TnRiver46

I thought that was tree bark when I first looked at the photo!

The I caught a couple trout yesterday in 8,000 cubic feet/second. With the boat in neutral I think I was moving downstream almost 3 mph. Basically the river was 9-14 ft deep and moving super fast. by comparison I'm guessing that river in the photo is moving at a maximum of 1,000 cfs, probably less than 500. Flowing water is a conveyer belt of food to a rainbow trout, they Can sit effortlessly in heavy current and pick out food items. The key to catching them is to cast and cast and cast and cover water keep your eyes peeled, you can usually see them or see them surfacing. If there is a decent population of trout in there, one will eventually follow a spoon or spinner

That's a cool looking river, if there are stocked trout in there you can catch them no matter how cold it gets. They like it cold and they like those rooster tails you bought

I would retire for the year if that happened to me!

I usually fish a buzzbait just like it is out of the package and I don't fish a spinnerbait

Suspending jerkbait sounds good for 7 ft deep fast clear water.

Hamma, I have been switching over to backreel for smallmouth in deep water, it's pretty handy when they start bulldogging under the boat

19 or so (+?)inch smallmouth. Tape measure wouldn't lock........

Anyone but bama....... please anyone but them!!!!

Nice boat in good condition but not the oldest in use on the forum. I still use my papaw's 1957 cherokee all the time. I put a mud motor on it though. Bottom picture is a couple buddies of mine that borrowed it the day after thanksgiving. Impromptu two boat tournament and of course they beat me with that old boat. We even had an extra person advantage

That sound is terrifying. When I was about 13 or so we were at a state park and kept hearing that outside. Thought it was a child screaming bloody murder so we went tromping through the woods with flashlights toward the sound and a red fox is just standing there screaming like crazy

Lowrance elite HDI

H20 express

Wow those are some bigguns

I'm way upstream of you but all the lakes mentioned in the above post are pretty awesome! (Although I've never been to Neely Henry). Try to fish when they are generating if possible. This time of year fish can be surprisingly shallow, the baitfish like to soak up the sun. The major factor working against you is that every Tom, Dick, and Harry has a full size truck and a bass boat. I would guess that the bass in the stretch of the Tennessee river in north Alabama are close to the smartest bass on earth. They have seen some things man................

I have been watching a couple YouTube videos of people ice fishing Mille lacs this week, I guess the Muskie was caught a couple weeks ago?

Thanks man! Hoping to chase them again today. That is provided I can move after eating myself silly last night

Depends on where I'm fishing but usually the cheapest 1/8 oz round ball jig head I can find. Which is usually Arkies from wal mart

Got a couple nice smallies Friday, one 21 inches maybe 21.5. The other just short of 20. Water temp was 50 and fairly clear, got them pulling shallow cranks about 2mph

Small tube jig with 1/8 oz jig head shoved into it. Drag slowly on the bottom

Thanks man, I just throw stuff on there wrap it. They will catch fish but they catch a lot of tree limbs and rock shelves too

Keep trying it, i would way rather fish in winter than in summer.

Wearing short sleeves to work in East Tennessee today and still sweating. Nice and sunny, hoping to fish after work

Braid and mono are the only thing I use on a spinning reel. Fluorocarbon works great on a baitcaster but does crazy things on a spinning reel. I only use it for leaders with spinning tackle. I feel like the wind is going to blow any line

Depends on where I am. Norris lake temp is slow to fluctuate so those smallies still love dawn and dusk. And shade. Norris and cherokee lake smallmouth will be on shady banks no matter how cold it is. Fishing flowing rivers/reservoirs I like to fish sunny shallow water mid day. Opposite tactics on deep tributary reservoirs that don't flow much