Who’s everyone pick? Hard to bet against John Cox here lately. Also, we had our annual 500 year flood the last two days so there will be tons of current and the bite should be wide open 

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

 annual 500 year flood 

hahahahahahahahaaaa  I only had to live here for a year to see why they drop some of the lakes 30 feet

1 minute ago, BassNJake said:

hahahahahahahahaaaa  I only had to live here for a year to see why they drop some of the lakes 30 feet

The big south fork of the Cumberland came up 30 ft in 1.5 days, I think it’s pushing 80,000 cubic feet per second right now. Here’s a little trout stream my buddy photographed today 

Pretty hard to bet against John Cox. The man is a fishing machine! 

Chris Zaldain or Keith Combs

41 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Chris Zaldain or Keith Combs

I forgot zaldain was in it! He almost won last time he was on guntersville 

Just checked the TVA site, currently in the neighborhood of 250,000 cfs rolling through guntersville. In other words it’s ripping 

Scott Canterbury....just got a feeling....my gut....or it's gas......

Hank cherry already has almost 20 lb, I met him at last year's classic. He's the size of a line backer 

Plenty of RED Lippless Rattle baits doing work this morning ~ 

A-Jay

 

Anyone know what the water temps are roughly?

1 minute ago, ryanerb said:

Anyone know what the water temps are roughly?

J Crews reports 52 degrees half an hour ago.

A-Jay

Just now, A-Jay said:

J Crews reports 52 degrees half an hour ago.

A-Jay

Oooo pretty chilly! Definitely more on the pre-spawn side. 

 

Thanks for the tip on the RED lipless haha a staple spring bait proving it's worth!

1 minute ago, ryanerb said:

Oooo pretty chilly! Definitely more on the pre-spawn side. 

 

Thanks for the tip on the RED lipless haha a staple spring bait proving it's worth!

Not exactly a secret however - 

As indicated by the large number of models & brands that are "Out of Stock" most everywhere.

A-Jay

 

38 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Plenty of RED Lippless Rattle baits doing work this morning ~ 

A-Jay

 

Very similar to last years classic. Red traps and cranks seem to be most common. A few guys crawling a jig and chatterbaiting 

10 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Not exactly a secret however - 

As indicated by the large number of models & brands that are "Out of Stock" most everywhere.

A-Jay

 

Still unbelievable these lure companies haven't figured out the 'yearly patterns' and then up their production lines to increase stock on the known movers... 

I picked Jamie Hartman in a contest to win a Dobyns rod, and 57 lbs 12 oz. as the weight to win an xtasy rod, but looks like I may of guessed under. I just started watching professional fishing though, so I'm pretty clueless about these guys.

 

21 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

I picked Jamie Hartman in a contest to win a Dobyns rod, and 57 lbs 12 oz. as the weight to win an xtasy rod, but looks like I may of guessed under. I just started watching professional fishing though, so I'm pretty clueless about these guys.

 

You never know!

24 minutes ago, kayaking_kev said:

I picked Jamie Hartman in a contest to win a Dobyns rod, and 57 lbs 12 oz. as the weight to win an xtasy rod, but looks like I may of guessed under. I just started watching professional fishing though, so I'm pretty clueless about these guys.

 

He won here last year, however that was June I think.

He's a good stick so dont count him out.

Probably should add Good Stick to the fishing lingo page

 

You dont want to be labeled a bad stick

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Plenty of RED Lippless Rattle baits doing work this morning ~ 

A-Jay

 

What is it about Red that spring bass like so much?

 

Thanks

Scott

4 minutes ago, Chunk_Chaser said:

What is it about Red that spring bass like so much?

 

Thanks

Scott

Some say early emerging crawdads look like that. The red lures also work in late summer after everyone else switched to other colors. I think it's more because the water color is typically murky in spring 

As someone just getting into the sport, I would like to see all the big names fish together. Why doesn't that happen? I'm guessing money and sponsorship, and maybe a few anglers are just scared of better competition.

Cherry caught 3 5lb bass in under 1 hour....... I would lose my mind 

 

Looks like huge whitecaps on the way in for everybody

1 hour ago, Chunk_Chaser said:

What is it about Red that spring bass like so much?

 

Thanks

Scott

No clue Scott,

But I have seen it with my own net.

A-Jay 

Now we get to listen to Dave Mercer holler for the next hour .