TnRiver46

Lake Erie, OH with a little PA mixed in

11.5” rock bass

PB alert!!!! 🚨 (attn: @gimruis) The evening began with a dink smallie Then I got another tap tap tap, assumed it was a dink but felt heavyish. Turns out it was an 11.5” rock bass

16-18 rods in a 14’ jon? That has to be some kind of record. i usually have 2-3 in canoe/kayak/jon and 5-6 in the 18.5’ larger jon boat. Most of them have worms tied on 😂

Can confirm! I’ve been peppered by waterfowlers many times

“The colossus of clout “

Oh yeah, we use mono for 99% of all SMB fishing and they bite

Yeah, I’ve been to it all. Just trying to paint the picture for ya. My buddy got all his rods and reels stolen that were leaning against his camper with his kids sleeping inside while camping at santee. We grew up right next to national parks and wilderness areas but santee is OUT there. A really cool place, especially the fishing (though I didn’t get to participate), just read where you said your wife couldn’t handle out in the sticks and it fits that definition to a T

This was in the middle of downtown Tuesday night . you mean outdoor activities or dining/social/music type stuff? Let me know if you want a tour sometime. I live right across the water from downtown in the urban wilderness , world class mountain biking that I don’t dare participate in haha There are some nice walleye/sauger downtown as well, and the occasional 30-40 lb striped bass

I see shad swimming upstream mostly, especially at dams and up creeks . And then They’ll swim 360 degrees to avoid a smallmouth haha

Santee cooper is in the middle of nowhere

Baitfish only swim downstream? They’d all be in the ocean by now or stuck with their nose in a dam

@Swamp Girl, Twas a jumper!

Depends on your definition of emergency. I’d try it if it was snowing in the middle of Lake Superior after dark with no cell service, warranty would not be my concern at that moment

Definitely doing fine but that’s the only life I’ve ever known, not sure when it’s peak

Back in my former career, I went to someone’s house that had a few similar things up on a shelf. A raccoon climbed up there and pooped all over them.

Got to a spot near the house after work last night at 5:20, with about 50 minutes of daylight left (thanks, DST…..) My buddy got a nice 19” SMB and another short fat one , I avoided skunk with a small LM. Had to fish a bit into the dark just to make it worth hooking the boat up 😂 Thankfully the TN river was back to normal color the fish seem to have weathered the flood, took a little over a month to rebound