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Immature bluegill. Maybe take another pic with a little less glare, but the color and gill plate look like a small 'gill to me.

7' M spinning rod for 90% of what a normal bass fisherman would cover. The 6'6" or 7' MH baitcaster for the heavier stuff. If you're flipping heavy stuff or throwing big swimbaits, you're going to need a bigger rod, but those two rigs will do an adequate job of 99% of bass fishing. crankbait rods are great (and mostly cheap) so that'd be my third if you really throw cranks alot.

Funny story, we bought new gear and even planned our honeymoon around a place in Quebec with a lake right outside the lodge...we fished about 2 hours; it sucked, and we had way more fun doing other honeymoon-type things... The Albright fly rods are great for the price; I can't speak to the casting rods, but they're a good company.

It's not a hack; it's a denial of service attack. And actually it's pretty amateur. They flood the website with traffic to the point that it can't handle any more traffic. Way different than breaking into and stealing data. I'm still sure DoJ is coming out ahead with the arrests yesterday and today and the shutdown of the pirate site.

Great game! I hate Harrison with a passion! He's a bum! Not a pretty second half but it's survive and advance in the playoffs! I'm not even a broncos fan!

If you're chasing every new fad, it gets expensive. If you try to build a collection of solid, productive, consistent baits, each one is an investment, and your expenses are pretty level over time. I'll take half as many cranks that work the way they're supposed to every time over a bag full of ones I have to tweak and tune area to area. And color is way overrated.

I think it's immature and that he does it to keep himself on people's minds and in the spotlight, but as a role model I don't think it matters one way or the other. A parent can use that as an example of unacceptable behavior and hope the kid recognizes what a DB Ike is being. His behavior is part of his brand, nothing more.

A big tree root ball or undercut bank or sweeper (laydown) and the eddy around it is where you'll find the bruisers. If you're not losing lures, you're not getting to the big girls. Spinners, spoons, surprisingly big rapalas all work for them. Once you get to know an area well, try it at night with a big rapala slowly across the surface.

Yes, and other inline spinners and flashy stuff. If the current's too swift for spinners, spoons like little cleos and kastmasters can get down a little deeper, or you can put split shot a foot or so in front of the spinner. Fresh stockers will hit the shot. :-)

With stockers, sometimes it depends on how long they've been there. Inititally, they'll eat anything that is about the size of one of the pellets they've been eating. After a week or so, they start moving to more natural-looking food and will reaction strike on curiosity alot of lures. After a few weeks/month, they're more like low pressured wild trout, you have to be decent, but not great.

Work while you're in college. A college degree doesn't give you the right to or prepare you for a job, it gives you knowledge to use in a job. The life experience of working and trying to go to school was easily as important as the actual classwork. Interships or volunteer work, both during the year and during the summer, are crucial for you while you are in college. If you can't find an intership, work at something as close to your field as you can. If you can earn money while being in college, you can keep your expenses down and your loans minimal. It's time to grow up and start wiping your own nose, paying your own bills, and finding your own way. What happens to you now is on you and noone else. Work hard, do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. As far the article, aside from college being more expensive, I thought it was a bunch of self-serving hooey. He quoted himself for pete's sake! Latin, Greek, and Greek literature were taught back then, that's why it was on the entrance exam! I could still handle the math and most of the geography/history today, 15 years after college (and I was publicly educated in TN!)

Small spinner or small curly tail grubs in watermelon or motor oil. Stockers aren't generally particularly smart. Or for flies, a hares ear in about a 10 or 12 under a strike indicator or large dry.

I try to fish the eddies. Swing spinners (spinning) or streamers (flies) quartering downstream so that they eddy out in the eddies. In muddy cold waters, in my experience, the fish don't tend to be very active, but a big chunk of food hung in their face can get them to eat. I like big flies or flashy spinners so they know it's there.

