TnRiver46

If they found them in your state, fishing may be banned forever

Dont over think it, go out and see what works. The water temp will not drop nearly as fast as air temp

Almost every exotic species is all hype and doesnt do near the damage that people fear. So far the european white man is the most destructive exotic species i know of.

The rich get richer and the consumer gets ?

I dont see why they dont catch and release the biggest 5 instead of all the small fish. I dont care at all about which acronym is the industry leader, i just dont like watching people catch small fish. I just change the channel when i see that.

Thanks

What was the biggest bass caught?

Why are some people blonde and some people redheads? Only the shadow knows

Great to hear! You cant put a price on health and happiness

Which one? Ive read 3 or 4

More televised 1 lb fish captures ??

I avoid wrapping line around my hand and if i need to for some reason, i just wrap it around a paddle shaft. The worst ive ever gotten was a glorified paper cut

My buddy left one on the dash of my boat and it did some strange things

Glad to have you back! Nice fish to boot!

Narrowly avoided the skunk right before dark

I cast net bait and fish it all the time. People that say live bait fishing is boring and just sitting around waiting have never tried cast net and pitching shad. Its everything BUT boring and there is no waiting involved

Good gracious those are fat smallmouth! Watts bar is clearish right now but it can be a mud hole when it’s rainy. And it’s never as clear as the tributary lakes. South holston and watauga are almost always clear like DH. Norris is another good one like DH

Funny timing on this thread, I bought some larger tube jigs yesterday for tossing into heavy milfoil around docks for some bigger largemouth. Launch the boat after work and head to that area, immediately start catching tiny smallmouth and spotted bass, go figure. We have them about anywhere, the ones in the areas with current (even massive reservoirs with current) behave differently than the ones in the deeper tributary reservoirs that don’t move as fast. The slow water spots follow baitfish in open water. The fast water spots eat everything they see and like heavy cover . The ones in the Alabama river down south are like 3-4 lb piranhas that cross bred with the tazmanian devil. When you get on a school of these, your hands will be ripped up and it’s definitely something to “write home about” (do people still say that)? Since you’re in Cali I would follow the advice of @NorcalBassin who always posts pictures of nice spotted bass on here. I’m guessing you are chasing them in deep clear lakes??

That certainly seems to be the case, those northern SMB are way fatter. If you fish TN for throphies, go from dec- Feb and dont forget Pickwick

Watts bar is a great spot for them, theres also some great big ones in watauga and south holston .

I would rather dead stick a senko than cast and reel crankbaits and spinnerbaits, some people like to fish slow. Jordan Lee won the bass master classic skipping one weightless under docks on Hartwell so i wouldnt call it inefficient. He won the previous one slow dragging a jig, letting it soak for quite some time. I would consider driving around casting and reeling more inefficient than soaking a worm, to each his own

Ironically, our very own @Bluebasser86 recently uploaded a video using a blue texas rig. He throws a lot of blue vibrating jigs too

Ive got it bad! Cant wait til quitting time

Thats the secret that reel manufacturers dont want to get out! Ive had different experience than most of the other responses, ive never spent over $80 on a reel and all but one of my baitcasters are pre 1990. I dont treat them well either, they all live outdoors.