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This is mine as well.

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In there like swimwear.

NASCAR started rolling downhill when I quit drinking and stopped attending races. Haven't missed it and haven't looked back.

The Packers don't have a single guy on the team that has been to the Superbowl. I think the Steelers have a few. Steelers win big! Charles Woodson has been to the Super Bowl. Yeah, with Oakland and they lost. "Yeah, with Oakland" would've been sufficient Wayne.

My boat came from the factory with the rod tube organizers. I promptly removed them. They were made from 3/8" plastic with holes drilled in it and the plastic tubes going out the backside. The handle end was just a 2 tier plastic tray type thing with cutouts for the handles to lay in. Worked good but I needed to carry more rods than what the organizer allowed.

Well, there's one week until it all goes down. Who is your pick?

Look around for an All Star BCM6. It's 6' medium. It's an older All Star model but will be exactly what you're looking for and you can probably get it cheap if you find one.

Smith Mtn has a decent smallmouth population but if I were looking to catch a bunch of smallies and have good odds of catching some really good ones, I wouldn't choose Smith Mtn for this. I'd go further south to Pickwick where the smallmouth are plentiful.

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Actually, i ran through a group of birds one night. I was going slow enough that i didn't hit any. All i heard was wings flapping. I think they were seagulls. My partner is the one who took the duck to the skull, I was driving and fortunately it didnt hit me because it knocked him out for a few seconds. I never even gave birds/ducks a second thought about flying around at night until that happened.

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A bug? LMAO. Try taking a duck in the eye, at night, running about 60ish. Might need a hockey helmet with a birdcage facemask.

Excellent post Tin. R.I.P. Jack

Tennessee Shad Chartreuse Black Back

That point in the background looks real familiar. Nice work. You drop the spoon anywhere yesterday?

Most times in 40 degree water, we're sitting on top of fish that are suspended around the shad schools, dropping spoons on 'em. However, last winter we had one day that we couldn't get bit with the spoon even though the graph was covered up with activity from 15 ft all the way down to 35. I decided to move the boat shallow and drag a carolina rig up the hill on this particular main lake point that was loaded with shad. Well, the carolina rig wasnt working out so while we were up there on that point my partner decided to throw down the bank parallel (rip rap bank) with a Gulp Minnow on a jighead, just dragged slowly along the bottom. He started ripping fish out left and right, one after another. I threw the rig over that way but they were having none of it. The jighead minnow deal he had was just hammering the fish. We (actually, he) ended up with 5 going almost 20 pounds off that bank in about 30 minutes. I moved the boat around to cast straight at the bank (so we wouldnt spook them being so shallow) but they wouldn't eat it unless it was dragged parallel to the bank, so thats what we did. That day turned out sunny and might have hit 40 degrees later on but it was sleeting when we blasted off that morning. There was something different happening because everything was right for the deep spoon bite but it never happened. I havent figured out exactly what it was but ever since then I always throw something parallel up shallow along banks that are close to deep water with bait nearby. Flats are places that I've found them up shallow in cold water as well but again, there is always bait close by.

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Thats a beautiful Florida bass. Not black and sunburned on the back like most of them. ;D

True. There's not a fish that swims that won't eat a nightcrawler.

Ummmm....yeah ;D

STX > SX.....no matter what you're using them for

Yep. Me too. The 'ol ball & chain is brutal.

I'm definitely trying to make it happen. KY Lake is full of bass and a great place to tune your skills. No shortage of bites down there.

Wow! This is shocking and very sad news. Jack was a great forum member and he'll be missed big time. RIP Jack.