TnRiver46

I have been using 8# pline and getting them

A good way to find them can be trolling crankbaits digging into the sand, I catch them pretty good using this tactic with water temps 47 degrees and up, usually trolling around 2 mph. The amount of water you can cover is amazing

Cool deal! I forgot y'all had those down there

Or when it's first and goal and they take 5 minutes to see if the runner got in. Then he scores on second down after all that

Also, if you pull a fish up to the boat it doesn't count as a skunk for Norris haha

Instant replay is my pet peeve. I can't stand it

The water is in the mid 40s on the lower end. Thanks for the post

That sounds like a tough place to find them early. At some point they will be moving from the deep holes to somewhere warm and shallow to make a nest. does this river have a dam upstream of where you fish? Maybe try to find a rock face that will catch some sunshine and warm up quickly or large rock/log to hide in

I think you would recognize it better with its white hat on.....

Maybe NFL ratings are down because since '02 it's basically like watching reruns? Brady down late in the 4th quarter then wins

Go birds!!!!

Sweet!

Ha! Don't feel bad. "Pretty much" confirming doesn't count as confirmation. Not much you can do, other than eat it or give it to someone. It's a side effect of our glorious sport, but each one lays like 40,000 eggs a year. They are a remarkably resilient species. If you think about it, most places allow you to kill 5 or more bass every day. And they are still thriving

I know an old timer that night fishes the spawn and does great. Some giant smallies and pretty big largemouth too. He doesn't sight fish though, just fishes where the beds are after dark when the fish lose their inhibitions

^+1. The gill rakers come up to the tongue so the hook usually hits them, causing all the bleeding.

Only caught 2 today, still fun and one was just a tad over 19". Also had a buddy lose one even bigger after 2 jumps, it went right in a tree and the jig just pulled out. Water temp 46-47, caught mine with a 2.5 inch gulp minnow

It will knock you down and hold you there! Hang in there and you will make it! I think I have had it 3 times, once when I lived in a log cabin with nothing but a wood stove for heat. It was 0 degrees for a few nights in a row, I couldn't keep getting up and going outside for wood. I wimped out and Ended up driving across town to mom's and she pumped me full of meds for two days and I recovered. I don't think I was near death but it put a bit of a scare in me. The flu does seem stronger than it was 15 yrs ago

Mike carter is good for guntersville

Sorry to hear

16 lbs in chatuge??? Wow

It's an old fashioned winter in the south this year, like the ones my grandparents showed me pictures of. Frozen waterfalls and snow drifts

Nice fish!

I use them to troll. Usually 2.5 mph gets them down 9-10 ft and you can cover a lot of water slamming bottom the entire way. H20 express makes good cranbaits that won't fall apart

Wow. I'd say that fish is well over 7 lbs. Congrats! Keep panfishing haha

Y'all are getting it way worse out on the west end!