TnRiver46

Did you see the first play? Haha

It was a great year for 20”+ smallmouth for me. They are all chronicled in photos throughout the “latest catch pics thread.” I would guess that 90% of them were caught with a plastic worm, and most of those on a small 1/8 oz round ball jig head that most anglers would never throw for bass

I know a fella that can make you darn near anything!

I learned how to fish it in lake Toho in 4-6 feet of water. I thought it was the silliest idea ever but we sacked em! That’s what I do and I’m about done with the 20 lb on the spinner. It’s almost to short and it’s back to 6 lb mono after a few more break offs

What a great way to end 2019

I don’t think it’s necessarily the plugs fault, the one I had was a little more rounded. Fishing in the rain and bouncing in the waves caused the screws inside to rust and come loose and the red wire touched the black wire. Both times the flame was only a few inches tall but a boat fire certainly gets your attention!!

This ole boy works from home so he doesn’t answer to anyone. I asked him why shops don’t turn rotors and he rubbed his fingers together and said “they’re after that quick money!” Hahaha

I’ve had not one but 2 of those catch on fire

@Sam would gladly loan you some of his purple gear

Gosh. Where to start. How many am I allowed? Thanks for such an awesome idea Mike. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading everything posted so far. My life revolves around fishing so I have far more stories than I could ever tell. One funny instance we shall never forget was buying a $60 inflatable tandem kayak in college and arranging a 10 mile float down the Holston river. Luckily they were generating pretty hard and the rocks were mostly 2-3 feet underwater haha. It ended up being one of the best smallmouth days we ever had! One of my good buddy’s family takes fishing/camping trip in southern Alabama every may. This tradition is about 50 years old and I have been lucky enough to get invited every year for the last 22 years (I’ve only missed one because of an internship). Bass pro shops actually did a commercial about this trip that I “starred” in. Let’s just say I’m keeping my day job. Anyhow this is one of my favorite pictures from that trip Next up: spring break senior year of college I dragged my tiny boat with only a trolling motor to east Texas. Camped on lake fork for a few days and then gibbons creek reservoir for a couple. In the final hours of the trip I got an 8 lber! What a fight Breakthrough: the day I finally learned you can catch bass in winter (we used to just switch to trout). Now I prefer winter over any season for bass. Probably because of this 8 lb kicker on a silver buddy two days after Christmas And lastly: My girlfriend and I were catching white bass in March before they ran upriver, vertical jigging. She had a 5 ft ugly stick with 4 lb test and a little crappie jig. Ole mister big smallmouth grabbed that jig and started screaming drag. Then it jumped! I totally panic and start falling all over the boat saying we don’t have a net. She gets it next to the boat and I just about jumped in to grab it I was so excited. She claims I reached into the water with both arms and bear hugged it, honestly I don’t remember landing it but she got it!!! This still may be the biggest smallmouth I’ve ever seen live and in color. I’ve caught many that were close to the same length but this one was just a whole different animal Hoping to be making more memories in the morning