TnRiver46

Yes it’s a nice reel! The only thing I wish it had was anti reverse switch because I’m a backreeler but I’ve been using the drag and it works smoothly, has a pleasant sound to it 😂 It casts a mile with 6 lb mono, I’ve got a fairly whippy rod paired with it, which is also awesome for feeling that light “tick” of a bite on top of the long bomb casts

Trey McKinney with a 7!

I wish! Although it may be frozen haha. St croix GXR

@keagbassr is baaaaccckkk!!!!

Good luck Pat! I’d bet on ya

@JHoss, I agree. Bass fishermen can be their own worst enemy always releasing everything and end up with a bunch of really smart 2 lb fish that can’t grow

Scott Martin just landed a nice one! Kyoya also got a 6 lber I have a feeling John garret may win, he’s lethal with the Carolina rig

Nice! I’ve never seen one of those in person but I’ve heard of them, I think Mike has them in his home pond

Alabama bass trail recently held a tournament on Guntersville, I believe I heard there were 58 bags weighed in over 20 lbs. 58!!! This is one of the most, if not the most pressured lakes in America. Tournaments during the spawn, delayed mortality, FFS, all that and a bag of chips. Where’s the negative effect on the fishery ??? It is obviously non existent

Give em hell, Clayton!!!

From the crick ! Or the rain barrel at the downspout here’s our generator at work, that thing will put lead in your pencil. It shakes a 100,000 square foot 3 story brick building, got a 1,000 gallon diesel fuel tank underground

They were fatties sure, fight like the devil

You can always boil water on a camp stove. We stayed on an island for 6 days with no power or running water this summer. I did acquire leeches while bathing in Lake Superior , those things are quick

One thing is for certain: I’ve never had $7k-$10k worth of food in my refrigerator/freezer. What are we so scared of? Unless I need electricity to deal with a medical condition, I don’t need a generator

Just because a human wants the fish to follow a pattern, doesn’t mean the fish have to follow a pattern. They are free to do whatever they want. No work schedule, no time to clock in, no coffee pot, etc. What ecological advantage does it serve a fish to be predictable?

Patterns are non existent on my home waters. It really frustrates the BASS competitors when they come here. All the weigh in interviews are “you can’t pattern these fish.” If you’re trying to “put the puzzle pieces together,” it’s gonna be a rough day. aint no puzzle and there ain’t no pieces, just fish and catch what bites the highland lakes have patters but not the main river @Bluebasser86 is the king of junk fishin, he will catch them with the entire tackle box on a single day

They were running big last night, loads of fun on the st croix

They usually reconnect ours pretty quickly when it goes out, but I’d like to think I can live without power for a few days. Heck, power just came to Appalachia when my grandpa was a teenager 😂

Nice fishes, kind of looks like a regular bluegill but FLA seems to have lots of hybrid , maybe @N Florida Mike can help

Nice trip! hit him with the clip @T-Billy!!!!

Yes I’ve tried rope, that’s the only thing I’ve found they won’t bite haha. Jerkbait is my best lure for gar by a landslide. Dead bluegill is also good.

Year round. I even fish after floods when I know I’m not going to catch anything, water > dry land

@casts_by_fly, I target gar all the time. Almost every one will bite but hook up ratio is terrible. I get several 40+ inchers every year but you have to miss a hundred bites to get one

How to stop catching gar ? Those things are hard to hook, impressive if you’re catching a lot of them 😂

Welcome to the club. I’ve been a member since 1986 or so