I had the honor of fishing with a new friend, Caleb L. from Monterey today. That is about a two hour drive from Chattanooga and I wanted him down here at daylight before all the trollers got on the water. Grin.

Caleb told me that ...

40w and I caught a mess of fishes yesterday on Bartholomew lake. After a little trial and error we finally settled on pitching 1/32 hand ties (gold and chartreuse) on trees anywhere from 3 ft of water to 9ft water.

They seemed ...

Captdave:
Sorry if this is corny but I have lived long enough to appreciate the kindness of strangers. I think the members of this site are great! Always helpful for a rookie like me who is learning how to catch these tasty ...

Suffering from Arachno-fishing-phobia? Overcoming this phobia is as simple as learning the basic technique of spider rigging. At first this technique may seem extremely complicated, but it’s basically using multiple rods with lures or minnows at various depths while controlling the speed to keep in the area where the crappie are located.

Mitch Glenn, owner of PICO Lures, ...

The wife and I caught a few this morning. Fish were still in some what deep water 12-14' about 7-8' down. Spider fishing with minnows. Water temp was 61° and it was a chilly 39° weather to start of the morning. Warming into the 70's by lunch ...

I said I will make you famous.

Net Girl also got a promotion to Crappie Kid. She can net them! She can fight them on the rod and reel! She is amazing and she is the Crappie Kid(formerly known as Net Girl).

We ...

Jim, Tony and I fished LOZ today and had a good time. Good weather Great friends and the fish cooperated a little bit. Water temp about 44 most fish came off deep water docks 35ft or more. Slow drop with a nibble. Pretty sure Jim will have ...