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Altamont Anglers In The Press

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Danielle & Ely's cold day on the Davidson River (click to visit)

Why fish in February? (click to find out!)

South Holston River report (click to visit)

Team Luttrell assaults the Davidson (click to visit)

Marion Green on the Davidson River (click to visit)

Team Bray triumphs on the Watauga River (click to visit

Steve Morin finds some pigs in the Davidson River (click to visit)

Don Hall on the South Holston River (click to visit)

Roger Jones with a Delayed Harvest report (click to visit)

Dave Gergacz scores on the South Holston (click to visit)

Mike McBee needs a 3rd hand on the South Holston (click to visit)

Before the floods: Davidson River Report (click to visit)

A brief vacation on the Big Mo (click to visit)

August, '09 Smallmouth Bass Report (click to visit)

Fly-caught striper on the Watauga River, 5/30/09 (click to visit)

Greg Braunstein & Dan Verlinsky hit the Watauga River (click to visit)

Team Tootleman Hammers 'em!! (click to visit)

Al Birkmaier hangs a hog on the Watauga River (click to visit)

September 22, '08 South Holston report (click to visit)

Lauren Orengo: beginner's luck or natural ability? (click to visit)
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Tom Martin hoists a hefty smallmouth bass he caught on the Pigeon River, May 19, 2009 (click image for larger view).

Tom"not a slave to fashion" Martin is a passionate angler with years of experience seeking--and catching--bass. Despite the many hours spent in bass boats, Tom still feels the suspense of every cast and retrieve, and has lost none of his excitement for every bite by a bass!

And--judging by the photo to the left--Tom still feels the exuberance of the final boating of the prize, in this case one fine specimen of Pigeon River smallmouth. While most successful fisherman have acquired, over the years, secrets to their success, most keep these hard-learned tricks or techniques close to vest. Not Tom. His magic bass-attracting fish bibs are right out there for all to see...

Ken Petersonholds a powerful Pigeon River smallmouth bass on May 19, 2009 (click image to enlarge).

Ken Peterson is the perfect foil for his fishing buddy, Tom, easily passing the age-old test "could you spend a day in a bass boat with this guy?": calm, reserved, always impeccably dressed and--most importantly--willing to pay for the guide!

Altamont Anglers guide Teo Whitlock keeps an eye on the bass-fishing conditions here in Western North Carolina, with standing orders from Tom and Ken that when it gets right, he is to call them. And so he did, and so they arrived on Tuesday, May 19, primed for a half-day float down the Pigeon River. Despite recent thunderstorms--you can see how full the river is in that photo to the right--the fishing appears to have been worth the drive from their homes in the Charlotte, NC area.

Click the thumbnail images below for larger views of fishing on the Pigeon River:

(Altamont Anglers operates on Pisgah National Forest Rivers under USDA Forest Service Permit #PIS6560)

 

They Coulda Been Contenders!
Or wall-hangers--but we released them all!!

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