TnRiver46

Those are far more dangerous !!!

Congrats!

Congrats!!

A day that shall never be forgotten! We were fishing a river with roaring current about 4-5 mph, 12,000 cubic feet/second. So the main channel seemed fairly hopeless unless there was some kind of current break. We decided to make our first stop a creek mouth with a little warmer water. I started off by losing what I believe to be a nice smallmouth. Then we catch a few drum And white bass with tube jigs. I try a shakey head and I saw a skipjack herring chase after it as I was reeling it in. I tell Rachel skipjack and we both start reeling in the tubes as fast as possible and she hooks one. It was hooked in the gills so I put it on a 6/0 stainless and hurl it out there. A striper takes off with the dead bait twice and I missed it twice. Lucky for me a smallmouth threw me a bone and got himself hooked right in the roof of the mouth with my tube, I never even felt a hit but it was hooked very well. The fish only went 4 on my scale but it sure seemed bigger. After releasing that fish, the dead bait goes off like a rocket. Since I failed the first two times i asked Rachel if she wanted to try it. The fish Took the bait from the somewhat calm water out into the torrent and line was just melting off the baitcaster. Worried she would run out I put the minn Kota on 100 and took of after it. Quite some time and distance later, she gets the fish to the net and it’s 36 lbs and 45 inches! She beat my 4 lber by just a tad.... just added a video too, warning loud screams hAha

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They have a sweet tooth, that’s for sure. I’ve only had a couple raccoons that were hard to catch, most are a sucker for any food. You can typically put an empty bag of potato chips in the back of the traps and catch raccoons, then save the marshmallows for smores haha

Our government says we can still fish hike at all that stuff after they issued a stay at home order. ?

Big females hitting hard

Run away. Run as fast as you can

Snap traps have been the best for nearly a century

That sounds nice but they must live alone and not have a trip the next morning. Usually post trip is go to the grocery buy more drinks more ice make more sandwiches and clean the boat out. Not to mention family time

I would say around 50% of clients get quite upset when the guide makes a cast. I've had more than a few tell me they wouldn't pay if I fished . A more accurate description is "adult babysitting"

Built in sunglasses

My friends have been finding morels recently. I like eating mushrooms but white bass are easier For me to find and a lot meatier

Being a guide is good if you don't like money

Mine smells like a whitewater rafting rental vest

When scrubbing corrosion, I always start seeing this....

I have an OG snag proof rat that will be used extensively this fall.

point the nose of the boat into the wind , even if you are just slowing yourself down and fishing while the boat moves slowly backwards. 16 foot aluminum boat is a kite in the wind