TnRiver46

Awesome job. I have also been seeing smallmouth blast topwater in 50 degree water recently. When people ask my why I love winter so much I may just let them read this report for a better understanding . East Tennessee: where a spook works great in the snow

First trip of 2019: Got some white bass for a New Year’s Day meal and my buddy got a nice bonus largemouth. Fried the fish and onions and made a pot of pintos with bacon, trying to imitate hog jawl and black eyed peas for good luck........... didn’t have any jawl on hand.........

Those things will battle!!!

Clouser, slump buster, poppers, murdich minnow, wiggle minnow, meat whistle

I should have known when the guys boat brand was “beeline” and he said he would race anyone there even though he only had a 200. He was correct, somehow his boat was faster than everyone else. Fast enough in fact to leave the water and fly through the air on a few occasions. Never again hahahahhaba

In my fair state , you have to wait until you get home. I got my wrist slapped for cleaning them at the ramp once

I have fished out of the back of a tournament boat one time and the most important two words to remember are “hang on.” Some people aren’t cut out for life on a fast boat and I am one of those people

Looks like the fly fishing 101 classes I teach sometimes..........

Got another good one! Just over 21”, we had a few 18” mixed in as well

Great day indeed!

Congrats! Looks like that bass ate a whole bunch of other fish before it hit your plug. You must have had it right in his wheelhouse

Now that’s cool! Are you allowed to live bait one of those things???

Today I Only caught one from 1-5:30 or so but got 3 right before dark.

Gotcha thanks

What’s the lowest water temp that y’all catch fish with blades jigs? Might toss one today, it’s about 47 degree water most places around here. Maybe a lake or two will be above 50

I had to strip down to a t shirt on the water Wednesday. I was getting sweaty

Here’s what we ate for Christmas. 11 lb prime rib and twice backed potatoes

Got a new vaccuum sealer for Christmas , hoping to try it out with a bunch of white bass that I threw on ice yesterday. Those pesky smallies kept getting in the way too...........

Hahaha funny you would say that. my buddy lost a nice pair of eyeglass right off his eyes swatting at a horsefly in a canoe. He jumped in after them to no avail

To prevent shades from getting too dirty to begin with, I have found that avoiding hanging them below your chin on croakies is key. Then again if you are wearing costas you certainly want to use croakies or something like them to keep from losing the glasses. But I do recall when I used croakies all the food I ate and dead skin would end up on the lenses hahaha. They stay much cleaner if I keep them on top of my hat when they aren’t on my eyes

Prayers sent

WE got lots of Christmas Day bass and a few crappie. Was after white bass but largemouth and smallmouth seemed to have moved in on them.

The Hull matters not, all the importance lies inside the cowling. Or at least the expensive importance........... serioisly though, I have been burned on some Craig’s list deals. The most important thing is a test drive/fish. Launch the boat before you buy it, pretty easy to tell if it leaks. Then put the hammer down, a lot of boats run great in a barrel full of water but put them under a load and they go half $&@. Then you have the matter of a transom. They are a pain to replace for a regular joe like me. I have done it but it will take up all your free time for a weekend or 3. To see if transom is rotten, grab the skeg of the motor and shake it up and down while watching the transom. If it wiggles and it’s made of wood, you will need to replace the wood . If the whole boat and trailer shakes instead of the transom then you are good to go