TnRiver46

Where did you fish?

I’ve never been to either but from what I understand, old hickory is more of a shallow cover largemouth type lake, where Percy priest has a lot more big smallmouth mixed in

Hahaha! Luckily I’m not there yet. My spelling is starting to go, though......

Gracious. It's steamy in the middle of the night here

got a meanmouth last night

There are more boats than water on chickamauga Hahahaha! I'll have your finest big Mac and a 1987 Merlot

What's a rod locker??? Mine are in a pile on the left side of the center console haha

Yes to the first question, no to the second. My question is how did the solo seining mission with trekking poles go?

Ah, one of the great mysteries of the brown bass. Here today, gone tomorrow. I just keep going day after day until I run into them again, it’s all part of the fun

Alaska I sometimes encounter the big largemouth on the rivers as well

This is why I want to fish the Great Lakes! On TN river, there are piles of shad super thick literally everywhere. I mean gobs and gobs in every creek arm and all over the main channel. So finding the bait is as easy as pointing out the lake on a map. Sometimes I try fishing where there’s not shad everywhere to see if I can get my lure in front of fish that aren’t stuffed to the gills. It works on occasion but it’s hard to find a spot without bait. I would love to try Lake Erie , but I have an 18.5 foot flat bottom aluminum boat so it’s kind of a pipe dream haha. I have ridden a ferry on it and almost soiled my linens.

This pond doesn’t sound “perfect” to me

Oh dear. So funny, that song reminded me of this

I was just thinking, bass eat a jerkbait every time I throw one for an hour or so. They look like a fish!

I agree. I would feel bad spending every penny, and wouldn’t sleep

December is my best time year after year after year. And I have seen someone waterski by me in late December wearing a santa hat

I was feeling the machine gun taps once and said out loud “aw, stupid bream hitting it” and set the hook anyway. 3 lb largemouth

See ewww Plenty of cutting tools all throughout my boat, including a knife always in my pocket. Still not as handy as the teeth in my mouth

I haven’t watched the video but I have caught 30+ lb stripers with 12 lb mono and a regular clinch knot. Palomar is too hard to bite through when changing lures

You see a lot of these license plates on Tennessee roadways

I would say abnormal

That sounds like fun times on those points!

I had to ride in one of those buckets for a few days at work a couple weeks ago, it sucked! Kudos to the electrical workers and tree guys, glad they are fixing you back up

Just use a tube or finesse worm year round. Might not make a long magazine article but it works

I have that problem too! It really gets in the way of a good time