TnRiver46

me and my girlfriend had a fun fall colors paddle on sunday in the canoe

Is there a strong current that would wash them away? Only one way to find out, somebody might steal the ramps if they are pricey. Scum of the earth tends to loiter at boat ramps

Rule #1 of fishing: there are no rules

@txchaser, all i can say is it will get easier when that water temp gets well below 70. 70 has been my least successful temp as long as i can recall. Id rather fish 47 degree water or 88 degree water every single time

Yes the mountains are full of copperhead and the occasional timber rattler I fish southern Alabama also and have had the same experience except for the small ones. They hit lures over and over and over. The big ones won’t move for anything, not proud to admit I have a picture somewhere of a 12-14 footer with a buzzbait sitting on its head. It wasn’t my buzzbait but it is my picture........ haha. No kidding the spot we camp is where they killed the world record alligator . If you don’t believe me google world record alligator

Well they don’t all move to the exact same spots . Where I’m at right now they are all roaming around eating tiny threadfin shad off the surface water temp about 70. I’ve caught them trolling crankbaits At 2 mph in water temps down to 47 degrees In flowing rivers. In lakes you can catch them no matter how cold it is, even through ice. In rivers I quit getting bites when the water temp is below 45. They don’t leave per say, they just don’t bite as much

We have pure gas almost everywhere now. Thank god

Great fish, will pray for your wife.

H20 express are good for cheap ones

One of my fishing buddies swore by those CC two packs. They are all I buy now

Ive heard those moccasins like to come directly toward you unlike any other snake. Thankfully the water is too cold here for them but they are all over west TN and some in middle TN

December is far and away my favorite month to fish . Nickajack is always tough but can be rewarding, you can still fish hollow body frogs on grass some decembers. No joke. Up below the dam downtown there are big largemouth smallmouth and spots, stripers, and world class catfish ing. Guntersville is much more massive but its just the next lake downriver so it should be similar

Well i finally got a bunch of dinks to break my dry spell. Friday evening i only caught 3 babies but it was the triple crown of black bass all in downtown so ill take it.....the large mouth hit a frog at dark and went airborne on the hookset. Sorry little fella it was dark i couldnt see Also lost a yellow perch. Pretty sunset Saturday i caught lots of little smallmouth but my buddy got an 18" and a 20" smallmouth while fishing close by my boat, i even got to net one . Pretty sunrise

They were barfing up tiny shad on the deck today so we downsized .

My strike king red eye shads and 3xds swelled up and exploded in a tackle box

Be careful a long season just gives the bass time to get smarter. From what i read on here the bass bite better up north....... Then again i couldn't handle the long harsh winters

Im not worried about fish seeing them, its just one more thing i dont want to buy. Im good at tying knots and biting through line

Paper or plastic??

Ive got the logs part figured out, i catch them around timber all the time. I still need work on the WP part, one bite in about 6 months so far

Im going to give them heck all weekend and maybe this evening too

Ok ive been chucking the 130

First skunk of the year???? No sympathy from me as I’ve had 3 this week alone. Sounds like a year to remember!!

Nice fish! Which size WP?

@keagbassr, always keep an empty Taco Bell cup in the boat! I haven’t sank yet.......

Snowing sideways is what i wait for every year