TnRiver46

Why don’t you make a lure that’ll catch a fish instead? At least you got the beer part right

My buddy sent me this link and said “I flushed it down the toilet 30 years ago, look how it’s grown”

Trust me, there’s not a corner of Alabama that bald eagles don’t know about and if you don’t think they can catch a 5 lb bass with no teeth, watch this

I’ve seen bald eagle swim a 3-4 foot musky to the bank and eat it ! Although I’m not sure what a giddy kitty fish is, there’s a predator

Dude……. Funny you would say that couple characters were launching boats while I was standing on the floating dock. Super nice guys, they thought they were messing up my fishing . I said I’m a boater and I am aware this is a boat launch and I’m the one messing things up haha…… so I’m walking back to my truck holding two skips and the ole boy launching a pontoon says “you ever put those on a smoker?” I figured he was joking and laughed a bit but he was serious, said it was tasty like a smoked mullet. I love wild game more than 99% of humans but in the words of meatloaf, “no I won’t do that”

Hahahah!!!!!

Spooled up my new reel since they aren’t line shy

been kind of short on time this week. Having to hit up some bank spots. Got a drum after work Monday a bluegill on the way to moms Tuesday after work And today got done a tad early and got a few skipjack for the bait cooler

I’ve also seen a nice koi or two in the French broad river

Lunch tomorrow will be epic as always

Well then strap your ned rig to 80 lb braid, no reason for FG and Alberto knots

That’s a good point, fishing live shad on heavy line only works when you’ve got a big sinker on it. And even then something just ain’t quite right with thick line and (small) live bait

I’m with ya OP, I’d rather catch a single bass than 1,000 trout

There were two delicious looking mallards dabbling under my dock this weekend and I just spooked a wood duck while fishing off a boat launch dock

My buddies wife got him a lifetime sportsman license. I think it was somewhere between $1k and $2k but if you hunt that’s a discount

common? I wouldn’t say so. Best chance might even be smallmouth way up high in the mountains it probably still happens once in a while on chickamauga but like Tennessee boy said, there will be many more zeros

“Straight back to summer, won’t even get a spring season” -Hardee’s patrons, gas station clerks, BR members, etc

I believe that particular troll has been banished. Seems like new members posts require approval, Glenn will know as he created this whole thing by hand staying away from that thread is a great way to avoid drama, especially around Black Friday

My spinning rods would snap if I threw a big topwater, they are flemsy and all 3 spooled with 6# mono. I can launch them with a baitcaster tho

Seems like someone had a state record 100 lb blue cat from bull run steam plant that was later broken. I used to catch a good many largemouth bank fishing when the air temp was in the teens but the water was steamy hot I know the water discharge itself isn’t what goes wrong, it’s just no coincidence that the disasters occurred at the same location where there was a discharge. Mostly fires and now a dam breech, with a few chemical spills mixed in. Get outside of the TVA and you’ve got Chernobyl, 3 mile island, Fukushima……

Yeah I know all that , I’ve been to them. Independent of the process, then why is there a warm water discharge at both the steam plants you mentioned? It may be independent but it’s at the same facility. And it went horribly wrong once And like we mentioned earlier, Kingston and bull run both used to discharge much warmer water than they do today. And the fishing was better back then but they went from warm water discharge to lukewarm water discharge. I was under the impression there was some reason they stopped, probably safety or environmental reason. Browns ferry, the second most powerful nuke in the US, has caught on fire many times and almost melted down in the 70s . The list of accidents at that single facility alone is half a days reading . And that’s just one of them

It’s more like 5 but yes I’m serious. Thinking about future fishing too much to keep track. Believe me we’ve tried, can’t do it therefore ciphering the 40% is difficult with no data…….

If I catch 2 fish I’ve lost count luckily I only got one yesterday

Depth of water you are fishing is also key. I catch a ton of fish directly under my boat, can’t do that in a shallow pond. 20 ft is shallow for me

Haha! You’ve got a good sense of humor for 17. Rule number 9 is the only one set in stone