The Chattahoochee river is an iconic place. Not just because Alan Jackson sang about it, but the fishing is phenomenal. Nick Dyer, a fellow Vibe Kayaks teammate, lives close by and fishes the river often. After seeing pictures of the fish he was catching near the Hootch, I had to plan a trip there to fish with him. With Shoal Bass and Striped Bass both being on my bucket list, we planned a date that I could catch both. Within 5 minutes of being on the river, I had a huge blowup on a Whopper Plopper, but about 6 seconds into a drag peeling fight, the fish, presumably a large shoalie, came unhooked. After getting onto the shoals and watching the sun come up, I caught a nice largemouth before getting up to the frothy water spilling off the dam. Once we made it to the dam, Nick catches a striper and a shoal bass within minutes of each other, and Kyle Stewart hooked into a striped bass. I was next on the catch list, as I caught my first shoal bass and my first striped bass only minutes apart on a Z-man Diezel Minnow, Redfish Toad color, on an EyeStrike Texas Eye Jighead. After that moment, the pressure was off and we continued to fish down the river picking up shoal bass and spotted bass on Whopper Ploppers, Heddon Spooks, and other various lures.
Jeff Jones
The kayaks and paddles we were using in this episode.
Jeff - Vibe YellowFin 120 / Bending Branches Angler Pro Carbon
Nick - Vibe Maverick 120 / Bending Branches Angler Navigator Plus
Kyle - Vibe SeaGhost 110 / Bending Branches Angler Classic
Josh - Vibe SeaGhost 130 / Bending Branches Navigator
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Other Notable gear
Gruv Fishing Hard Bait Box
Gruv Fishing Big Jig Box
Gruv Fishing Big Jig Launchpad
Gruv Fishing Hard bait Launchpad
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All rods were equipped with Savur Outdoors Retrieval Devices.
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The retrieval device, is a component that can be added to the butt of any fishing rod, that if and when, your rod falls overboard, will deploy a small float attached to the rod. To see this in action see this video. It has saved my rods and cameras countless times.
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Негізгі бет Stripers, Shoal Bass, and Storms. Fishing the Middle Chattahoochee River
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