TnRiver46

It doesn’t bother me, none of my business

Here is a list of contaminants in TN waters, it’s quite specific

We’ve got signs at the access points. They have bullet holes in them but most are legible baha

Funny you would ask, he’s 6’9” so yep

I’ve also never had any but you can modify your jig heads with pliers to make things fit easier. Just snip off little pieces of lead to shape it how you want

If ya got slime you had a cat!

I think I’ve filleted redears that size……. To truly match the hatch, just fling that bluegill that you caught right back out there

Uh oh I think there’s a DuPont upstream of me haha. The pigeon river has been polluted by champion papermill in canton NC for a long long time, they send all the poison downstream across the border in TN and no longer have to worry about it………. The pigeon was basically lifeless in the 80s with some black sludge all over the bottom. It is now premier smallmouth and hybrid/wiper fishing . Lots of walleye and trout too

I’ve got an old folding one that has been thru the ringer, I’d almost be embarrassed to post a pic. I think I found it in a river. There’s not much blade left to sharpen on the main blade, somebody must have lost it years and years ago. I will say it’s durable !

My buddy used to bring me old light bulbs from the plant he works at , those are awesome ceramic sharpeners

16-18 foot aluminum with 4 stroke 50-75 horse, maybe More

Hahaha! There definitely should be. You know it’s nasty if you’re putting cheese on it

Do you have wipers ? I’m not sure if what we have is mooneye or gold eye but the striper and hybrids go crazy on them like killer whales chasing seals onto the beach

Our contaminants (that they know of) are mostly PCBs (poly chlorinated biphenols) and mercury. Seems like I heard the PCBs were used mainly in large machinery lubricants and last a very long time. Small concentrations are not dangerous but risk goes up the higher the amount. Most older larger organisms have more time to bioaccumulate the contaminants and the same thing happens in humans. I figure if I eat so many locally caught fish that I get sick and die, then what a better life could I ask for?

That’s what I was thinking, who lays on the ground in a suit. Then I thought who goes fishing in a suit…….. haha awesome stringer though! Yeah, I didn’t really want to admit it but I’ve eaten a 6 lb bass and it was like a grouper, top notch flaky white meat haha. Don’t tell anyone………….. oh no I’ve said too much …….. I don’t do that often but sometimes they won’t release. But it’s not because big bass don’t taste good, that’s a myth

That’s usually pretty close, sometimes it takes until January and sometimes it never gets below 50

47 degrees is magic smallmouth water temp for me, but I’m a days drive south. They eat like sharks at 47-49

What he said! Bioaccumulation

All of our waters have warnings for different species. Most of them are for catfish and largemouth over 2 lbs. On watts bar it’s those fish plus some others like striper and sauger. I still eat them, there would probably be warnings on every single fish in the grocery store if corporate profit wasn’t involved. Farm raised fish often have higher contaminant levels than wild fish. This is mainly because they are fed nothing but ground up wild fish

Ah. That’s out in the sticks haha

Wow. Heckuva win by Miami after punting it up their own blockers rear end

Something is wrong with your pics, the sun is shining

Hahaha! And they are all bogus……. I worked at a TVA divers house once, he said you can’t see 2 inches down there

Decent. I recently learned a trick from Jeff baron on YouTube. He said you could roll your truck window halfway down and use the top of the glass in a pinch. Pretty handy when you’re on the go