TnRiver46

You could throw a whopper plopper all day where I fish and MAYBE catch one, @Swamp Girl can throw it 1/3 of a day and 37

I’d say learn to use the one you already bought before you get another bout any lighter spinning rod will be good for trout, I like 6 foot or 6’6” but there are many more trees where I live than out west. Anything you would throw 1/16 -1/8 oz spinners with

What do you do with the live ones? Shoot them with a tiny miniature pistol ? 😂

It’s a rare fish, a lot of folks refer to them as “blues”

And sometimes, Kentucky dam is 200,000 cfs 😂

It depends on the size of the lake/river/dam, 1600 is totally unnoticeable for TN river, where it’s a lot for a small stream. And then you’ve got to time it, unless they are just running a constant flow all day. Here in Knoxville, it’s a complicated matrix. There are two big rivers coming into town, Holston and French broad. Holston comes out of Cherokee dam, French broad out of Douglas. Cherokee dam is 50+ river miles upstream, Douglas is more like 20 something miles upstream. They typically (this time of year) will run both dams from early afternoon until midnight. The water from Douglas will arrive here in 7-8 hours, but the water from Cherokee takes 16-24ish hours to make it here. Here is the hourly volume Douglas ran last night, it’s not hard to notice when you see it while fishing. It’s rocky shallow shoals below the dam, not a lake. The water rises 3-4 feet and accelerates from a slow trickle to 5 mph raging torrent 😂 You’ve got to figure out where the current originates geographically, how fast it moves based on how narrow/wide and deep/shallow the river is , and make your best guess from there. Experience while fishing will be your best friend. Watch for bubbles and leaves moving on the surface of the water , or maybe a swirl behind a buoy or rock point.

I think I have tons of the magazines somewhere, I could probably send them to ya if you want @Bazoo

Big uns!!!!

I would launch it and work in the parking lot. Move them some for a new bite or just get a new 2x4 and replace

Ain’t holding your mouth right

Tuesday evening one hour paddle on Wednesday evening 2 hour paddle last night after weedeating for a solid hour

You’re dam skippy I could. Problem is getting them to bite

Summer River smallies are the best !!!! They are mean

Nice one @MN Fisher!! Bet that was fun

I troll for bass all the time, got a 19” SMB dragging a shad rap on Independence Day

I always fish holidays and weekends, not gonna let some amateurs ruin my past time

I am a hopeless addict

I see catfish Dave, top Knox fishing, and bass N beer all the time

I think we need an engineer to come up with an equation…… for the love of humanity, don’t involve AI in a kayak trailer. pump it up until it doesn’t squish when you stomp it and hammer down.

Finally, nowhere in TN! Hooray

If kayaking is a workout, don’t hang out with @A-Jay…… I can kayak/canoe all day with no fatigue and still have plenty of fat on me 😂

Why use an affordable, effective product like JB weld when you can pay triple for something that doesn’t work at all like FlexSeal? I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen it 😂 😂 😂 commercials are apparently effective

I heard the death toll was over 100 and still climbing, 😔

I really like the way you quit fishing @Swamp Girl, reminds me of me! Haha. And that fall season a few years ago when you quit, then went 12-15 more times and slayed them 😂

Yes sir, great white shark 😂. Nah I’ve seen stripers blasting them in shallow water, looks like orca whales pushing seals up onto the beach. Got a nice 25-30 lb striper with a topwater once when I saw them doing that