TnRiver46

I think you would recognize it better with its white hat on.....

Maybe NFL ratings are down because since '02 it's basically like watching reruns? Brady down late in the 4th quarter then wins

Go birds!!!!

Sweet!

Ha! Don't feel bad. "Pretty much" confirming doesn't count as confirmation. Not much you can do, other than eat it or give it to someone. It's a side effect of our glorious sport, but each one lays like 40,000 eggs a year. They are a remarkably resilient species. If you think about it, most places allow you to kill 5 or more bass every day. And they are still thriving

I know an old timer that night fishes the spawn and does great. Some giant smallies and pretty big largemouth too. He doesn't sight fish though, just fishes where the beds are after dark when the fish lose their inhibitions

^+1. The gill rakers come up to the tongue so the hook usually hits them, causing all the bleeding.

Only caught 2 today, still fun and one was just a tad over 19". Also had a buddy lose one even bigger after 2 jumps, it went right in a tree and the jig just pulled out. Water temp 46-47, caught mine with a 2.5 inch gulp minnow

It will knock you down and hold you there! Hang in there and you will make it! I think I have had it 3 times, once when I lived in a log cabin with nothing but a wood stove for heat. It was 0 degrees for a few nights in a row, I couldn't keep getting up and going outside for wood. I wimped out and Ended up driving across town to mom's and she pumped me full of meds for two days and I recovered. I don't think I was near death but it put a bit of a scare in me. The flu does seem stronger than it was 15 yrs ago

Mike carter is good for guntersville

Sorry to hear

16 lbs in chatuge??? Wow

It's an old fashioned winter in the south this year, like the ones my grandparents showed me pictures of. Frozen waterfalls and snow drifts

Nice fish!

I use them to troll. Usually 2.5 mph gets them down 9-10 ft and you can cover a lot of water slamming bottom the entire way. H20 express makes good cranbaits that won't fall apart

Wow. I'd say that fish is well over 7 lbs. Congrats! Keep panfishing haha

Y'all are getting it way worse out on the west end!

Nobody mention the bayou boogie? Also, I can't speak to this in person, but I've heard the king spot by cotton Cordell was the beat all end all and is no longer produced

Go birds

I definitely wouldn't use braid but if it's cold enough you will have problems no matter what

1) smallmouth 2) northern largemouth 3) Florida largemouth 4) Alabama spot 5) Kentucky spot 6) meanmouth (probably doesn't count). I have friends that have caught redeye bass (micropterus coosae, not rock bass) in Tennessee but I don't think I have. They are only in 1 watershed in the whole state If I remember correctly

Even my mono was freezing on Saturday

Thanks! I heard the hill was around 47 degrees so I'm guessing that's about what Norris is

Fished in the sideways snow from about 9-1:30, it was cold but not @Bluebasser86 cold. If you're wondering why I'm wearing a life jacket on the bank, I was walking up and down cliffs next to the lake all day like in the last picture. Fish were quite active, Caught 5 but had a big one swipe my lure at the bank when I was pulling it up to cast again. The largemouth and one smallmouth not pictured (~16") took the bait right at my feet

Ha! Nasa needs to let us troll with their underwater drones. It was pretty fun, probably going back tomorrow. Tough walking but the smallies should be hungry, high of 30 degrees