TnRiver46

It would end up in the top of a tree fairly easy!

Grab them under the gill flap and you don’t have to worry about it. Here’s some examples of the technique. Make sure you get cornmeal and hush puppies

The hardest part there would be casting it! I thought my cousin was crazy when he rigged them up in FLA but it’s quite effective. Basically it gets your bait right on the bottom instantly and keeps it there. There’s not much time wasted with your bait being out of the strike zone. He said a lot of times the bass will even grab the 1 oz sinker on splash down. I believe terry “big show” scroggins might have taught him a lot about it. There’s not much technique to it, just reel it along the bottom. Setting the hook is the hardest part for me. It’s also something that shallow fish don’t often see, therefore making it more effective at times .

It’s perfect for that!!! I learned to use it in lake toho Florida of all places. 4-5 feet of water

Honestly I like to fish it a good bit faster than a texas rig

Absolutely!! Got some big bills to pay off now as well. I might buy stock in hallmark cards and get a kickback ……….

Haha. Those wild mountain trout typically aren’t too picky, lots of old timers can wear them out with a long stick, homemade nymph, and split shot. I like catching them with a single hook rooster tail. It doesn’t have to be expensive but the people in the industry obviously want you to keep spending. Congrats to your boy on besting his old man!!!

That’s better than the skunk! Casting lefty is a great skill to acquire, especially if you’ve got reels with the crank on the right side

Hahah! German catholic farmers, you know the drill. I think she has 54 first cousins

My wife comes from the great white north and now thinks our subtropical winters are too cold. Go figure. We have no intentions of leaving TN but I think MI has to be my second favorite state in the union

Go bungles!!

I spent the week with my brother, wouldn’t trade it for anything! (You never know when it might not be possible). Hope you wore them out on Clearlake !

I like to reel them along bottom and cover a lot of ground (water)

They will chomp down and won’t let go but can’t really do too much damage unless you are noodling and one tries to drown you . They can certainly pull the skin off your hand but it will grow back

Hahaha! Thanks! We love northern Michigan, it’s my wife’s happy place (but far too cold for her to inhabit permanently haha)

My now uncle has a place there, I believe in sawyer, MI. (Side note: I had 3 living uncles Thursday, on Friday after the wedding I think I’ve got a couple dozen uncles)

Wading gets mine all gooped up too

She literally promised to let me go fishing in her vows haha. She likes it too

I’m not sure that’s what they are called but definitely dunes in Michigan. We stayed in Frankfort , also visited the sleeping bear dunes

Does it make noise when you hit the on button? It’s either weak battery/connections or maybe the prop pin broke. You will hear it spinning inside still if the pin broke

I would rig weighless worms weedless style

I’ve only ever trout fished the tuck, I thought Fontana was the only lake on it. Weightless worms around those laydowns is where I would start. At 100 feet deep I’m guessing it’s usually clear water unless it’s flooding, i those cases I like clearish worms with sparkle like smoke purple and smoking blue

Haha!!! Lost the ring swimming in the river day 1 but I found it. Going to go with a rubber one I guess

She literally just said “they know I will benefit from that depth finder too!!” Haha. Thanks buddy