Man just started guiding business and be done with it because you straight kill it LOL

@Adam D Smith lol I'm saving that for when I'm older and not so full of piss and vinegar.  Something about these musky make you backwards and  reclusive kinda like  Gollum  🤣

@Adam D Smith also I'm plotting on a bear right now, think I may hit the national forest later this week to see if I can blunder into one.

@Appalachian Assassin bear is on my short list next year Lord willing if I've got the time and everything works right I will probably take a few days and camp out a Catoosa and hopefully get a bear deer combo

@Adam D Smith I'm kicking myself for not going on that this year. I misread the regs and thought we weren't allowed to kill bears on catoosa but then lower down its says the date of the archery hunt. I just quit reading when it said none in catoosa but now I realize they put that so people don't shoot them on the other deer hunts. I've got decent Intel on them already from some bordering private land owners as well as seeing them while building trail and seeing scat while smallie fishing. Next year I plan to really key in on them in September,  might even break down and get some cell cams for it.

@Appalachian Assassin .... The name says it all.... You are on fire 🔥.....Congrats on another victim!!! 👊😂👍

@Turbo B. Thanks man, lucky for these fish I like em too much to eat'em 👊

I had two good fish follow from this hole previously in the day but the presentation was botched due to all the leaves. The wind had picked up and cleared the leaves. So I went back to the hole to work the fish. I pitched to the first ones hide. I was using a deep diving crank, as I retrieved it got shallower and the lip was thrashing the bottom.  I had reeled in to about 10 ft away and though I snagged the bottom but the rod started to dance. My hookset ripped the plug from its mouth. I eased up to where I encountered the other fish in the hole. I pitched to the cover and the crank throbbed maybe 4 times  before  receiving a crushing strike. This one had the most fight to it, but got it in the net easily enough. I had to make myself quit then because it was getting dark and starting to rain.

Successful Fishing in Appalachian: Catching a Fighting Fish in a Leafy Hole with a Deep Diving Crank

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