TnRiver46

Update: muh leeeegs!!! feeling tight

Got to stay up on Mt. Leconte again this weekend. We had cold rain the entire hike up and visibility was very limited, but it was still cool with lots of waterfalls. we finally made it to the top completely soaked and tried drying out the gear in our cabin and anxiously awaiting the dinner they serve we got some sleep and typically go hike up to a good spot to watch sunrise, but there was some doubt we would be able to see anything. Luckily we all decided to hike up in the dark at 5:45 am and there was a cloud inversion, creating quite the spectacular sunrise above the clouds. At one point the clouds looked like a lake spilling over the mountains like a dam after sunrise, we hiked back down to the lodge for breakfast, which would be the last time we saw the sunshine for the day and then hiked a different route back down. Unfortunately most of the hike was going through those clouds and we couldn’t see too well. It was cool hiking through the area that burned in 2016, it’s a strange feeling walking amongst all the burned roots and trees, especially in the mist We finally got down below the clouds to where we could see a little further We finally make it back to the road where we had left the cars, and one of my buddies says “bear” fairly calmly and it’s standing about 40 feet from him across the road. Then it came across the road right toward all of us, little scary, but it went up a tree

If you want a monster go sometime between thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day when the weather is awful

Meanwhile in the southeast jungles, this is what it looks like if you skip a week of mowing

It’s amazing what kind of folks hang out at boat ramps, I’ve met some characters…..

I’ve followed Wiggins for years, he indeed loves throwing the shakey

Haha! Mine is a little rusty but not stuck. Having two boats that sit different heights keeps me switching it around

I used an antique one like the top pic yesterday at my moms house, love the sound!

Love it

Ouch. It was tough for me too, but the people in a tournament were catching a good many monster LM

I don’t spend too much on tackle but I’ve been known to break off some lower units

The ole quadruple jack hook set, maybe I should try that

I’m like George Costanza when it comes to shrimp. My buddy does some work in Mississippi sometimes and brings back a giant igloo cooler full, like one you could lay in

Make sure to eat some cage bird before your nap!

We’ve got walleye here, just not a ton. I told her I released a keeper once, the look on her face……… I think I slept on the couch that night

The watermelon red ones can be really good in clear water

Bass look like delicious grouper to me, pure white flaky meat

Raccoons are way cuter than hogs, I dare you to eat one. In 2020 I caught a 5 lb largemouth in 80 degree water in south Alabama, gut hooked on a stick bait. It was turning upside down and coughing up blood in the livewell. I was driving home they day, chucked the bass meat in a cooler and drove 7 hours. When I arrived home, the wife said I’m hungry and we have nothing thawed. I tried that bass and she said it was the best fish she’s ever had, and she was raised on Lake Erie walleye and perch………. Amazing things can happen when you open your mind and try it edit: found the pic of that very bass

Fluke = jerkbait and you think jerkbaits are good, so that’s a start

Y’all just keep buying your steroid chickens off 18 wheelers and leave the bass for me

You eat with your eyes? Hogs aren’t too cute but very delicious

Haha! Somebody got a 44 lb bag from chickamauga in a tournament 10-15 years ago. Now it’s a zoo, not much fun to fish and nobody catches bags like that anymore. Proceed with caution

My wife has a bike in our shed that hasn’t been ridden in years haha. I believe it’s about to be donated

I was quoting another post, I’ve never been there

I broke a thumbcast button on a 4600 and still haven’t fixed it because I would have to get a whole new frame