TnRiver46

If they worried about wind direction in Florida they would starve to death haha. The reason the saying exists is because for a good portion of the county, maybe besides the Atlantic coast, the wind comes from the east about .001% of the time. It’s a convenient excuse but could easily be accurate. The one day out of 500 that the wind blows backwards, the fish may take the day off

Nice bass. Looks like that bait works pretty well with the split ring

I don't fish tournaments but I enjoy watching bass and flw. I can't believe that no one ever mentions or pushes for a combination of the two, catch weigh and release best 5 fish. Professionals being rewarded for catching one lb bass makes me change the channel every single time. Might as well watch pro ball players do layup drills

The big uns can bust anything. At least she bit it! Haha

These are the only “shoals” we have . But there’s hundreds of miles of them, all far out of bass boat range

@Bluebasser86, I like to bite those back!

Cut skipjack herring

Got in a little dock fishing. I might have caught the saMe catfish twice. And one of those pesky little green fish

@Gundog, at long last! Nice smallmouth

It slows processes down to a crawl

HAhahhaha. I grew up in a house like that. Momma always made us rake up all the acorns before she mowed the grass (aka dry dirt in the shade)

I can’t get into it either. They are fishing my home river and I haven’t watched any of it, where I watched every second I could of the classic. I check what people are saying on here and that’s about it

There a few hundred people skunked on that lake every day. Methinks pros are good. It helps they can weigh 1 pounders though, any other tournament they would have to be 15 inches there . 20 1 pounders would get you tied for dead last with 0.0 lbs

I would try dragging something relatively small slowly on the bottom

I don’t think I could get 40 lb braid to sink 40 ft with an anchor on the end! Haha

Thanks! The cool part is they don’t even stock them where I caught it! But they do in the lake above and below so they have been there for years

Carolina rig buzzbait with a pink skirt..........gator fans catch them all night long on that setup.......... no just kidding I have spent a lot of time in fort Myers, it’s my mother’s favorite vacation destination. Caught some good redfish speckled trout sheepshead and all kinds of other stuff. I have never fished much in middle Tennessee but sumner county looks like you’re going to be closest to old hickory and Percy priest . Old hickory was formerly very popular largemouth lake, they might have even had a classic there. Shallow stained water heavy gear around heavy cover is what I’ve heard. Priest is more of a smallmouth lake but has plenty of largemouth too. Doug Richards is a man that could give you some good advice, he makes soft plastic lures and used to fish the tournament trails in that area. I buy baits from him, he lives in gallatin

I was born and raised in maryville and i don’t live there because it’s too far from the water haha. When I bought my house, my number 1 criteria was it has to be about 5 miles or less from the water

Well most of my bank fishing is on small chunks of public land on massive bodies of water or on my dock so I usually have to stay still. So I voted for staying put and trying everything. I almost always leave a set line with night crawler too, just to single line sample the ecosystem...... hahaha

I haven’t mastered it quite like @roadwarrior but I have used them weightless, Texas rig , and shakey head. They all work very well, in addition to being a good trailer for jigs and bladed jigs . I haven’t Carolina rigged one yet but I bet it would work

Bass fishing is my favorite thing ever and I love and respect bass . But I still eat them. I love cows and chickens turkey and pigs too........ dang it now I’m hungry

That would be a banner two days for me down there! Haha

That’s worth having to search for big foots (feet(s)?) all winter !!

I’m putting my money on regular ole largemouth.

I see a lot of newts in ponds also. Forget the newt, that is a beautiful plastic worm