Tallapoosa River Drainage - March Bass Fishing

It's the second week of March and we're fishing the Tallapoosa River drainage above the Fall Line. Tallapoosa Bass, Alabama Bass, and Largemouth Bass are the only black bass native to the Tallapoosa River drainage. Gulf-strain Striped Bass are also found in some parts of the Tallapoosa River drainage.
I hope you like the video and as always...
THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!
Lures used:
Zoom Green Pumpkin Purple Finesse Worm
Picasso Shakedown Shakey Head Brown/Purple 1/8 oz
Line: P-Line FloroClear - 8lb Clear
Zoom Green Pumpkin Purple Finesse Worm (Texas-rigged)
Gamakatsu 1/0 Offset Worm Hook
Bullet Weight (1/8oz)
Line: P-Line FloroClear - 8lb Clear
Yamamoto Baits 4 inch (297) Green Pumpkin/Black Flake Senko (Wacky-rigged)
Owner 2/0 Wacky Hook
Line: P-Line FloroClear - 8lb Clear
Spot Sticker Baits Mini-Me Spinnerbait Double Willow Nkl/Nkl (3/8oz) White Shad
Line - Power Pro Spectra Braid - 30lb Moss Green
Stanley Vibra Shaft Spinnerbait Double Willow Nkl/Gld (3/8oz) Chartreuse/White
Line - Power Pro Spectra Braid - 30lb Moss Green
#tallapoosariver #tallapoosabass #bassfishing

[@davidhowes3417]

I enjoy your videos. Informative and entertaining. Cheers from Ontario

[@ShoalBandit]

Thank you very much I really appreciate it!

[@coreytohme9861]

Great video as always.

[@ShoalBandit]

I'm glad you liked it thanks for watching!

[@chuanne2]

Great video as always! Keep up the good work!

[@ShoalBandit]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@davidtanner6834]

Awesome to see new posts. As always, great content

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks for watching I really appreciate it!

[@MackinNC1]

That first fish was incredible.

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks Mack!

[@AtypicalOutdoors]

Great video man, that river has a nice mix of species!

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks I really appreciate it!

[@bobgibbs4105]

Today was a good day and just got better! Thanks for sharing your adventures and teaching me something in the process.

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks for watching I really appreciate the support!

[@rbaird7231]

Good stuff as always

[@ShoalBandit]

Thank you!

[@dysisjoel]

Great trip out on the river! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Tight lines!

[@ShoalBandit]

I'm really glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@samhklm]

Great to see a new video. Your quality is always very high, love the stream fishing, but you commentary is thing that really makes the videos. Still waiting for the kayak / boat review.

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks I really appreciate it! Btw the kayak review was more or less in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3_TeaBji9qpo7M Let me know if you need more info or have any questions. It started out as a 'kayak review' video, but I found myself explaining why I prefer certain features, so it turned into a 'fishing kayak' video.

[@STinGa157]

Thanks for another informative video. I always appreciate your input on the tactical thoughts. Can you tell me why you fish with a right handed baitcaster and a left handed spinning reel? Most people do, but it would seem quite odd to me to switch from side to side. I haven’t touched a baitcaster in years and I’m thinking about adding one to my gear. I have picked up a kayak, so I’ll get to hit some water this spring.

[@ShoalBandit]

Thanks for watching I'm glad you liked it! For me my right arm is my power arm. If I have to cast and retrieve a lure (spinnerbaits, crankbaits, etc...) I want to use my power arm for reeling. With most spinning applications, I'm holding and lifting the rod for a longer period between casts (Texas-rig, shaky head, wacky rig, etc..) so I want to use my power arm. I'm only reeling to take up slack in the line-which isn't all that often. But you should use whatever you're comfortable using.

[@koiyos2819]

Great video just curious why is the hybrid is bad to release?

[@ShoalBandit]

Great question. Hybrids can only make more hybrid black bass. They can spawn with other hybrids, or they can spawn with either parent species to produce backcross hybrids. Tallapoosa Bass and Alabama Bass that spawn with hybrids fail to produce more Tallapoosa Bass and Alabama Bass that year. It's almost like they didn't spawn. That's bad enough but the fact they're making more hybrids compounds the problem exponentially. The concern is that over time if this goes unchecked, you're going to end up with a population composed entirely of hybrid individuals (hybrid swarm). This is already happening in some places like the Chattahoochee River below Morgan Falls Dam.

[@timothyturner2165]

Well at least the alabama bass is native to this river system...hahaha. I know that they have been illegally introduced to pretty much every other system in GA but I've wondered which ones they are natives in.

[@ShoalBandit]

Yeah they're only native to the Mobile Basin so that's the Coosa (Conasauga, Coosawatee, Oostanaula, Etowah) and Tallapoosa River drainages in Georgia.

[@timothyturner2165]

@@ShoalBandit so allatoona has native Alabama bass in it?

[@ShoalBandit]

@@timothyturner2165 Yes those are native because that's part of the Coosa River drainage/Mobile Basin. Lake Allatoona (Coosa), Lake Weiss (Coosa), Carters Lake (Coosa), Carters Reregulation Lake (Coosa) all have native Alabama Bass. There aren't any big impoundments on the Tallapoosa River in Georgia.