Nitro_Z@18 : Fishing Forum Posts
New member from Arkansas, soon to be Tennessee! We're moving to Savannah, TN. and I'll be on Pickwick regularly. Super stoked! I'm a med-evac helicopter pilot, and retired US Army veteran. I work 7 days on, 7 days off and I spend as much of my week off as I can fishing. I'm looking for a club, or any information on weekly jackpots in my new area. Being new to the Tennessee River fisheries, I'm hoping Bass U will give me a boost. I wish I had done this when I moved to Arkansas. I've had to learn all of these Ozark Mountain highland lakes and techniques on my own, and I've only had marginal success. I'm also looking forward to live streaming and televised professional competition this year. Regardless of where you land on the whole professional angling industry shake ups, this is going to be an exciting year! Tight lines, guys!
The shallow water anchor debate is one of the most popular debates in bass fishing since their inception. They both essentially do the same thing, but everyone has a preference. From a professional perspective, how much choice to anglers have in their equipment with outfitting their boats? Are there pro's who are stuck with Talons when they would prefer Power Poles, or Lowrance when they would rather run 'Birds, etc. or is it up to the pro's how they rig their boats?
In Northwest Arkansas and the surrounding areas, we have rocky and stumpy reservoirs. I have spent all year looking for something different. What I mean is, every point has rocks or standing timber. Every nook and cranny has rocks and standing timber. We don't have any grass here. There are times when buck-brush plays, but the water is high at those times. In the summer and winter, fish go deep and you have to fish the ledges and points, but the problem I have is finding something unique that will hold fish. On lakes where the bottom is soft or there's grass, looking for shell beds, rock piles, stumps and isolated trees is comparatively easy. But how do you find something different on these highland lakes when everything looks exactly the same? There has to be something special about a particular channel swing, drop-off, depth range, Ph, temperature, O2, or whatever that discriminates one spot from another.
