Quote Originally Posted by feeshrman View Post
we too have read those same statistics, but like yourselves we don't require much to keep us happy. our home and everything was paid for several years ago, we don't need to have the newest and greatest gadgets, plus we both would like to work part-time or at least at a slower pace than what we are currently doing. If we could find an area that was safe, had employment opportunities and was close to some decent fishing we could make this a reality. I know very little about the crappie fishing in TN except that it seems the further east you get the smaller the fish are. is this correct? I have only visited KY lake once and didn't get to fish but pics from there seems to show some nice ones.
Around here, we don't see much of those those big 3+ pounders that y'all have in MS, but we catch 'em in the 2 lb + range with some regularity on Ky Lake. We've got good bream, sauger and cat too, which are pretty much the only species I like to fish for. We've really not fished east TN at all. Things I've been looking at very closely in our state are the taxes from county to county. We don't have an income tax (except for certain dividend or interest income) so they have to try and get it elsewhere. I'm looking for lower rates on property and school taxes, and low wheel tax.

One thing I found interesting if I read it right, Mississippi exempts all retirement income from taxation including 401K's and IRA's . . . . hmmmm. Of course, the whole living out of an RV idea is pretty appealing too!