Back in 08-09, I had a place on the New River that was just a honey hole.  I could catch some NICE smallies.  Well last year, it was a long cold winter.  A bunch of ice formed on the river and was just putting up on the banks it got so bad.  As a result, thousands of fish died and ended up at Bilsby Dam. 

I think it hurt the fish population pretty bad because now you cant hardly catch a fish there now.  This time of year it was no problem to go and catch ten apiece that were 2 1/2 lbs+. 

Well i finally caught one and it felt so good to catch a smallie again!

here are pics from this weekend:

(at local watershed I went to after the river)

Caught this one at a river (not the watershed in the above pics)

Nice fish, hopefully you wont have to wait another two years for the next one.

nice work!!  8-)

   Nice fish! Looks like you had a blast. I hope your river comes back to its former glory.... Sorry to hear 'bout that :-/

Nice fish! Look at how it's eyes are locked down. Did you catch it on a bottom lure, jig,grub,tube,etc...?

A classic example of a brown fish...nice goin'.

Nice fish and boat, super clean!

nice catch. really like the boat set up, been wanting to put rod clips like your on the john boat just haven't got to it.