TnRiver46

I'm not advocating the practice but it happens. The amount of caves in Tennessee Alabama and Georgia is crazy. Fall of 2017 was super dry and we even had probably one of the only wildfires in the area over the last 100 years. There were leaves galore plaguing homeowners and a huge sinkhole opened up on Alcoa highway. Citizens suggested we fill it up with all the city's leaves hahaha

It's how people get rid of old refrigerators and vehicles in TN hahaha. Sad but true Athens is 1 hr from ktown

Haha! Yea lane is not the most popular guy around here......... we wouldn’t hate the gators nearly as bad if you would let us win some games on the gridiron a little more frequently ........

Teaching them right!! Or as the locals would say, “learning em right!” We do hate the gators but you are welcome to fish in my boat anytime, mike! Great story by the way

We've had a few northern style ones this year

That was it! Ole zona got a little emotional during the interview. I liked when he said “I’m OBSESSED with it!”

People are catching them pretty good right now

I saw a cool zona episode with Chris zaldain (?) this weekend also. Tube jig fishing

Hahaha my girlfriend too. I’m the guy that never wanted pets and now I have 3 dogs........

Mr Cooke, I presume.....

I wish it would go back to late 80s early 90s where we had to watch the tournament on TV to see who won. Kind of like all other sports! I don't own a computer........

Sounds like you won't need this tip anymore but when canoe fishing solo, don't sit in the back seat. The front seat is way closer to the middle and will balance it out waaaay better. I stand up in mine and push pole upstream through some unbelievably shallow shoals. All the weight is on the push pole and allows crazy shallow draft. As for the car topping, all fishermen should drive a pickup truck! Or any red blooded american man for that reason (as I type this from my work van hahaha). I can pick up my girlfriend's sit on top kayak and literally throw it into the bed of my truck. One ratchet strap or truckers hitch in a rope and off to the river !!!

@fissure_man, slave culture? Whoa whoa whoa back this train up a little . As a fishing guide I have never been whipped and always been compensated. My understanding of slavery was that there was no payment, not sure how gratuity is a slave tradition

They are trickier than they should be

Hm, maybe it's different on the rivers with dams. I don't know, I'm not going down there !!! It just seems the fish can be caught extra deep in winter and rarely below 25-30 in summer. We have zero natural lakes, with the exception of reelfoot out west. And I think it's about 5 feet deep max haha

Wind at 10 mph or above, kayak. Wind below 10, canoe. I can put way more stuff in wide open space in my canoe. And I can walk around and get to it, mine is an alumacraft and easy to stand it. I don’t like having to reach back behind me to get tackle in a kayak but I would still choose it on a windy day. I like Sit on top kayak for summer and cockpit kayak for winter . I maybe just maybe have too many boats??

I was in Gatlinburg Thursday and Friday for the state chapter of the wildlife society meeting and there was traffic, even on rainy weekdays in winter . Had to park 2/3 mile from the conference haha. Nothing like summer though

Without the traffic????? You must have went in the winter

HEavy rain again so I left the boat in the carport, but thanks to @Bluebasser86’s bladed jig I got a fish right away. I set out two catfish rods and then picked up the bladed jig and threw it under the neighbors dock, caught a little pale largemouth on the first throw! (Note the water color in the picture below my elbow) It was raining awfully hard so I quit casting and took advantage of soft ground and did some unprofessional drainage work with a shovel around the foundation. No success on the catfish lines, they were out for probably 4 hours

I usually troll them trying to tickle the bottom in 18-19 ft. Lots of guys get the boat up against the bank and grind it all the way back

I can rent you one on tellico! Especially if you are handy with drywall and flooring and water diversion

As a man who deals with opossums for a living, that is definitely not what we have here haha.

You can eat groundhog, as long as you don’t make a stew

With a side dish of W!

Ouch!!!!