TnRiver46

I'm associated with the SEC and I (respectfully) hate all the schools in the conference except my own. Every time a rival makes the playoffs it helps us absolutely none. Zero. Zilch. "Conference pride" is when fans of a crappy team want to latch on to a winning team. It's a sellout

I still can't believe they drafted peterman! When he played at Tennessee he was worse than any high school qb I had ever seen. He threw a pass backwards with no pass rush. Literally backwards

Give bass a rest???? I can't comprehend that. You'd have to strap me to a chair and sedate me

Bingo

Buzzbait. Worm is more effective but buzzbait strike is my fav

Nice saugeye!!!!!

Tennessee river ft loudoun lake

Doggone!!! Good job keep givin' em h*%#!!!!!

Second 7.43 of 2018????

Since our lakes are all reservoirs they rarely if ever freeze in the main channel

Hate you had bad luck but if that's the first skunk you can remember, you are doing something right! I can unfortunately clearly recall a few dozen skunks

Ha! I wish he would train my dogs to stay in the fence! Mine dig out of a 6 ft fence. Big one digs the hole and little one slithers through it. The pack has strength in numbers.....

I think biscuit could clear that fence with ease!

Ha! I see what you did there........

The good thing about Norris lake is it stays super clear from the middle to low end barring a 100 yr flood

Only the worst in over a century! HAhahah

Hardcore. Results?

+1 on that last sentence! When we should all be worried about family well being we have to worry about cost. It's total bull so I agree with crappiebasser, live it up

Prayers sent

Nice leg work tuna

My aunt and cousins livein Florida and it seems this happens every year........ code orange tree panic mode

Prayers sent

Hahahah good point. I suppose that is always the reason for most anything

Thanks Glenn!!!!

I'm in northwest Ohio right now and it was -10 with howling wind this morning, I think wind chill was -28 or something ridiculous. Hmmmm I live in knoxville and kayak/canoe fish a good bit. The PB smallmouth could easily be tied or broken but sometimes it can be tough. For smallies, April would be your worst month for river fishing on a normal weather year (because of spawning). March can be really good for river fishing in prespawn, they usually spawn in April and are hard to catch. One really good thing about spring can be the freestone streams. Tailwaters take longer to warm up but the streams/creeks/rivers without dams warm up much faster and fish much better in early spring. Fair warning, the biggest snows we have ever had in east TN occur in late march. 24" in late march of '93 was the biggest snow of my lifetime. I honestly think camping and weather are going to be your limiting factor. There's a billion places to fish just like you described but spots to camp (legally) and cold weather could hinder you a tad. Here's a few rivers I would suggest: holston, french broad, little river, little pigeon, big pigeon, clinch, Powell, harpeth (never seen it though). We don't have any natural lakes in every entire state (except reelfoot) so small lakes are few and far between and are basically dammed up creeks. A few of those that come to mind are cove lake (state park), big ridge, and Indian Boundary. These small lakes typically don't have smallmouth with the exception of John sevier on the holston (which is Famous for vehicle break-ins but not recently). It would be handy to have two cars for kayak float trips or find someone to run a shuttle. Norris lake is not too far from Ohio and in summer loaded with buckeye fans! Always pretty easy to find camping on that lake and has lots of smallies but they can be tricky. I would probably recommend Norris lake unless you are strictly after river fish. South holston watauga lakes are also giant smallmouth factories that could be a possibility. Panther creek state park would be a decent place to look into also on Cherokee lake, caught some there on the day after Christmas (see smallmouth section "smallies + bonus fish" report i posted)