TnRiver46

All my friends catch the heck out of bass with spinnerbaits, there's just something Im not doing right with them. For 25 years.....

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I fish a bladed jig in some thick milfoil and it comes through it pretty good. I consider it a fairly weedless bait but it hooks on a log very solidly quite often. Swim jig is definitely more weedless, I always reach for it when absolutely nothing else will come through the grass. I’ve been fishing a spinner bait my whole life and I’ve barely caught anything with them. I’ve been fishing a bladed jig for maybe a year and I’ve caught a lot of nice fish. Spinnerbaits are proven fish catching lures but to me personally it’s 1,000 times easier to get a bite with a chatterbait or jig

Curly tail or paddle tail grub

They are fun for small Brook trout streams though, aren't they?

A 3 weight is no more manageable than a 5. In fact it seems the opposite to me, 3 weight is more specialized for small streams and small trout. The bigger the weight the easier they are to cast (for distance)

Fly fishing doesn’t have to be expensive, that’s just what everyone wants you to believe (so they can sell you junk). Pfleuger medalist is the best beginner kit I know of, and you can catch fish on it for years after. I used mine from age 12-13 up into my early 20s. I still use cheap fly rods and They can cast just as far and accurate as anything else. Believe me I’ve compared them all side by side on practice ponds.

I have lots of swollen pregnant crank baits , I use them for gar. That way I don’t care when they bite them in half

@teethmarks, try backreel sometime when you have a nice fish on. Cool write up minus the heartbreak

Sounds like an awesome spot, congrats on a memorable evening. Instead of adjusting drag during a fight like I used to, I either reel backwards (spinning) or push the button (baitcasting) nowadays. A few times I couldn’t loosen the drag quickly enough and they dove under the boat and broke off so I try not to fiddle with drag during a fight if I can avoid it

I go weightless near any rip rap

Another one last night..... I had to drive in-between the police boat and the fire department boat in pitch black dark and fog to get back to the ramp. Luckily my buddy had sent me this screenshot 30 minutes prior so I was expecting it. Honestly this isnt too out of the ordinary, I live next to a small airport and they crash land pretty often

Nice one

I went!

Got completely soaked in the rain but finally caught one after it stopped. @Bluebasser86's bladed jig again!

Let's do it! Haha. I'll bring the drywall and shims if you'll "learn" me a thing or two

Throw it out there, set the rod down, kick back and relax. When your rod is about to get pulled out of the boat, pick it up and reel in your fish. Ok that was hyperbole but not too far off. I use clear mono that's easy to see above the water but hard to see under it. You can see the line race off to one side or the other or directly away from you most of the time when you get a bite. It literally accelerates. If you can't notice it happening, you need to watch more closely.

I can count on 2 fingers the amount of bass I've caught on a spinnerbait. I'm not exactly a newbie either. Some things just aren't for me

How'd it go?

I always fish the outside bends...... And the inside turns....... And of course right in the middle ........ And some places in-between ...... Sorry I'm no help and all jacked up on caffeine

If only it took a long time to drink a beer.....

It was slightly creepy but luckily I wasn't involved with any of the awful parts. I try to stay out of bus stations and train stations. https://www.wvlt.tv/home/headlines/Body-found-in-Fort-Loudon-Lake-198389671.html

I don’t think they ever found out what happened as far as I know. He was deceased floating vertically in the river. It was about 10 feet deep and the current was moving but he wasn’t. 29 years old, they found his car in Roanoke, VA I believe and he was last seen at a bus station in downtown Knoxville

I found a guy in the water that I kept hoping was a manikin or scarecrow. Unfortunately it wasn't

I think the one that chomped me was our 1/2 pyranese, the one on the right