TnRiver46

Animal damage control

I got kind of lucky............ one of the first times I threw a jig (black n blue), I tossed it under a boat dock and a bass thumped it ! I’ve been addicted ever since. When they get it good, it’s like champ from anchorman says........

Oh ok, I gotcha. Who knows what you might run into there haha! Best of luck, a small soft plastic on a jig head and an in-line spinner might be good to have as well

When fishing is tough, I use a weightless plastic worm . They like to bite it when it’s slowly sinking, just watch for the line to take off. What part of the country and what water color are you dealing with? Junebug is a good color worm for me in any water. Another option is explore different spots? If I’m bank fishing, i try to get below a dam

We are getting our first snow, a couple weeks later than last year I think. It’s blowing sideways. Good thing we already have a gallon of milk! Hahahaha

It was a little spooky but surely someone was glad I found him @MGF, I have to wrestle distemper raccoons all the time at work and I was cracking up reading your story! I went 12 rounds with one inside a boat factory on top of a paint booth not long ago. Formidable adversaries, those ******* things

Got me one of them test tube babies (blacknose crappie)

Both species live on the same boulder or brushpile where I fish, probably similar to @moguy1973. Might get SM one cast and LM the next on the same spot same lure

Thanks for the jig advice Tom!

The craziest would probably be finding a dead body in the water but I could write a book! honorable mention: allergic reaction to hornet stings while way back in the middle of nowhere, several alligator captures, and a search party come to mind

It's a dog eat dog world out there

Like @NYWayfarer, I too caught a perch on Black Friday. The last 5 I’ve caught have been stuffed with craws

In the typically “day after” thanksgiving tradition, we go fishing in the morning and shooting in the afternoon

They fight like crazy at that size (or at least at the slightly smaller size ones I get)

If you’re young and healthy don’t drag in on a concrete ramp. That puts holes in just about any plastic boat. Back when I took guided trips, we put a hole in tons of them in the back middle when launching the clients off a concrete ramp . They were easy holes to fix though

On a jig head! With or without bobber and even trolling them works great

That is the Cadillac of canoes now!

This is the crappie catchingest lure I’ve ever used. I like monkey milk, electric chicken, and pearl

Holy cow!!!!

Another year of slacking off. When are you ever gonna get serious and catch some bass??

Lots of stuff biting . I’m thankful !

I still do this all the time, but I am always slightly concerned on what the last thing I did with my knife was ........

That’s a fine specimen, ours are always rail thin until dead of winter

Hahah! And I still don’t have it

I have fallen asleep and kind of messed up several things so I see where you are coming from there. My buddy that has 3 kids puts meat on the electric before work and it’s ready when he gets home. He puts everything on there another couple of forum members that run meat smokers are @lo n sloand @NorcalBassin, ironically both spotted bass aficionados