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Coach B, Guntersville, Bass, Feb 17 2009, Cecil Freeman - FishNews - 02-20-2009
Had the itch that needed scratching and called Cecil to go to Guntersville. He was willing to go and hooked up his Ranger and off we went.<br />Put in at the city park and the water temp was 38 degrees. He was unsure if the fish would bite and I assured there would be some caught.<br />We idled to the other side of the area and started to fish. Did I mentioned it was 25 degrees at the time?<br />Throwing rattle traps he set the hook within 5 cast and the rod bowed hard. I went for the net and he finally got the fish to the boat. It was a longnose gar tialed hooked and got the pliers and did quick surgery. A few cast later he again set the hook and got the fish to the boat and it was a Great Lakes pearch snagged, Again, released the fish and I told him this was not a &quot; see how many different species he could catch&quot; and bass was the target.<br />Finally a bass took the rattle trap and then boated netted and released,<br />I was throwing the red and he was throwing the royal shad. Red was NOT the color of the day in this area.<br />After 2 more was caught and released, we went exploring. To make this shorter, we fished other pockets, coves, on the river and caught bass in each areas.<br />We ended up with 12 keepers ranging from 3 to 4 pounds. Off the water about 2 and headed back to Georgia.