TnRiver46

Well John cox and Chris zaldain only caught one fish a piece. At least the one cox caught was almost 7 lbs

I’m choosing to go fishing again tomorrow! And choosing to do some light exercise before sunrise too

No they just take the things that perish the quickest like bread and milk, you’d think they would buy soup

Funny day. Had 3.5 hours to kill and it was calling for snow. This one lake about 45 minutes north of my house is pretty much the only clear water left after the latest deluge. It always fishes better in windy cloudy or even snowy weather so I head there. I get there and it’s sunny and cold and the water has risen about 12.5 feet. I’ve always heard that makes the fish go up shallow and eat so I cranked a wiggle wart around to no avail. Back to the trusty gulp minnow on a tight line down deep and finally started getting bites. Couple of dinks, pretty slow so I just sat down on the front deck and was taking it easy. Of course I get a bite and the fish starts pulling pretty hard. I’m afraid to stand up because I’m thinking as soon as I do, it will get slack and shake off somehow. I finally landed an 18.5 inch smallmouth while seated on the boat deck haha. Then a 16”. Meanwhile all my friends are sending me pictures of snow around my house and fellow member @Jermination sends me 1.5 inches on the front of his bass boat! Only about 1-1.5 hours south of me fishing in the sunshine

That’s all it takes! And if it steals the peanut butter without getting caught, you’ve got him right where you want him because he will come back for more

We got some snow today but I missed it while fishing an hour north of town. Might have missed One of the only ones all year

I use thunderstick as top water not jerk bait

Yes !!! Especially the jointed ones . Big smallies and striper This one grabbed it right next to the boat early November on top. Wild!

It doesn’t matter if you like them or not! Haha. I think what he used is several of the feathers from the outside part , not the very center that you would use to make the tail of a wooly bugger but several strands of the fluffy stuff around the outside edges. I think he used the whole inner feathers for the “trailers” of the football heads. I love that guys channel

If I’m looking at my phone, it’s learning about bass on here or checking water levels! Bass addicted real bad

Are you sure we ain’t kin??? I will admit I put a lot of finesse worms on round jig heads now but Texas rig will always be the best.

This one may be for rent in the near future! Haha. One of my coworkers is renting it right now

My lake front home is probably 80 yards away from the high water mark and WAY higher up. Here’s some pics, the only problem we’ve had is water coming through the foundation but I’ve diverted it all (constant battle with a shovel). The lot is crazy steep, The amount of soil that moves around is a little scary, I could slide off into the lake one day I suppose

Except catfish tastes way better than possum! I never trapped at all growing up but somehow fell into it as a career (high demand here). I swear I could just load down a truck with mouse traps and make a Good living, people absolutely CAN NOT figure out what to do about a mouse. They try everything other than getting rid of the mouse, it can get funny. Sub sonic noise makers, steel wool, mothballs, I’ve seen it all and got the pictures to prove it haha. We even had one customer set up an elaborate grid/matrix of kite string about 6 inches off the ground To keep a raccoon from walking through his yard! No joke, it looked like those laser beams in the movies that protect precious jewels by triggering alarms. Probably took about a week longer than it would to catch a raccoon. And of course it didn’t help in any way

Easy peezy upon first inspection. Marabou should be available at any fly shop or bass pro shops. Do you have any experience tying flies or jigs? You just wrap thread around a hook shank and from there the creativity begins. A marabou fly like shown at 17:13 looks quite simple, just start laying material on the hook and secure it with the thread. When you’re done, either use a whip finish or several half hitches. I used to tie marabou and duck feather jigs without a vice or thread, just held it all in my hands and used mono instead of thread. They still caught fish. Don’t be intimidated by trying to make your own, it’s easier than you think and the fly/lure in the video has to be one of the easiest things I’ve ever seen to make. Most flies have 12-15 different steps where that marabou is basically a one step fly

That can happen! One of my old fishing buddies got stuck on it real bad, he’s been sober for 4 years now I think. He was in a bad way, body shutting down. I forgot I do enjoy a stout every once in a while, I believe you mentioned Murphy’s once (delicious)