TnRiver46

I’ll try to paint the picture for you with some google images. No cell service, not many roads, never seen or heard of a drift boat anywhere near these rivers. If you took one there it would be in the top of a living tree not long after your trip. These places go from 5 cfs to 7k cfs in a day, literally. They are typically dried out rock gardens with deep holes in between in summer and class IV and V rapids in winter and spring, not just with one drop you could walk around but dozens and dozens in a short stretch

Hahah. They will sink if they are broken in half. You would just have to see the rivers. Hardly anything resembling “access” either, everyone uses kayak or canoe.

To each his own but the biggest ones are in a lake where no drifter is required. There is only one river I know that a lot of folks drift for them, the rest of the rivers they inhabit would sink a drift boat, or you would have to carry it. Here’s two of my buddies with a couple fish that display the size contrast. I think the bottom one was one of those “record” fish that was released . Those big monsters in the lake will eat a fly from what I’m told

I can’t point you in the right direction if you ever vacation in east TN. Some really big ones

I would be surprised if they introduced coyotes but if they did, they didn’t need to. There wasn’t a coyote east of the Mississippi River in the 80s and now they are pretty much in every county in America

Yes you can easily row a 1448. I wouldn’t call them stable though

Indeed !

Cry me a river!!!! Hahaha. Sounds like one heck of a successful day to me

Just bring it to my place and I’ll winterize for you with pure gasoline

+1

Are you going to volunteer to complete that chore? Haha. A pond where I work had most of the fish die and the grounds crew had to scoop them all out. Most of them puked. Dead fish can not pollute water in any way, especially water that is void of oxygen

What makes bass fishing different than other fishing? Nothing! I mean, you use smaller lures for fish smaller than bass and larger lures for fish larger than bass but fishing is fishing. When fishing for trout you use flies but sometimes you accidentally catch a bass. When you are casting plastic worms for bass sometimes you accidentally catch a bluegill. When you are fishing for tuna you use a big reel. What in the world kind of question is this? Haha

No oxygen, seen it happen many times. It’ll come back

best scale for the money? That depends on how much money you have. I don’t have much so I got a $5 spring scale from wal mart. The thing is surprisingly accurate, I tested it with dumbbell plates . No dead batteries no worry about splashing or rain

Rapalas last me forever and cut up tons of fish. Don’t get too caught up with the sharpest knives, I like mine to be sharp but not razor sharp. You want to cut along bones not through bones

It will work if you play your cards right , keep the drag loose. I’ve caught them up to somewhere around 35 lbs with small baitcasters

There’s a couple members on here from Maine that consistently catch some nice fish! Id like to fish up there one day, I’ve got a good buddy that lives in dexter

Any pro fisherman will tell you that the lure is not nearly as important as location or presentation. Fish what you have confidence in

I’m glad one company had a little forward thinking

@Choporoz makes lots of good points. I use thin wire hooks because they seem to penetrate the fish better

I have to use the push button ignition at work and in my moms car. The common denominator is nobody EVER knows where the keys are, when they should be hanging in the ignition. Or the time I dropped mom off in front of a grocery store and she walked in with the “key fob” in her purse. The car began to panic and I had to sit in the parking lot with it running (and panicking). All because turning a key is so hard. Also, what happens when you are fishing in a downpour or wade fishing and the “key fob” is soaking wet?

A lot of the flies we order at work from umpqua are barbless. Don’t know about bass stuff, the bass flies usually have a meat hook with a big barb

They got rid of Nathan peterman so that’s a step in the right direction!

I always start with the “go to” instead of reaching for it when all else fails

My buddy brings one of those every time he goes fishing. The first time he telescoped it I about fell out of the boat laughing. Pretty awesome, I had just never seen that