TnRiver46

Anytime man, don’t be afraid to ask any other questions. It may not rain as often here as Oregon, but it rains a lot harder

5-6 lbs?

You can feel them with Carolina rig or crank. Also if they are laying all over the bank, there’s one nearby somewhere. I’ve also caught catfish completely stuffed full of them

Guitar George sure knew all the chords

I heard some good Eddie Van Halen stories from my musician buddy down at a local watering hole tonight. He had a buddy that grew up idolizing Eddie and the buddy finally met him and recorded a few songs, I would just have to tell y’all the stories in person. Hilarious! I would say Rest In Peace but I don’t know if Mr Van Halen would enjoy peace

One of , if not the best, guitar players to ever walk the earth

They will still bite! Come on a sunny day and you may get skunked

Ha! I see what you did there

Darlin you got to let me know........ should I stay or should I go?

It’s nice to have both! I know I can’t fish 12 miles upstream of a boat ramp in my kayak

Well you’ve already driven to Indy for bait so I say smoke em if you got em

Once again, there’s only one way to find out, and it ain’t the internet.....

Times are tough but they ain’t as tough as you are. I say drop it all and go fish, then again that’s always my motto

1) Watts bar 2) fort Loudon 3) Melton hill . Honestly I like Norris better than all 3 but watts bar is a fish factory probably second only to chickamauga in East TN. The only drawback of watts bar is there is not a real “city” anywhere close. Kingston is the biggest city in the area and it sometimes seems like traveling back into the 1970s haha. I worked in Kingston half of the day yesterday and saw big cheese mats of scum on the clinch river arm of watts bar from the interstate. Melton hill is also loaded with milfoil like watts bar. If you want to get a feel for what fort Loudon fishes like, tune into last years bassmaster classic. I think @Jermination has really grown to like Melton hill over the last few years. It’s a smaller lake but holds nice fish

Almost all white bass have broken lines

Not in my experience.

Sweet!

Thanks Kent! If every player for Missouri was as skilled as Larry roundtree is, they would be very dangerous. That guy is hard to tackle!

Haha! By 1 pm I shed all that and was in a t shirt . But it was mid 40s at daybreak I think

Looks like you are sandwiched in between The coosa and the black warrior rivers. I’ve fished both of these and they are both pretty awesome, lots of grass and mean spotted bass. Buzzbaits at daylight and dragging worms were about all we ever did with some cranking mixed in. I also have a buddy that grew up in cullman fishing smith lake, which is deep and clear. Top waters on points and Carolina rigs are what he always mentions. Also just looking at a map, the locust fork looks like a good place to fish and the mulberry fork would be worth looking at also. Sorry im no help on taking you fishing, I’m up in TN but I do get down there a few times a year

They stock a lot of Florida bass in the Tennessee River also. They rely on the Florida bass breeding with the natives and creating the F1 hybrids. Sounds like they are just going straight to the F1 stocking in Norman

I have a buddy with that cooler and he loves it. Also Scott Martin endorses Engel coolers

I’m sure I know a fella or two but simply looking at a map will put you where you need to be. Joe fox and Tyler fogarty dabble in the outdoors and have a good realty business (Fox and Fogarty) . I also know a good realtor out of maryville, known him since knee high. @tnbeardedrealtor on Instagram our shop is in NW Knoxville, in karns. Melton hill is the closest lake but fort Loudon isn’t far and neither is watts bar. I bought my house based on boat ramp proximity so I smell what you’re stepping in

What about the regular James river? Sorry, just kidding