TnRiver46

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Wow those are some bigguns

I'm way upstream of you but all the lakes mentioned in the above post are pretty awesome! (Although I've never been to Neely Henry). Try to fish when they are generating if possible. This time of year fish can be surprisingly shallow, the baitfish like to soak up the sun. The major factor working against you is that every Tom, Dick, and Harry has a full size truck and a bass boat. I would guess that the bass in the stretch of the Tennessee river in north Alabama are close to the smartest bass on earth. They have seen some things man................

I have been watching a couple YouTube videos of people ice fishing Mille lacs this week, I guess the Muskie was caught a couple weeks ago?

Thanks man! Hoping to chase them again today. That is provided I can move after eating myself silly last night

Depends on where I'm fishing but usually the cheapest 1/8 oz round ball jig head I can find. Which is usually Arkies from wal mart

Got a couple nice smallies Friday, one 21 inches maybe 21.5. The other just short of 20. Water temp was 50 and fairly clear, got them pulling shallow cranks about 2mph

Small tube jig with 1/8 oz jig head shoved into it. Drag slowly on the bottom

Thanks man, I just throw stuff on there wrap it. They will catch fish but they catch a lot of tree limbs and rock shelves too

Keep trying it, i would way rather fish in winter than in summer.

Wearing short sleeves to work in East Tennessee today and still sweating. Nice and sunny, hoping to fish after work

Braid and mono are the only thing I use on a spinning reel. Fluorocarbon works great on a baitcaster but does crazy things on a spinning reel. I only use it for leaders with spinning tackle. I feel like the wind is going to blow any line

Depends on where I am. Norris lake temp is slow to fluctuate so those smallies still love dawn and dusk. And shade. Norris and cherokee lake smallmouth will be on shady banks no matter how cold it is. Fishing flowing rivers/reservoirs I like to fish sunny shallow water mid day. Opposite tactics on deep tributary reservoirs that don't flow much

Thanks man!!! Never fished Powell side, I'm coming from Knox so I usually launch in cove creek or at pt 19. I have fished near Anderson co park once which I believe is where the two rivers come together

Thanks for the post, I was going to fish there last weekend but my buddy had a tournament there and I didn't want to sore lip anything !!! (More like get skunked and get in the way). Got holiday time off coming up, will use one or more days of it on Norris. Is that screenshot rockfish amongst bait?

In my experience the best way to catch the biggest largemouth in a pond doesn't involve a lure, but rather a live or dead bluegill

A simple one

Does anyone ever eat pike? Maybe that would make them think twice about biting off all your lures.

That's hilarious I bought the exact same bait at dicks like 2 days ago. It was the only bag of them amongst a ton of other baits, I wanted a few more packs. Took them to the counter and the cashier said "hmm never seen that.....oughta work on a drop shot"

You are spot on about those things. I wish you would come up here and catch them all!!! They are super thick and don't bite. Not my cup of tea

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I have been fishing the Tennessee river for 30+ yrs....... and after reading what roadwarrior posted, I altered my work route slightly today and popped into a sporting goods store!!!!! Wouldn't you know it, they were on clearance. Thanks for the advice! Hahaha

Hahahahha. Guess I read that wrong, thanks. I think I'll order 6-8. Provided I click the correct buttons.......

Nice fish, makes me want to go fish a steam plant! Thanks for the post

Sounds like a fun day!