Chris Catignani

First fish of the year!

Belmont Tackle Co.

Those Alabama bass fight hard! What lake?

Super glue it back in and it will be good.

I loved Beck with the Yardbirds. Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart (Jeff Beck Group) was something else....my favorite rock band of all time. Originally, I started listening to Jeff Beck when I was in high school with Blow by Blow ....and then with Jan Hammer. I was blessed to have seen him about three different times. There's 1,452 guitar pickers in Nashville...but one Jeff Beck.

....long time fan of everything Beck.

Right...."In God we trust....all others bring data." ...or Data.

We have summer pool...which is the lake normal operating level. Winter pool...aka permanent pool. This lower level is to hold winter and spring rains. And we have flood pool. This is an elevation above summer pool in which water goes over the spillway gates. For example, Percy Priest Lake in Nashville has these elevations: Winter or permanent pool: 480 Summer pool also called Power drawdown pool: 480-490 Flood control pool 490-504.5

Yup...and for some reason....it seems like those slow days is when you catch a really good fish.

I call that something to brag about!

Yep....there is a lot more to fishing than catching. This week is been: rod building, lure making and boat upgrades.

I have to agree. I love being on the water...and it's those slow days that gets me on the trail to new water.

I made this one for my nephew...

I love that President reel...

I love to read about some of the extreme measures people will go through to catch a bass. At one of the club tournaments last year all the guys were talking about line: braid, floro..etc and what leaders and knots. One of the guys ask me what leader knot I used and I said I was fishing straight mono. They were dumbfounded! To further emphasize my point...second place that day went to a young guy fishing out of a 10ft Jon boat.

FWIW....Fuji is not making the black finish any more. Lately I've have been buying the Fuji guide kits from MudHole that are packaged by Angler Resource...spinning and casting. I found myself spending too much time looking for particular guides in a size and color. Love the LKW kit in Alconite.

I always get the paper maps...aside from more detail. If I'm lookin at wind, for or against, I like to look at the big picture (pun intended)?

I use it too...

Opened my package today! Thanks.

You can expand on it with more statistics: "I had four pretty good ones...there may have been others I didnt know about. I wasnt there very long." ?

@Sam Good,Bad and Ugly gets my vote for RTSAY song of the year award. This one is for @TnRiver46