Author: Mike Cheatham
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Tennessee me…
There are those few seconds when the dust is rising against the heat of a summer day (you can feel it, taste it) and the first drops of rain that try to beat it back down…when humidity threatens to stop your breathing and the sun moves behind the clouds. A…
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I need a favor – (or A Tale of Two Heart Attacks) – you decide
I really thought being a retired, kept man was going to be much easier than it is proving to be. I mean kept; I assumed that didn’t entail dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning. It was going to be a breeze for me. I was going to be back in the kayak…
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Unemployed dude with no meetings to attend.
I am using the time to adjust to my new position as a kept man; more just a stay at home, retired old fat dude really but I like the idea of having (at least saying I have) a sugar momma for a bit.
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Peace Thich Nhat Hanh…..thank you.
Not fishing related…but then, not everything in my life is…. There are moments that are so vivid in my mind, memories that I can replay with such clarity; moments, people I meet, feelings of sadness or pleasure. These are events that are so minor they would go unnoticed were it a…
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2021 KAST championship…
Just home from the KAST state championship hosted by CMKA – Clinch Mountain Kayak Anglers – in Spring City Tennessee on Watts Bar Lake. Directors Scott Bullins & Curtis Perez https://www.facebook.com/groups/160029334416540, along with the KAST director Steve Owens put on a great event for the 97 anglers in attendance. Dugout Bait and Tackle provided some…
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thanks for it all Bobby Haskins
We spent years as a military family, so moving was a pretty regular part of our lives until Ft. Campbell and Clarksville. My parents decided Tennessee was where we would end those travels in the early seventies. Mom being from Lookout Mountain, dad from Ducktown, it was close enough to family…but still…
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Possum Kingdom….not the Toadies version
My wife and I travel together for tournaments and I do my best to keep things in perspective as we cross the US. It is not always about the tournament for us as a couple. Equally important is seeing new sights, tasting new foods, meeting new people. I mean, for real though,…
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Senko…post quarantine….hopefully…
I have fished the last two weekends with the Clarksville Area Kayak Fishing Group. We met up for check in at Mama Mea’s in Dover and I realized just how much I missed the gatherings. Really missed them! I have never needed a win to chase all the tournaments – personally, I want to win,…
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Bending Branches…a customer review.
First, I am not a writer so I find it hard to say that I have writers block. But I am trying to write an article for Rogue Fishing Company (coming soon) and am finding that the right words are as elusive as bass for a lot of the field on Chickamauga la…
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my KBF NC recap…and perspective
2:10…day two of the NC, also the final day of the KBF Trail Championship. I am sitting at just under 80 inches, acutely aware that one decent upgrade will get me into the KBF Ten. I toss a Baby Bass Yamamoto Senko under a dock that I had pulled a bass from the day…
Topwater Moon 