish with three of my good friends, RatherBfishin, Waderjon and Cajun on a local flow close to my home.  It’s always so much fun to be able to share your weekend doing something you all love so much.  That something is “River Bassin™”!  I was able to capture some of that time on this video to share with you.  Hope you enjoy it!

This past weekend I was called on to host three fine gentlemen from the state of South Carolina on some of our Georgia rivers.  Their earlier plans got canceled because of the recent heavy rains in their home state, causing their rivers to be “blown out”.  This was an excellent opportunity for me to meet some of my fellow “Riverbassin.com” friends I had yet to meet.  The “invaders” were Boyscout (Derek), TygerRiverWalker (Rich), Redfishguide (Jack) and Rich’s dog (Tucker).   Derek and I talked on the phone swapping information about the newly planned trip to Georgia like where and when we would meet up to do the shuttle etc.  Our Friday morning started out with us meeting at MAC’s Grill in Thomaston to eat a hearty breakfast (grits, eggs, homemade sausage and biscuits).  Ummmmmm good!!!!  Their excitement level was high and the anticipation of catching some of Georgia’s Shoal Bass was through the roof.

On day #1  we fished the Flint River which is a site for sore eyes and on day #2 we fished the Ocmulgee River which is one of my favorites!  Come along with us and share in our adventure!  Hopefully you will enjoy yourselves as much as we did!  If the opportunity to host some of your Riverbassin.com friends ever presents itself, you need to take advantage of it.  The rewards of new  friends and the fishing experience together will leave you with life long memories.

Cajun (Roger) and I (Paw Paw) got together over the telephone mid-week last week to discuss the possibility of doing one of the 14 mile floats on the Upper Flint.  Roger thought about it for about a second and a half and the plans were set.  Roger and I made a similar float last year in the heat of the summer and we ran out of water to drink!!!  Don’t ever do that!!!  At the end of our float, I was having mirages of an oasis in the middle of the river with ice chest full of Coors Lites!!! Read the full story

This is the latest RiverBassin TV episode where Drew guides Tom, from Connecticut, down in south Georgia to catch a shoaliemonster.  I think you’ll find this one entertaining and may even want to hire Drew yourself so he can try and get you on some big river bass as well.