TnRiver46

You are a cat!

Great photos and trip. Thats the first time I’ve seen your whole canoe, that’s slicker than a peeled onion !

Got home from work and was hanging out with my wife, but she had some business drama to sort thru on the internet and asked me if I was going fishing twice, don’t have to tell me 3 times! Haha The water in Knoxville has changed drastically over the last couple weeks. The two reservoirs upstream have finally reached full so they are no longer holding back water. So now we are getting swift flows of chilly water from the bottom of the dams, maybe making the fish think it’s back to march. Water temp was 62 degrees!! got one on the big bait that looked pre spawnish and a few on a worm (including a ky spotted bass that people think are extinct) Also found a crankbait and quality inner tube floating down the river and scored a pair of channel locks someone left sitting on the ramp dock 😂

I’ve bought at least 3 used lower units , maybe 4…….. not good at counting . They were all good to go

It depends on how hungry I am and what I’ve got in the freezer, who’s coming over for dinner, etc. if I’m fully stocked, I usually try to catch a single fish so I’m not skunked, then try to catch the biggest one I can. Which around here isn’t really big but still more fun, bigger fish pull harder

Got out Sunday morning in a downpour. It wouldn’t quit and I nearly froze to death even though it was like 65 degrees maybe warmer, just soaked to the bone. Fish were biting tho, Got 5 LM, a SM, a bluegill, a catfish, a carp, and 3 skipjack .

Learning to swim and went way too far (mom jumped in and got me ) 3-4 bad car wrecks, somehow always unhurt I think @clayton86 may have the wildest tale I’ve heard

Unfortunately you would never be able to fish anywhere in this region if you didn’t want to fish where there are bodies. They find them often and there are many they never found. There are also many that nobody even knew was missing until they floated up it ain’t exactly Mayberry anymore

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I found a guy in the water once, kinda felt like someone would like to have found him so it didn’t bother me https://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/new-clues-emerge-in-death-of-missouri-man-ep-358565533-356025611.html/

Productive outing! Hope the infusion doesn’t get you down too much