TnRiver46

I would take the advice of @roadwarrior on this question but for me almost anything is still in play for December . Water temp should be around 55 so it probably depends on which part of the lake you are fishing. A lot of folks are going to be the throwing umbrella rigs in shallow water because the shad seem to gravitate there . Suspending jerkbait is also good . Finesse presentations will catch some big ones, think small stuff you might throw for crappie. There always a crappie fisherman accidentally catching big bass, especially smallmouth . Live bait is best about 99% of the time in my opinion but it can be hard to catch. Fishing the tail waters is a good bet in winter, always wear a life jacket near the dams

I have only fished down that way a time or three but it seemed to me that seasons don’t apply down there . Another thread just popped up mentioned bedding fish in south Texas

‘‘Tis the season! Although I guess we have dressing not stuffing

Sounds fun

Happy thanksgiving! I’m laying on the floor at my moms in a food coma

there were glimpses of defense but I wouldn’t say either team played “good defense” in that game as a whole. A couple of those takeaways were desperation heaves and the guys that intercepted them were just standing there alone. The game was fun to watch though

I was under the impression that playing defense is illegal

Pretty neat. I bet I know those guys as I used to live in that area and used all those ramps in a seasonal rotation. I’ve been fishing like thAt here recently myself because one of my trolling batteries won’t hold a charge anymore hahaha. Sculling an 18.5 ft boat is not working out so well.......

That is indeed little river, you had it right

I actually caught the one that haunts me! I was about 14 yrs old and in a small Jon boat in south Alabama on our annual weeklong fishing / camping trip. The guy in the boat with me is a notorious jokester. I was throwing a buzzbait in the grass and hung a good one. We get him into the boat and start taking pictures (pre camera phones). As a youngster I really don’t know how big the fish is, my partner thinks 7-9 lbs. I decide to keep the fish and mount it, and all we have is one of those metal clamp stringers. My fishing partner says you don’t want to lose this one, put the clamp through both lips. So that’s what I did and I eased it over the side of the boat. With one mighty head shake that fish ripped itself free and splashed in. I actually got my hands on it for a brief moment after it broke free but it powered away. Not sure if it just ripped its lips or ripped the stringer apart, as I recall I wasn’t really interested in the details at that point hahaha. We still have to fish for like 5 more hours and I just sat there wanting to puke. Not to fret, you might think, because we still have the pictures and a fiberglass replica is now something we had heard of. The nearest place to develop photos is a wal Mart one hour away, which we learned by asking the very few people we could find (pre smart phones). When we finally get to wal mart, they develop the pictures and as i learneda few days after we returned home, the roll of film was double exposed...... ouch......... took me a while to get over that one. Luckily I have caught 2 bass around 8 lbs since then and did get one of them mounted. And I sure as heck haven’t used a metal clamp stringer ever since . My buddies on the same camping trip still give me grief all the time. They usually give me a box of crayons and say “next time you catch a big one just draw us a picture of it”

I think the record is just under 900 lbs from Carolina!

Kilograms, maybe? Even an anorexic 22" weighs 4 lbs or more

Never heard of ultra but that stained water reminds me of my old stomping grounds haha

It’s funny how often those things catch big bass.

Wow that is beautiful

Nice job! Little river around Alcoa/ Louisville? I’ve had good luck with boat repair At Louisville marine

Wow . Nice one

A spoon or maybe letting a fluke sink down to them slowly?

Oh ok so culling. Gotcha. I never have that problem since I never catch a limit to begin with ........

Where I live it is illegal to have more than a limit in a livewell. I would assume that is true everywhere

From what I have read on this site, Pennsylvania and Virginia have been tough fishing this year . Keep at it and you will find them, they get more predictable the colder it gets

Well? How'd Norris treat ya?

Don't feel too bad, coyotes allude everyone and everything