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Night vs Day, eh?

Why that is one luxurious setup you have.  Tent and hammock.  A firepit and a folding chair.  Running water and a picnic table.
That looks like when I'm camping in style. 
Probably the most I've "roughed it" was in Colorado, at around 10K feet, where we had to stop at night because the dirt "road" was snowed under.  We pitched the tent on top of the snow, no heat or fire, no restroom or running water.  Definitely no hammock or picnic table.  That might have been the coldest night of my life.
But I'm too old for that these days.  Comfort is priority one.  We go with a cabin.

I'm probably older than you, CP.  But when the fish call, I'm doing what it takes.  Double sleeping bags for comfort, hammock for daytime naps, folding chair for sitting by the fire with coffee (see the pot of water?), and it all fits in a RAV4 easily to go anywhere on a whim.  I usually stay in comfort too, when it's available, but Yellowstone requires roughing it if you want to be close to the fish and enjoy the wilds. 

Sounds awesome.  I hear you.  I'd be there too, but for young kids (I started late.) 

"It's all about the fishing." 

I would wake well before dawn and haul my canoe (later boat) to Lake Nicole or Lake Harris in Tuscaloosa County every weekend.  (Once I got the fishing boat, it was Holt Lake 4 days a week, some afternoons after work.) 

There were these two guys (one of them might have been you) I frequently encountered in a fishing boat.  One morning I caught them with a screwdriver and flashlight jimmying the timer lock to the Lake Nicole gate.  It must have been before 5 a.m.  They got nervous when I drove up, but realizing it was me, went right back to work.

We had only a few conversations, they were guarded about their fishing.  The most important advice they ever gave me was, "There are no fish on Lake Harris.  If anyone asks, there are no fish."   

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Sounds awesome.  I hear you.  I'd be there too, but for young kids (I started late.)  
"It's all about the fishing."  

I would wake well before dawn and haul my canoe (later boat) to Lake Nicole or Lake Harris in Tuscaloosa County every weekend.  (Once I got the fishing boat, it was Holt Lake 4 days a week, some afternoons after work.)  

There were these two guys (one of them might have been you) I frequently encountered in a fishing boat.  One morning I caught them with a screwdriver and flashlight jimmying the timer lock to the Lake Nicole gate.  It must have been before 5 a.m.  They got nervous when I drove up, but realizing it was me, went right back to work.

We had only a few conversations, they were guarded about their fishing.  The most important advice they ever gave me was, "There are no fish on Lake Harris.  If anyone asks, there are no fish."    

Well, wasn't me.  But I like your story.  

I've never fished there, despite living in Tuscaloosa from 1969-1973.  I spent some time on picnic blankets at the lakes, but never fished.  

Now I enjoy trying distant and exotic fishing holes.


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[Catch Prothro]

I never fished in Tuscaloosa when I was a student, but as a Faculty/Staff Member for four years, with ample holidays and time off, I did year-round fishing.  It's actually a very good fishing area, much better if you know what you're doing.  Lake Nicole, Lake Harris, Holt Lake, the Black Warrior River, and Lake Tuscaloosa were all within 15 minutes from my house.  (Lake Tuscaloosa is probably the hardest of these to fish).

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