TnRiver46

44" on topwater!!!

A month ago it was too hot, now its too cold? You might have retired in the wrong location.....

One puked up a big alewife on my boat once, hooked it on my spoon and threw it back out. Another fish attacked the heck out of it immediately but pulled off

Where i live the shallow banks are 18-20. The deep ones are 35+. Last night i had my boat almost touching the bank getting my buddys lure unstuck and it was 24 feet under the transom with the trolling motor hitting rocks

Tried this many times in brushpiles, they let go of the worm quite a bit. It has been successful a couple times but not many. I have better luck letting them swim out of brush after hooking them

It was like 70 degrees all night and we have a freeze warning (oooooo scary) tonight . No high temps below 50 in the two week forecast

Fiddy lb braid

Yeah i go from bass boat to canoe to bank/wade fishing all the time so everything stays wet muddy and sandy. My stuff has never seen a rod locker or garage, because i have neither

Now that sounds pretty beefy!

You fish for pike with spinning reels??? I dont know anything about pike fishing, just figured they were big and bad round baitcaster type fish

Sooooooo..... You diagnosed it even more accurately. It got sticky when i was fishing and i wanted to keep using it...... So i did what i have done in the past for a last ditch effort that works sometimes..... I dunked it in the water a few times. Then it bound up completely! Worked great yesterday after i cleaned it . Ive been taking reels apart since i was a little kid so its no trouble for me

Low end reels? Yes. Tournaments? Nope. That being said i dont recall ever losing a fish because of my reel. But if i did happen, i would just smile and keep casting (with a different reel). I try to never "cop an attitude" if i can help it

I just open them up when they quit working. Probably happens more than once annually, im rough on them almost daily

Maybe there was water in the lower that drained out on the way to the yamaha dealer? I busted a big hole in one once and somehow made it several miles back to the ramp and the mechanic said it still had half a cup of lube in it

Well my reel locked up so I took it apart to see what the problem was. Visual confirmation, it was a pound of mud and other debris. Plum ruined an entire paper towel.........

The exact scenario the OP described unfortunately happens to me all the time . If fact I can usually find something like that everyday in 2-3 hours after work. The other day I think I saw giant stripers doing it. Sometimes it’s best to just leave the jumping fish alone , Other times it’s the best decision of the year to chase after them. Don’t forget about jigging a spoon underneath all the commotion

Those three networks were the only options we had! Haha. And the tv was in a wooden frame

I was working near an awesome store today and the bait monkey hit me up for $25

Hahahah! He woke up a couple times , kept jumping into my buddys carpeted boat and sleeping in there too.... I think he wants me to get carpet......

My buddys mom is one of them. Ill text him and see if i can get anymore details. Update: she took early retirement upon hearing about the move

Easy solution: dont watch the news. I havent watched it since i turned 18 and moved out of moms house and i sure dont miss it

@Fishjak, the weather man is always wrong but people still rely on them daily. It boggles the mind. By the way, nice smallmouth

Vols are improving, climbing out of the cellar

I just use heavy sinkers , although i dont throw neds. If current is 5mph i go somewhere else

I can barely catch them from a boat right now. My photo archives suggest fall is normally good but somehow I did better in summer this year. Winter has always been best once I learned it was possible .