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Fished yesterday on the river.. Caught a lot of fish.....mostly drum, carp and catfish, with a few white bass, one striper, one sauger one LM and 8 smallies! The drum/carp and even one catfish were HUGE!!! The smallies were all good size as well, 2lb- 3 1/2 lbs! Jeff

Drifting down the TN river on Sunday there were a LOT of fish caught. A LOT of drum, carp, catfish, white bass, and a few striped bass, and one sauger. Between the 2 of us we caught 8 smallies though and one LM. We keyed in on an area that Kent and I had "found" 2 weeks ago, and I am thinking that Kent caught alot of his fish there the previous 2 days. Might have been the reason for our lower Bass numbers but what I can say is the trash fish were HUGE!!! We caught 4 drum/carp OVER 10 lbs, 1 Catfish over 10 lbs and a couple in the 5-6 lb range. Our smallies were all in the 2-3.5 lb range so it was good to catch a decent size and they fight great! The one large mouth was a little buck bass. Sauger came just 1/4" under the size limit to keep and eat! Oh well, great day on the river, and hopefully still some to come! Jeff Here is the AVERAGE size carp/drum we were catching! The biggest had to be run down, as it made a surge for the middle and we had to get on the trolling motor and chase it for 300 yrds or so! LOL

Same pond! Jeff

Happy Birthday!!! Jeff

The boatel boat ramp. Got ya. Jeff

Nice catches! Congrast! Rocks the key? Jeff

They are....he is a picture, weigh, and release guy! Also very nice! If you happen to run into Kent while out there......RUN THE OTHER WAY! J/K we fish a lot together and he is a wealth of knowledge, great fisherman, and great guy! Jeff

Sweet! Just let me know what I owe ya! Jeff

Darn! Wish I knew that someone would actually pick one up! I'd take a citica if someone is still headed out Jeff

Also most motors above 25 HP don't come with the prop which is another $100+ Jeff

If you were closer or willing to travel I can help! LOL Jeff

VERY hard! 95% of my fishing is done with the trolling motor down! Jeff

Must be in store only....I just checked online! Jeff

Carpeting looks ok.....it was only my second time doing it, and all of the work I did myself! I also added a rear carpeted deck and rod holders with golf tube inserts that extend under the front deck! Jeff

Here is my rig the way i picked it up and the way it sits now, with the nnly difference being a different trolling motor and added depth finder up front! Jeff

Dont forget the add ons and requirements that all add up Boat registration, life jackets, throw cushion, noise maker, fire extenguisher, paddle (requirements at least in my state) Jeff

Nice pics! Congrats on the outing, and a big striper for the river! Jeff

Wire leader and see what happens! Also on those circle hooks, a reel set will land fish more often than a hard jerk set in my experiences! Jeff

I got a new chronach 200e7 paired with a loomis glx 893 that I am going to swap for a 854 for another jig setup(already got permission from the wife!) BPS gift card and a spool of seagar invisx to make it complete! Jeff

I cast my buzzbait to see whats the causing all the patter

a new PB soon would be there....

Merry Christmas to ALL of my Bass Resource family! Thank you all for everything you do for this site, Glenn, Keri and all the mods, and all of the wealth of knowledge and love that is poured into most of the posts! I say most, because there are some LSU posts put on here sometimes, and we all know they have no use for this site! :D Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday , a wonderful new year, and EVERYONE catches their PB of choice next year! Jeff

Those are really great! Thanks for posting! Jeff

I have a stradic and love it. But if I were looking right now I would check tw's 12 days sale and see if the daiwa spinning reels were still on sale. Something like a $300 plus reel for stradic money. Got good reviews too!! Jeff

dragged hopped bounced and every other way to fish a jig! Jeff