TnRiver46

They can in price tag ! we are trying to catch smallmouth in shallow rivers and keep the price of the boat under the price of the tow vehicle. I don't catch fish in 2 inch mud flats and don't need to throw mud into the air.

Heck no , my entire motor and long tail kit was $800. I've ran the rapids for a decade and it's still good to go. New motor would be $300 -$350 from harbor freight if need be. People have been running these kits in Thailand for a long time. No need to spend more unless it's your prerogative

This is kind of what I have for shallow water. Exponentially cheaper and better for all around conditions than anything with the word jet in it

That begs the question, is there anything related to fishing that you can’t do???

No but I saw wheeler doing it up north on you tube, I’m gonna give it a whirl if I can find a jigging rap at any stores around here. I’ve heard it’s mainly for ice fishing

@Dorado, those are some monsters

I forgot to mention I did watch bassGeek’s video of the show and felt like I was there! Haha. I had a few buddies say they picked up some nice plugs

Yes and there's plenty of places on bass resource where small Creek fishing is "what this forum is all about"

I wish they were battle scars! I think I left it next to some plastic worms. Somehow it doesnt rattle

Thanks for posting this, I have an American flag that was hanging on the house I bought that is shredded by weather/wind. I’ve had it for several years and never knew what to do with it, does anyone know how to contact the American legion? All I knew is that I wasn’t supposed to throw it away

Stay strong! Thanks for the update

I just skipped it again this year and went fishing 3 of the 4 days. Attended a Cookout on the one day I wasn’t fishing

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Crazy day. Fished a few hours without any bites offshore 20-40 feet, water temp 47. Finally my buddy hooks up with a fly on sinking line, 18” skinny smallmouth. I landed the fish for him and took a picture, jump back up on the trolling motor and grab my rod that I had set down when he hooked up (zoom dead ringer on drop shot). Turns out there’s a bass on it! The owner size 1 hook was right in the top lip in perfect position even though the rod was unmanned. Guess who? It’s the bass I’ve caught 4 times in that same spot the last two winters. And he was much fatter than when I caught it a couple weeks ago, probably because it eats everything. No more bites for an hour or so and we head to the lake house to put another coat of mud on some drywall. As we head back out to fish late afternoon, we decided to try some cliffs. My buddy got one on the fly and I got two on a worm, small fish. We decide to go back offshore and I hook up to something strong and fast vertical jigging a rapala lipless that has been through the ringer and no longer rattles for some reason. This fish is pulling like a striper causing me to free spool several times. I keep telling my buddy it’s a striper and it’s shoots up toward the top like a smallie. It decided not to jump but I did see it, a nice 20-21 ish smallmouth maybe 4-5 lbs. just as he is approaching my hands the lure just came out, hooks didn’t bend or anything. Bummer but I don’t think it was super big so I tried not to think about it. I kept on jigging that same bait and a nice walleye ate it! Good way to end it