TnRiver46

That's an awesome photo. I bet a rodent died moments later

I always get a decent one or two on a gulp minnow there on Cherokee. But I definitely fish the lower end

I'm 73 inches at 33 yrs........I also consider bass sacred like @Oregon Native but I consider killing and eating animals sacred as well. It takes a whole village I reckon! I don't eat small mouth often but if I'm standing on the deck of the boat holding one and my girlfriend isn't cooking dinner that night, the economically sound decision is to eat the fish in your hand instead of throwing it back only to go buy a fish from china. At least for a po boy like me

Usually the contrast got turned down. Power button brings up a menu and brightness is at the top. Might need a flahslight

They work great until you hit a boat dock or rip rap with them in mid air. Then you're out $6.99

I use whatever color you call this for all around. Blue mirror for super bright low humidity days in winter

Works great until the rope snaps. Or it's windy and heavy current and the boat blows sideways onto a bunk. I've had one of my lesser experienced friends hold the rope while I backed the truck down. Everything went fine and I parked the truck only to walk down the ramp and see him holding the rope with the boat blown sideways onto the bank getting pounded by waves with the lower unit in rip rap ABOVE the waterline. Even a motor trimmed all the way up is not safe. What do you use the bed cover for and can you walk on it? Muck Boots can be your friend

Beat me to it. Bring a purple rattle bait through a ball of threadfin and you better hang on!

Saw the eagle while driving the truck today, not the boat. I'm guessing I see one 80-90 percent of the times I fish. And I fish a lot

Auger? Unless y'all are all night fishing you can fish and then watch the game

I try to fish shallow in a situation like that but I stay at 20-30 ft almost year round. It's my comfort zone apparently

Right here. Took this pic today actually. There is not a single house "on" this lake and Most of the land around it belongs to Uncle Sam. I don't think I can live on this lake but we have a family house on the next one downstream! Some guys have all the luck

I haven't! I can see my lure and fish on the graph but they have never actually bit it while I watched the graph. I have marked fish and then caught them by backing off and casting to them though. Also what happens sometimes is I catch a fish, maybe two, then look down at the graph and see elongated arches

Got some nice perch, a trout, a walleye, and 4-5 smallmouth. A few fell to a fly rod w/ sinking line

Congrats! That's a fatty! I got a 24" bass once that I think was about 8lbs, had a bloody tail and I guessed had already spawned out. It was extremely beat up

Nice fish! Not making the cut with a 17 lb limit on day 2? Dang. Must have been some big fish brought in! Very impressive catch regardless of placement

Nice bass @Team9nine!

I have been using 8# pline and getting them

A good way to find them can be trolling crankbaits digging into the sand, I catch them pretty good using this tactic with water temps 47 degrees and up, usually trolling around 2 mph. The amount of water you can cover is amazing

Cool deal! I forgot y'all had those down there

Or when it's first and goal and they take 5 minutes to see if the runner got in. Then he scores on second down after all that

Also, if you pull a fish up to the boat it doesn't count as a skunk for Norris haha

Instant replay is my pet peeve. I can't stand it

The water is in the mid 40s on the lower end. Thanks for the post

That sounds like a tough place to find them early. At some point they will be moving from the deep holes to somewhere warm and shallow to make a nest. does this river have a dam upstream of where you fish? Maybe try to find a rock face that will catch some sunshine and warm up quickly or large rock/log to hide in