TnRiver46

I don’t see them going anywhere, every red blooded person fishes around here haha

Palomar! Clinch knot will work on the 65 lb braid but slips on the 20 lb and under

They make 4 lb braid? Bet that’s finer than frogs hair split 4 ways

I fish in canoe, kayak, bass boat, Jon boat and off the bank. And I don’t have a garage, needless to say my reels take a severe beating all the time. I can make almost any reel issues go away by taking my reels apart and cleaning them (I usually find sand and rocks inside! Haha)

The part about the bear’s butt got me !! Stage 6 is awesome!

I don’t really keep track but December is far and away the winner for me

I bet you “smashed the like button” anyway

Wildlife/fish populations always need good habitat. “Good habitat” is mainly about food with a little bit of reproduction mixed in. I didn’t study pike specifically in college because they don’t exist in TN but there’s something they eat and need to reproduce where you are seeing them. And the areas where you don’t catch them for decades must lack those two critical factors

We are going to need to work on your line control, sir.......

Team @Bluebasser86has enough fish slayers in the household to where you could just let the boys and the wife haul em in all day!

Believe me, I know where you are coming from. I wish we could all just hang out with family and not have to go shopping. But when you have women in your life, you just gotta roll with it hahaha

Never say never . In the trapping world, everyone said all the fur bearers were gone and there are no real trappers left. Well I know a good many traditional trappers and there’s a whole bunch of fur bearing mammals nowadays. My boss said it was crazy to see a raccoon in the early 90s, I can catch about 10 per backyard now

Texas would be part of Mexico if it weren’t for a few Tennessee hillbillies......... Seriously though, beautiful photos. I watched some youngsters do a multi day float on the devils river on YouTube. I was surprised to see smallmouth

I launched an ole junker boat when it was about 20-25 degrees once, an hour from home. The steering cable was frozen, but I figured I would just turn the wheel really hard to break it loose. Well I sure broke something loose! But alas, we had rode an hour in the truck so we were going to fish one way or another. The boat would only go dead straight so we got up on plane and I had my buddy jam a paddle into the water on the corresponding side when we needed to turn.

I can’t even successfully snag a carp. It’s usually 1 out of 100 at best

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve had to trap such a rat......... a retired guy helps us on big projects at work. He was on a submarine during the Cold War, talk about vulnerable

Gotcha. Guess I misunderstood

There’s so many local shops around me, I could sink a bass boat with tackle. I’ll gladly spend a little extra to keep them going (and I don’t have much extra to spend ). I don’t get the high end stuff but I get whatever I need from them

I forgot to add something in my initial reply. I’m a junkie for watching a-jays videos on YouTube. One of my favorite phrases he uses when he’s got a fish in front of the GoPro is “very exciting!” Pretty much sums up the joy we all feel with a bass in hand

I’ve seen several, then I realized they were paddle fish and sturgeon jumping. I was a little skeerd there for a while

Hahah! I think I’m the only member of this website that has never used tackle warehouse . Sounds like their prices are great though!

Cosmically powerful

Well, I’ve never fished below pickwick dam so I can’t tell ya a spot to catch bait. But I can say that most of the TN river is overfilled with shad. I can barely pick up my net sometimes, and winter is always the easiest. Any cove with shallow water should be slap loaded

I can’t help much with where to go fishing in NOCAL, but I would offer up one piece of advice: start looking for a job you enjoy. Good luck with the fishing, I bet it will be awesome

@J Francho’s tin foil hat blocks your signal