TnRiver46

They can grow really slow and even shrink in the south too. I think Ott Defoe caught a tagged SMB that was like 18 yrs old and under 3 lbs Not every bass gets bigger it’s whole life

I paddled 5 ish miles from the dock to a floating concert my buddy’s son was playing on Saturday. An older couple saw my fishing tackle and invited me on board their pontoon to talk fishing. Lightning delayed the concert and I was a tad apprehensive about paddling 5 miles back in a storm but they offered to load my kayak onto their pontoon to take me back to my dock, thanks to them ! Since I was back home by 7 i figured I would fish a while, got two SMB and a LMB There were more boats at that concert than in Ft. Lauderdale ! I couldn’t zoom out far enough to capture it all

Holly bushes/trees are the devil. I cut one down and dug up a basketball sized rootwad up against my foundation. I used to store my canoe upside over where it was. Every time I flipped it over, there were 2-3 new holly shoots coming out of the ground. Now my wife has a small greenhouse in the area, there are always a couple holly shoots sprouting in the bottom of it. Relentless, I tell you. Our landscaping projects this year are cucumbers, tomatoes, and my mom has some okra and tomatoes. The cucumbers my wife grew are yellow and white instead of green, look weird but taste the same

@TNBankFishing , yes I’ve got racks and I may try that method, thanks for that! But when you have a car like this worth $100, dents aren’t a problem haha I just stand it up straight on its butt end right behind the back bumper then slowly let it down onto the racks . But I think I do smell what you are stepping in with the strap method and will probably do that with my wife’s subarau outback once we get racks on there If I’m feeling lazy or fishing close to home, I just drop the tailgate on my gas guzzling truck and toss it into the bed. But for road trips we need a more fuel efficient comfortable ride. My truck runs great but it’s a 4x4 and not exactly a smooth ride 😂

I have wasps in my trailer tongue every summer haha. They make an expanding spray insecticide that should do it Funny, we have this problem times 10,000 at work right now. Hollow poles metal scaffolding for fire training is absolutely loaded with wasps, we are paying an exterminator to work at it for 3 hours in the morning

I’m also in the bare bones crowd but I bet the pedals would be very nice if you wanted to be hands free. I have several kayaks and a canoe and they all serve a purpose. If I could only have one it would be a canoe, way more open space to move around and easy to carry. My wife has the Jackson liska kayak that I fish out of the most , it’s the Cadillac of our fleet. Paddles fairly fast, very stable , comfy chair, lots of storage. It’s heavy tho at 89ish lbs empty, I can car top it solo but I have to use a car I don’t mind scuffing or denting. It’s a 2 person lift if You want to avoid scratches. In my truck I can drop the tailgate and just life one end to set it into the bed and slide the rest of the way.

Congrats!!!

I have gotten into topwater smallies chasing shad many times, don’t think it has ever happened two days in a row on the same spot tho

It was amazing, always my favorite anytime I get out there. The water is usually lower and you have to swim to fish it but recent rains allowed us to take boats, although they have to be tiny boats that turn easily and that you can easily pick up and drag

My cousin texted me last week and asked if I could go on a creek float Tuesday. I said I had to work, but figured I would ask my boss anyway. She said it would be fine so we watched the flow gauge like a hawk all weekend. It spiked to flood levels Saturday which would be dangerous raging whitewater. Luckily it fell out quickly and was perfect for our float yesterday. We got onto the water about 8:30 and off the water around 6:30. This is my favorite place on the planet to fish and it didn’t disappoint. It being a small creek, there aren’t really any big fish but there are ungodly amounts of fish and they don’t see lures (it’s beyond nowhere). We think we caught somewhere between 75 and 100 fish. The rapids were tons of fun even if we hadn’t made a cast. Saw a juvenile and adult bald eagle, got soaked in 3 separate downpours, narrowly avoided 2 hornets nests, almost flipped in rapids/waterfalls half a dozen times, etc etc. fun fun fun.