TnRiver46

Awesome fish! Beautiful lake too, looks Appalachian....

Knock on wood, I’m still firing on at least 7 out of 8 cylinders.......

Cold shouldn’t hurt anything. Heat will though

I’m no expert but I believe you have to wait a while before it’s safe to walk on

Thanks! He ate it right when it came out of some grass

Mid 30s air temp but water still at 58. Caught two, one with @Bluebasser86 s bladed jig

I use a camper for work truck and open bed for my personal truck. I like how easy it is to see blind spots without the camper but it would be nice to use a truck with camper as a tent. My buddy that bird hunts all over the country does that with an ARE top and he has had it for at least a decade.

This is the most complicated thing I have ever read! (Slow rainy day at work). I think I would just buy cable to avoid jumping though all those hoops haha

The coves do! Parts of the channel probably would too if the water wasn't moving so fast

I do this often but they never bite the cast, only the troll

Pretty impressive list of anglers considering what went down

I don’t hunt at all but the old saying for bear hunting goes : “sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you” hahaha. We see bears all the time around here but not like that one! I’m sure ones of that size typically stay hidden like a big buck deer

But where you live its typically a "warm southwesterly" haha

Looks about 2 or 2.5 lbs heavier than the potential record that began this thread. Maybe 3

Believe it or not I’ve seen Douglas frozen all the way across 4-5 times at the interstate bridge. And people driving 4 wheelers on the ice once

You may be over thinking this one a bit, fast presentations are when you crank the reel handle quickly (retrieve the lure quickly). Slow presentations are the opposite, medium is in the middle. Some baits like a liples crank or jig can be worked fast or slow

You're not the only one, I much prefer winter fishing to any other season. Mainly because most of the fish I catch in winter are bigger. Another reason it is fun is because all my buddies think you have to fish for trout when it's cold. I can take them bass fishing and surprise them Everytime. They have short memories hahaha. Also I have most weekends off once it gets good and cold

6 will still work but 4 is very sensitive for the papermouth bite detection

Gotcha.

@Darren., don’t feel too bad. The mastermind coach behind Nathan peterman at Tennessee also used Alvin kamara as a backup running back........ and started peterman over Josh dobbs multiple times........ that coach is now an intern making $35k/year at Alabama, most likely brewing coffee

The most important thing for me in crappie fishing is a Bobby garland baby shad with a straight tail. Put in on a 1/16th is jighead and you no longer need minnowS. Hang it under a regular bobber or just fish it without one. 4lb line is the second most important thing ......

Lakes are definitely a great option during volatile times like drought and flood

I love using them weightless

Before I got to the bottom of your post, I was thinking Turtle catfish or carp. After realizing you already hinted at those three, I would guess turtle because it was so slow. That being said I have caught a catfish or two that were pretty slow

Truth.