paul.

welcome from a fellow tennessean.

cool. man that's a sweet lookin' fishin' hole y'all got there!

good luck mike. i'm pullin' for ya man. here's hopin' a monster comes your way.

great fish randall. way to figure 'em out man.

good job man. glad you caught a nice one.

way to go jay! those are some great lookin' fish man! congrats big time!

fantastic! great fish man.

nice fish man. i think chatterbaits are good baits. they are a nice change-up where fish have seen a lot of lipless cranks and spinnerbaits. they are fairly versatile and can be fished with a variety of retrieve speeds. i haven't hear of 'em being used for spawners much, but obviously you made it work. mainly i use plastics and jigs for bedding fish. for stubborn ones, you can attach a heavy 1/2 - 3/4 oz. sinker with a big hole in it (so the line will slide through very freely) ahead of a small, brightly colored floating crankbait. cast it on the bed so that the sinker sets in the "sweet spot" and let the crankbait float up. then pull the rod so that the crank goes down to the sinker. let out a little slack so the crank is about 2-3 in. from the sinker. then just twitch the rod tip so the crank repeatedly goes to the sinker, backs up, etc. done properly, it looks like a small fish eating the eggs off the nest. they cannot stand this. oh btw, i am very jealous that you have spawning bass already. i think it's getting colder instead of warmer here. there was snow on the ground when i woke up this morning. >

rock on man! those are HUGE!

here's one i'm real proud of.

beautiful fish man! congrats to ya.

total pig man! what a fish! congratulations big time!

nice fish lee.

congrats on your big day buddy! it's always nice to go and just flat whack 'em like that. sounds like y'all were on 'em big time.

thanks guys. yeah, i was just commenting a little while ago on how bloated all of t-rig's bass look. i'd love to see a 17 incher that weighed 4 pounds. that'd be incredible. i probably shoulda called this "SWISS bass in tn". ;D

but as happy as i was with that one, i was even more impressed by this one here. i have always been jealous of those incredibly girthy trout-fed cali monsters. maybe this one will look like that one day. at just barely over 19 in. long, this lil' chunker clocked in at 4-1. wow! what potential! how i'd love to meet up with this one again when it's 27-28 in. long! here's hoping.......................... hope y'all are catchin' some too.

hey y'all. i was able to get out a little while today and got 2 decent fish. first was this pretty 5-6.

nice fish man. and REALLY nice lookin' fishin' hole.

even though the temperature says it's time to be inside watchin' fishin', the calendar says its time to be out there doin' some. i managed to get out for a little while this afternoon. got one 2 pounder on a red trap and then this humpbacked, beat up old mamma on a tube. she weighed 7-1, and on a cold day like today, i was glad to meet her. of course she was released after reluctantly posing for a few pix. hope y'all are catchin' some too. but seriously, where's the spring weather? i'm ready like spongebob! good luck to all y'all on your outings this w.e.

man! that is a beautiful fish daniel. with fish proportioned like that it won't be long before there's 8's and then doubles. like i said, i'm just blown away by how fat those fish are. the top fin nearly touches the tail on that one. forgive me for being culturally ignorant, but how long have bass been over there anyway? wouldn't the climate support the production of double digit fish there? it's not that much colder than over here is it? and by the way, congratulations! it's very cool that you are a record holder. i didn't know that. maybe you'll break your own record this year. here's hoping.

that's a good 'un alright. cool pic.

way to go daniel. man i've noticed every bass i've seen you post is thick, healthy, and chunky. you guys must have some really good forage for 'em. those are some well-fed lookin' bass!

excellent! now get back out there and get that big sow!

nope. just regular spinning tackle today bb. regular size rapala spinning reel and 6 ft. bionix rod. 10 pound cajun red cast line.

man i'd really love to catch a pike or musky one day. pretty fish dude.