TnRiver46

When the water is rough, I do several things. Put pork on a meat smoker, cut the grass, sweep the floor, etc. These strategies are guaranteed to keep you safe from spearing a wave

Not around here! It’s most frequently fishermen. I think of the several deaths we’ve had already this year, all but one were fishing related. My buddies that find the bodies will tell you a bass boat is the worst one to be in

Shoot. Comes up everyday !

I don’t know a thing about fishing out west but smallmouth love fast water and tube jigs about anywhere they live

Hey man, it takes a village!!! They have plenty of work to do that doesn’t require running. IT, dispatch, accounting, maintenance, etc

Man I’ve got the stories haha! Grew up on a golf course and fished all the ponds, got ran off by dozens of people with zero authority to do so . I just came back when they weren’t looking. One old man told me I was going to kill the grass carp he most likely introduced without a permit

I think we all wish we had places to fish like you’ve got!! We don’t have many ponds and the ones we do have are heavily guarded by people that don’t own them and claim you will kill all the geese by fishing

Great report! My buddies also have similar troubles with the Ned rig, they fish it 30+ feet deep all winter with 1/16oz jig head and the fish usually have the hook deep in the throat

Nice catch

Less depth, less places to hide!! Advantage @the reel ess, bass beware

19-20’ is a magical number for smallmouth

I just drag a worm along on the bottom. It’s 6-8 feet deep right next to the bank where I live

Getting a little crazy around here, I’m starting to lose count. Two men were in a boat that sank on chickamauga, one swam to shore one didn’t make it.

I was fixing to say that’s a big NO NO. Starlings are the ones you can shoot

According to this map it’s always raining in Alabama. I camp there every year and I would say that’s accurate!!! but seriously I’ve worn a hat and shades everyday since I graduated high school (we weren’t allowed to wear hats to school).

Well we aren’t allowed to deal with bear problems, but thats the biggest trouble maker around here. I think pulling a dead deer out of a pond was probably the biggest when you factor in the rigor mortis......... my boss had to wrangle an emu off the interstate once but that was long before my time

I can’t see CXX so I quit using it but I remember it feeling thin (didn’t read the diameter on the box) I bought moss green, should have gotten clear I guess. I also remember cxx being extremely strong, I got hung up in swift current a few times and couldn’t break it, it was like an anchor line haha

That’s no kayak, that’s a barge!!! Sweet ride, looks quite comfy

Use them!!! I just don’t like having rods stored vertically, regardless of being in a kayak, canoe, or motor boat. I have bad habit of casting from all angles and I will somehow catch them on the back cast guaranteed

5 minutes is good time! I can’t even handle the complexities of a rod holder so I just lay them down. I’ve seen at least 7-10 rods go into the water while paddling with friends that didn’t flip over, it was always a rod holder involved (trees grabbing them, back casts grabbing them, or paddle smacking them out). I know they make better ones that don’t let the rods get ripped out but I can just lay them down and not worry about casts hitting them either

I bet the deep wee R would go down halfway to the center of the earth being pulled behind a gas motor

It’s wild! My 2-4 foot square bills hit bottom in 9-10 feet

thanks guys, that was a few years back . They were chasing mooneyes up into the rapids, it was a sight to behold. Looked like orca whales rounding up seals against the beach

Sounds like my fiancé, she’s got German blood and blonde hair/blue eyes. She has to be quite vigilant when we journey to Florida, she got lobster legs bad the first time we kayaked down there

I don’t farm much but I always have a farmers tan and a red neck. Being up on a black or white roof of a commercial building is the worst. sunscreen works great, you can tell when you miss a spot! The lotion is very affordable (spray not so much) my most hilarious tan lines are always from hunching over in a canoe all day and my belly fat rolls create this ridiculous star pattern that makes me look like a cancelled Dr Seuss character