Are they just making the point that you cancelled over the phone? Having moved a few times, I've cancelled a few gym memberships (and phones, cable, etc.). Whenever possible, I try to show up in person and talk to a human being to fill out the paperwork. Either make a copy or fill out two identical forms. Get the name of the person who's helping you fill the stuff out, and keep any and all ID or confirmation numbers. I've only had one problem with this (thank you Verizon). Gold's Gym actually refunded a month's fees for me because they overcharged me.

3" Curly tail grubs in a brown or green color of your choice with 1/16 to 1/4 oz jig head Tube jigs of a similar or slightly larger size, same jig heads Roostertail inline spinners in 1/8 oz ( I like the "grasshopper" color) Baby Rage craws (you can use the jigheads above) Maybe a small Spook That should get you covered and be well under $30 for everything.

2nd Creek where it empties into Ft Loudon main is a nice place to fish if you're short on time, but watch out for water quality warnings. There's also a creek down below the engineering building that empties in near the Crew Boathouse. I used to drive down to Ft Loudon dam and fish for stripers and smallmouth, very fun. There's almost always white bass below Douglas dam and willing smallmouth in the Little Pigeon in the spring/summer. Ton of fun on an UL or flyrod. If you want to get away, rent a canoe or kayak (or hike) and go up the Abram's Creek inlet from Chilhowee Lake into the GSM Park for smallmouth. Or just fish Chilhowee or one of the other Finger Lakes of the Smokies for trout and bass. Another fun trip is up to the Obed near Wartburg for smallies, with the chance for a musky (seriously). Finally, the Clinch below Norris dam has world class trout fishing, with an occasional striper as you get further away from the dam. There is a wealth of diverse fishing opportunities within an hour around Knoxville; the hardest part is deciding where to go!

I mainly use flies for the trout streams there, but if you're spinning, a 1/32 or 1/16 oz roostertail in grasshopper color is really all you need for either trout or smallies (or really anything else that swims). I sometimes put a shot a foot above to keep it down in current, and it helps with line twist. You can also use small classic rapalas or husky jerks. Little curly tails and/or trout magnets also work, but usually never get past the roostertail.

Fish the Little Pigeon in Sevierville/Gatlinburg. Look for access points near the bridges that cross it. This time of year it's going to be tough. Try finesse jigs with small trailers, trick worms weightless, small gold inline spinners, and/or senkos. Jigs and senkos in the holes, everything else in the riffles. In Bryson City, you can fish Fontana, which is an excellent smallie lake, but I would get a guide or some local advice.

X2 on the roll casting, also learn how to use the current to your advantage to load the rod.

With a flyrod, you're casting the weight of the line, not the lure. It's not about power, but more timing. When you're learning, peek over your shoulder and wait for the line to straighten out behind you before starting your forward movement; you'll pick up the timing and stroke faster. Keep everything as high as you can, but also level. Aim at the air a foot above where you want the fly for a softer landing. On a cast, when in doubt..duck...especially with big bead heads or streamers. Wooly buggers are your BFF.

I was wondering if anyone else saw that flag. I hate the Pats and Skins equally, and think Harrison's (Stiller) hits have no place in the game, but that was a clean hit on a guy just starting to go down. Totally assinine that got flagged, and it was a huge help to the Pats.

There's alot less flesh on a squirrel tail to rot. You can salt the flesh end for a few days; it'll draw out the moisture and the the tail will be fine. I used to do my own when I was growing up. If you're really worried, split up the tail with a small scissors, scrape the bones out with a teaspoon and salt/dry that.

The old standard, black with blue flake.

Out on the Potomac today. Was catching fish on a Northstar Jig with a Rage Chunk trailer, and a Delaware Valley Tackle rod. Reel was a shimano, just to keep the posse happy. Fish really came shallow with the sun this afternoon. Blue and purple in the jigs/trailers seemed to be the ticket, and the combo of hair/silicone in the jig really make for a natural fall.

Looking at the fins I would guarantee you that that is a recently stocked rainbow. They're fun; you should release them into lemon pepper and/or hot grease. There's not going to be a comeback or a viable, sustainable population there. It's solely a put and take fishery for 'bows.