TnRiver46

I forgot the Mets tigers and rangers had a team, maybe that’s why they are spending hahaha

I’ve got 3 daiwa spinning reels that the spring broke on, considering doing this to one of them if I can’t mcgyver a spring and see how I like it

That’s the one, looks like small white bass that’s yellow. In Texas they call them bar fish. I also encountered a yellow perch that day, because a smallmouth barfed it. I know what you’re thinking and yes I used it as bait (but got stuck and lost it )

My wife does paddleboard yoga

Hahaha! Shew! Nasty ole things. We had actually pulled a lamprey off of that fish prior to the picture which was at least one of the reasons why it was bleeding everywhere

I’ve always said I wish my live well dispensed ice instead of water. That would be awesome

It’s a sucker, bout like a carp but native. here’s a fine specimen of buffalo from the French broad river @Jigfishn10,

That’s wild. They check me all the time. Granted I’m a fairly suspicious looking character, especially in my shallow water boat

That was my argument to the warden, I figured dumping the fish heads into the river was better than my apartment dumpster that I lived in at the time. Oh well. Happy flies and maggots for all residents to contend with from there on out haha

Yesterday I pulled up a yellow bass from deep, swim bladder out the mouth. Tried him as dead bait for a few minutes then straight into the cooler. Then got a spotted bass and bonked him, right into the cooler for a delicious evening meal.

I’d say I’m the polar opposite haha. I like casting rooster tails at rising trout ? after fly guiding for over a decade , I’ve had enough

I’ll take half a dozen please and thank you

I shake mine in dry cornmeal. Is that breaded as opposed to battered? also if you’ve got a lot of white bass, the meat smoker can be a great place to cook them and they keep in the fridge for the next weeks snacks

You can’t hardly fish them wrong

Im hoping to go but don’t know if I will be able to make it happen. Should be a fun time !

We saw lots of eagles today ?, watched 4 flying around at the same time in one area

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@Chris Catignanimight be able to offer assistance. It gets nippy on the Cumberland plateau but you can still bundle up and fish 90 something percent of the time

Don’t know about bass fishing but the high sticking I’m familiar with is how to keep as much floating fly line off the water as possible while drifting nymphs in swift water in order to reduce drag

Had a day today! We got to spend basically an entire day on the water. Took my buddy and his son out, tried the offshore spots although we thought water temps were still too high (56-58). Luckily we aren’t fish and they were in the winter spots ! We boated 5-6 nice ones, the youngster with the biggest at 21.5” (his new biggest bass). We also lost 3-4 fish in this spot including one fairly beastly one I brought up to the boat and my buddy grabbed the line and it jumped off. He felt worse than I did about it haha. We also ran way up river and caught 3 more small fish and one decent one fishing shallower on stumps. Tried offshore on the way back in but the wind was picking up after all day of slick calm so we called it. Even a little yellow bass and spotted bass rode home with me for dinner