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[GreenPig]

Great glidebait fish, Pat.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Congrats Big Fish Pat!!!!!    

 

I feel stupid paying $150+ for glides now 🤣

[N Florida Mike]

Caught several on the trick worm as the sun was going down…

[Fishlegs]

Because of all the veterans who have served our country over the years, people like me have the freedom to fish. So, thank you to all veterans. You have my sincere gratitude.

 

We started out the day fishing bluff walls. My friend quickly caught the first fish. It was a pretty smallmouth on a lure I wasn't familiar with called a "snagless sally". It's a single hook, inline spinner with a weed guard. The bait monkey has been reminding me all day that I do not have one.

 

 

I caught the second smallmouth a few minutes later so we thought we were going to be in for a big day, but it turned into a fishless grind for the next few hours. We tried spots other than bluffs, but had no bites so we went back to the bluffs. I got a quick hit, but missed the fish so we made another pass. I caught a smallmouth on the second pass so we decided to try it one more time. This time I hooked a good one. I fought it to the boat. I told my friend to get the net. By this time the wind and current had pushed us right up against the bluff. With nowhere to go the fish swam under the boat to the other side. We could hear it thudding heavily under the boat. Before I could get my line around to the other side the fish broke my line. I checked my drag afterward, but it was fine so I guess it cut the line on the boat. I lost a nice fish, and learned not to let the boat get so close to the wall while fighting a fish.

 

By this time the wind, and the wake from all the other boats was wearing me out. We left to look for calmer waters. We decided that the lock must be closed because barges were parked everywhere so we decided to try the barge canal. The number of shad in the canal was insane. We caught a couple more small largemouth, and then I hooked the best fish (that was landed) of the day. Strike King Rage Menace for the win. We caught 3 smallmouth, and 5 largemouth on the day. It was a grind, but a great day.

 

[Team9nine]

Only got a couple hours in tonight after fighting a failing alternator in the truck all weekend, but it was enough time to catch a limit of greenies on crankbait. Felt good being back out on the water.

 

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Another 1 hour trip after work yielded a good fish 

[Swamp Girl]

You've got a streak going, Russ. That's solid bass in three, straight trips, right?

[TnRiver46]

Sounds about right! It should be good fishin for black bass around here from now until spring time when the bass start spawning and the fishermen come back 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

It should be good fishin for black bass around here until spring time when the bass start spawning and the fishermen come back 

 

Stupid fishermen. Tennessee is for thee, not they. 

[TnRiver46]

44 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Stupid fishermen. Tennessee is for thee, not they. 

😂. Luckily most think fishing is only a warm weather activity around here. There are some places that get fished hard in the winter but not too many. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

😂. Luckily most think fishing is only a warm weather activity around here. There are some places that get fished hard in the winter but not too many. 

Went to NickaJack last three Sundays. Twice one boat at ramp and once two boats at Shellmound. This is the place where in the summer its a traffic jamb at the ramp. Love fishing in the fall! Just me, geese, Coots, Cormorants, and weeds. 

[Fishlegs]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

😂. Luckily most think fishing is only a warm weather activity around here. There are some places that get fished hard in the winter but not too many. 

 

3 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Went to NickaJack last three Sundays. Twice one boat at ramp and once two boats at Shellmound. This is the place where in the summer its a traffic jamb at the ramp. Love fishing in the fall! Just me, geese, Coots, Cormorants, and weeds. 

I had to wait in line to back the boat in at a three wide ramp Monday morning. Still a ton of people fishing here. Seemed like there were 1,000 boats on the river all day.
 

[Team9nine]

Always fun when you get the bite dialed in, even if just for a single afternoon. A few of the better fish out of about 20 landed. Still biting crankbaits.

 

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Fishlegs said:

 

I had to wait in line to back the boat in at a three wide ramp Monday morning. Still a ton of people fishing here. Seemed like there were 1,000 boats on the river all day.
 

Thats def one of the areas where it never stops, Wilson dam was grand central station when I went 😂 

 

in East TN that’s chickamauga

[N Florida Mike]

Tried out a new pond( for me) on the work route. Caught 1 on a cut off stick bait, but also caught my PB Tilapia.( In other species thread.)

[Swamp Girl]

Healthy bass, Mike!

[N Florida Mike]

3 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

Healthy bass, Mike!

Thanks. I thought so  too.

[softwateronly]

Water was at 56 and found a willing school 2 mornings in a row on a hard bottom channel that swings by a point that moves from 18-25 fow.  Had one smash a 7" armor shad on a scrounger in the predawn, but didn't hook up.  Followed up with shaking a crush city minnow just off the bottom and practically caught all my fish this way.  There were 3 total well over 5lbs and all them were landed on a BFS ish set up, very addictive.

 

scott

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

@softwateronly, you are a machine 

[softwateronly]

@TnRiver46 helps the fishing that I’ve been severely underemployed the last few months and there’s been plenty of days without picture worthy fish!  
 

scott

[thediscochef]

Finally broke out of my dinkfest. I hooked a big spotted bass last night, it got away at my feet but that's probably the biggest spot I've seen on my line. I've caught a few 2-3lb fish the last week or so, and as many dinks as I could handle. but nothing that really motivated me to post.  This morning I got out late, I'm not adjusting well to the time change. Hit a few spots with the lipless, caught a few dinks. Decided to hit up a rocky shallow with a big boulder pile in it, and got rewarded on a Rapala skitterwalk V with this 5lb bass. That lure has been doing good work for me lately. Underrated for sure. Also been doing work with the orange belly craw and green tomato red eye shads. It's always a treat when you get to see them stalk the bait before they come up and make a scene about it.

[Aaron_H]

30 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

Finally broke out of my dinkfest. I hooked a big spotted bass last night, it got away at my feet but that's probably the biggest spot I've seen on my line. I've caught a few 2-3lb fish the last week or so, and as many dinks as I could handle. but nothing that really motivated me to post.  This morning I got out late, I'm not adjusting well to the time change. Hit a few spots with the lipless, caught a few dinks. Decided to hit up a rocky shallow with a big boulder pile in it, and got rewarded on a Rapala skitterwalk V with this 5lb bass. That lure has been doing good work for me lately. Underrated for sure. Also been doing work with the orange belly craw and green tomato red eye shads. It's always a treat when you get to see them stalk the bait before they come up and make a scene about it.

 

[BrianMDTX]

Another tough day yesterday. On the water from 7:30 to 1:30 and boated two bass. The only bites I got all day. I think that Supermoon played a role. Chilly @ 53° degrees when I started out. Needed a jacket. Warmed into the 70s. Cloudy, slight NNW breeze. Only saw a few bass busting baitfish against the bank. The first one was caught on a 2.8” Keitech paddletail swimbait and the last one on a blackberry Mann’s Jelly Worm Texas rig. 
 

[Backroad Angler]

Been fishing a lot at the pond outside my apartment recently, here's a couple of bass from this morning!

First time using a T rig tube and it produced.

[Swamp Girl]

I went fishing. It was a nice excuse to walk the pooch in the woods. I cast ten times and caught nothing. I only took one lure, an underspin. It did give me a chance to photograph part of the extended boardwalk, which now reaches all the way to the pond. You can also see the inlet where I dock my canoe.