TnRiver46

Kind of reminds me of every job ive ever had.

And this is why i dont have nice things. Hope you get back out soon, i paddled my 18.5 foot center console around this weekend as i forgot to charge the trolling batteries and was camping on an island. Anchoring/paddling is still 100,000 times better than not fishing.

It’s magic! congrats on the 7.4! People don’t believe a bass can just sit there and ignore ALL types of fishing lures. They can and they do it all the time. There’s a popular fishing spot right below some rapids near me. After a frustrating day of chucking and reeling and finesse fishing I decided to go swimming and my buddy had a diving mask. I jumped in and was surrounded by big smallmouth and they weren’t scared of me at all. It’s also a very hard place to catch bait but when you do, a magical light switch turns on and you catch big bass and catfish left and right. I’ve probably caught 5-6 there lifetime with artificial and hundreds with live bait. Finding fish is easy, catching them can be tricky especially in popular spots

What i meant, and i think what @billmac meant (somehow i believe you quoted something he said and attributed it to me) is that they could still release the fish immediately after catch and just determine winner by the best 5 instead of total cumulative weight . Still no fish in livewell, i just dont like watching people intentionally target small bass and broadcast it on tv. I want to see the best in the biz target the biggest bass and i don't think I'm alone. Im not mad about it, just what i enjoy. And if its gone for good oh well, i still have boats and rods

Methinks the hard feelings all arise when money is involved. Which is why i dont fish tournaments and got burned out guiding full time in '08. Well that and fast boats scare the crap out of me.....

@Oregon Native, you have a great attitude. We are going to share a boat and fish together one of these days!

Congrats!

I hate to hear about this. I was driving through a one lane flagger situation yesterday and one of the workers tripped over an orange cone right in front of my van. Scary stuff, kudos to those that put themselves in harms way so we can have good roads and utilites. As for self driving cars, no thanks....

The ones they make for fly fishing twist the leader beyond repair

Leading us to believe genetics can also cause variations in fish color . Every individual is not the same. Lets see your punnett square for a largemouth bass that lays a few thousand eggs

That would be nice

Nice fish! Glad you got out

Nice catches!

Im just guessing but i bet you are seeing mullet jump. Bass can tolerate brackish water but i dont think they can live in salt water. Where did you get the baby bream? Every time i have ever used live bream in a pond it worked like magic. If you are positive there are bass, use a plastic worm. I could fish for years with crankbait jerkbait and spinnerbait and never get a bite. I do it all the time

Gotcha. I just couldnt wrap my head around something fake being pure

Purer?? Artificial is purer? Thats an oxymoron

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