JEA’s “6 in the City” host THP and DTRB Traffic Network Fishing Tips

Each year as fishing season nears I try to find valuable information that will add to your toolbox and put more fish in the cooler. Todays tips come from different professional fishermen who offer advise from their perspective. I think the one that is so important and easy is to constantly check your line throughout the day to make sure it is not frayed or twisted. Many trophy fish are lost due to weak lines which are preventable. It is a good idea to have a strategy and a game plan when fishing depending on what type of fishing you are doing. Luck is always great but a plan of action yields far greater results. Have rods rigged ahead of the trip and save yourself a lot of time fishing and not fixing reels. Bait that worked last time might and might not work this time. If your favorite bait is not working then move on to something else. Fish are funny and you never know what peaks their interest that day. Always remember that presentation is key when the bait enters the water as to not spook the fish. Fish like to attack their prey but they don’t want to be attacked. Whatever depth that most fish are caught at is the depth you need to stay with because they are usually suspended in the same school. It is true that they attend schools and if you don’t study fishing schoolwork they will be smarter than you. Be sure to study your fish school lesson so you can be smarter than the fish you are after.

Downtown Ricky Brown founder of the Downtown Ricky Brown Traffic Spotters Network and Sgt Charlie Childers of the New Highway Patrol were guests on the Eplus TV - 6 in the City Show last Tuesday. Brown shared with the show the orgin of the traffic spotters network which started at a local radio station as an idea which has grown to 30,000 members. Brown said “we are a volunteer organization of people who care about traffic safety and reports traffic conditions daily to the DTRB Facebook traffic page and local media outlets. “Our headquarters is with Thomas Media radio stations which share traffic reports daily on radio stations;

106.9, 95.7, 102.3, 107.7 and 96.1 along with our partner in news weather and traffic “WBBJ TV”. Through the cooperation of Jackson Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and local fire departments and EMS, we are able to share road conditions, street closures, traffic crashes and interstate highway conditions with the media and public.”

Sgt Childers and Lt Chris Hostick are the primary public information officers in west Tennessee district we communicate with daily to share important traffic information” the TDOT Tennessee Department of Transportation also provides valuable re- sources such as the 511 system and the TDOT Smartway system which shows road conditions, traffic accidents and construction information via their app.”

Our entire purpose is to help provide informa- tion to make highway safety an important part of our lives”