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(Click the thumbnails above for our smallmouth bass slide-show.)
Debbie Griffith hefting a real hog of a Pigeon River smallmouth bass, July 19, 2010 (click to enlarge)
Debbie Griffith discovered Altamont Anglers when she moved to Asheville for a position at UNCA, carrying in her pocket a gift certificate for some fly fishing with us, courtesy of the co-workers she left behind at NC State. Since her first float trip with AA guide Teo Whitlock, she's become a regular occupant of the front of the boat.
She treated her friend, Denise Bruner--a constant threat to the redfish near her home in Tampa, FL--to a day of chasing their Appalachian cousins, the smallmouth bass, on Monday, July 19.
Debbie, Denise and their guide, Teo, endured a morning of drenching rain, bravely fishing through the downpour and being rewarded with some monster smallies!
You can see by clicking the pictures that follow how Debbie and Denise reaped the reward for toughing out the morning rain--afternoon sun and a beautiful day in East Tennesse.
The rest of the story is here...
Carl Hoffman with a hefty Pigeon River smallmouth bass caught on March 27, 2010(click image to enlarge).
Looks like Carl Hoffman picked the wrong day for a smallmouth bass float trip: the barometric pressure was moving up and down and all over the scale as a front moved through, bringing rain, cold, and thunderstorms to the area on Tuesday, April 27. Carl and Altamont Anglers guide Teo Whitlock just had to cover up and take it as they floated the Pigeon River in weather that normally zips the lips of smallmouth.
But their perserverance paid off and Carl managed to boat a good number of bass, including that beauty on the left.
Click the thumbnail for a larger view of another, even fatter, Pigeon River smallie caught by Carl...
Carl Hoffman with a fatty, April 27 2010(click image to enlarge).
Andy Squires, with a fine Pigeon River smallmouth bass caught on March 9, 2010(click image to enlarge).
Altamont Anglers guides Teo Whitlock and Forest Marshall teamed up with Andy Squires for an early-season outing on the Pigeon River on March 9, 2010, and that beautiful, back-lit smallie being held by Andy here was but one of many excellent bass boated and released. Click the thumbnails below for more of the fishing on March 9, and then scroll down for the fishing on March 12 and March 16...
Teo holds a great Pigeon River smallmouth bass caught by Scott on March 12, 2010(click image to enlarge).
Teo and Andy, joined by their buddy Scott, returned to the Pigeon River a few days later--on March 12, 2010--for some more of that great Smallmouth Bass action. The weather wasn't so nice in morning, though it cleared and warmed a bit in the afternoon, but the fishing was at least as good!
And, like pinching yourself to make sure it's not all a dream, Teo headed back over to the Pigeon on March 16, with his fishing buddy Tim Fischer as a witness. Tim hails from Wisconsin, and is an avid Musky and Smallmouth angler who was impressed by our Southern beauties. Click the thumbnails below to see how impressive the fishing was on March 12 and 16, 2010...
(Altamont Anglers operates on Pisgah National Forest Rivers under USDA Forest Service Permit #PIS6560)
