TnRiver46

I wish I would have weighed this one! 2 days after Christmas in ‘07(?) . It hit a gold silver buddy, how ironic. This sucker about pulled me offf the front deck of the boat, I had to dip the rod all the way in the water. I don’t know if TN counts as northern strain but I got it in a small mountain lake with no Florida strain stockings

Hahahha . Refs or not, LA took that one. Hoping for a blowout chiefs victory now

Go chiefs!

I went fishin . Bank fishing but better than couch sitting

We had heavy rain all day yesterday so I decided to fish underneath the boat slip. I set out some rods with nightcrawlers and tossed a crappie jig around. I caught a small drum with the worms and a bigger one with the jig, go figure. I also lost several fish on the bigger set rods, bait and wait is trickier than I remember . Bluegill and crappie nowhere to be found

If the water level isn't changing , then it's not a "variable" to consider

Yes! Thank you hahA

One of those things literally ate a small chunk of my thumb.

Fontana????

I got some mustad 65 lb braid years ago and its still on my big reels. It's hard to break, had to get creative to snap the lure off without losing all my line a time or two

I fish any kind of grub. We used to call a sassy shad a "shad grub" and if you were bank fishing below any dam, you were either throwing a shad grub or trying to buy some off another fisherman. I also really love a curly tail , works for any fish any where

I can't offer much help for water temps in 30s. If one or two of the lakes near here are in the 30s I can fish a couple deeper reservoirs that stay in the 40s

I don't think I have ever spent over $45 on a spinning rod and reel. I always buy them separately though. Abu Garcia cardinal is a good $30 spinning reel, I usually get a fiberglass rod for $15 or under at academy

I think I will experience 3 seasons just this weekend. 60 degrees to a thunderstorm to snow then clear and 17

Hahaha! I had to pump the brakes on Maxwell House a couple hours ago. I was pointing out something to a customer earlier and my hand was shaking like crazy. Cold weather makes coffee go down too easily......

Early spring I look for warm Creek water flowing into the back of a cove somewhere. Unless of course the runoff is colder than the main river. Rising water, fish rise with it. Falling water, fish fall back out with. Stable conditions? Maybe fish the mouths of coves and work in or out depending on results

Wow. You could suit up and play for new England! You're in better shape than half the team and accustomed to the cold......

@Gundog, insert "I was told there would be no math " meme here.....

They are saying 22 degrees in Arrowhead now.

Luckily robots can't do my job! Although when a squirrel chews a hole in someone's soffit 50 feet off the ground, I could use some help from a robot drone to fix it

That will be fun to watch! I remember that Seahawks Vikings playoff game a few years ago when it was well below zero and windy. Blair Walsh missed a gimme field goal to lose the game, problem is I can’t remeber what team he played for. I know he played college ball at Georgia...... I actually recall 2015 being pretty cold because I was renting a log cabin with only a wood stove for heat. It was a fisher “mama bear” though and it would hold some giant logs

Y’alls weather is more consistent than mine.......... consistently colder!!!! I went to my girlfriends parents just after New Years last year in extreme northwest Ohio for 5 dAys. It’s never got above 7 or 8 and was usually -15 and windy. What in the world is that all about???!!!!! I don’t know how you people can stand that. Kudos to those who live in the tundra, that takes a special amount of mental fortitude

Brrrrrrrrr