TnRiver46

Open concept

I’m sure you will land on them one way or another

Tabby cat!

I’ve heard it’s more popular for crappie than bass

Works fine with 30 and up, I think I usually have to improve the clinch or Palomar for like 15 lb braid but I really only use the heavy stuff for grass anymore

I’ve skipped them Many times on accident and sometimes on purpose. Most times the hooks are fouled but it works on super rare occasions haha

Light snow going sideways on a highland reservoir , clear water

That’s pretty cool!

Maybe someone got some shad raps custom painted?

You remind me of all my buddies, gluttons for punishment from the weatherman

I’m an expert at launching boats, paddling around, and making good casts. I’m also an expert watcher of water levels on the dozens of waterways in my area, which typically leads to decent results. The rest is a complicated matrix of variables that I don’t care to even attempt mastering, I just enjoy every second of every trip and try to be on the right water at the right time .

Flat wooden trailer and strap her down. PVC pipe rollers to push it off steep banks.

Metabolic rate slows to molasses levels . I think it takes them several days to digest one minnow in cold water

If they were in the area, you would most likely catch them mixed in with the spots and large mouth. They all eat the same things

In a creek like that, a smallmouth can probably go for a week or more without eating a single thing

HahHa! Just come down to East Tennessee on a Saturday morning and drive a winding mountain road. You will see 4.3 million cyclists all wearing jerseys with company names all over them. And not a single one of the cyclists are actually sponsored by anyone. Also remember to bring a long novel to read while you attempt driving a couple miles

Let’s do it! My brother lives in Philly by the way

The Tennessee River where road warrior fishes is a tail water below a 100 foot tall dam. Usually over 50,000 cfs of current and always lots of depth changes, main channel below most TN river dams is approaching 20 feet

Better keep that a secret or folks from the Midwest and northeast will overrun Florida! Oh wait........ I see a winter trip to East TN in your future......

Nope I don’t think I’ve ever “dialed” in a “pattern”, I just fish.

Cool

Nowadays you don’t even need cable for football season......... because we aren’t worth watching

I like watching fishing on the TV as opposed to my phone, hopefully I remember to tune in

I also get walleye and smallies with that bait

The rivers without dams (except mill style spill over dams) like the OP is fishing get extremely tough for any catching during winter period in my experience. I’ve even walked through such rivers after hours of winter skunk and couldn’t spook a fish. Reservoirs and their tail waters remain very good fishing, and even round natural lakes up north have biting fish up until ice and then through the ice. I would suggest trying to find more stable water that doesn’t get shocked by cold overnight temps regularly