Spent one last day for 2012 on the TN River. It was cold (19-36) and the water temp was 46. TVA was spiling through the dam at about 92,000 cubic feet per second. This makes good water for smallie fishing. First cast I caught a ~2lb spot. Nice way to start. We fished for about 6 hours and I landed 9 bass ( 5 sm, 4 spots) and my buddy caught 3. He was too busy trying what wasn't working, while I stuck with my game plan! It was a fun way to wrap up the year. Largest smallie was right at 4lbs.

On a side note, on the way home I passed Bill Dance. He was in his Chevy truck pulling a Tracker topper aluminum boat, with 25 HP Merc. But to top it off, he had a Camo Power Pole and what appeared to be a 1100 series HB graph on it. Talk about tricking out a tin boat!

Jeff

Thats a nice fish, and congrats on the good day.

The fact you passed Bill Dance on the way out is awesome. I grew up watching his show with my grandfather.

There is nothing more painful than fishing with someone who is..........adamant, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, dogged, firm, fixed, hardheaded, headstrong, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, unbending, unmanageable, unreasonable, untoward, brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, foolish, futile, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking AND witless

But it still is better than doing yard work and honey do's

Hmmmm......I believe you could be quoted as saying, " I hate fishing in this river with you. You ALWAYS outfish me" :eyebrows:

Jeff

Too cool!

That's a pretty smallie and man does she have a big, broad tail on her! I bet she was a handful in that current

Way to finish up the year Jeff.

Way to go, nice smallie!

Nice bass!

Nice job!