Thread: A quick Watts Bar trip

That's a nice mess of fish quick

Care to expound on the "how" story ?? (what method were you using)

I'm going to take a wild guess and say those fish you two are holding up were caught well before the picture was taken, and probably not at the location of the photo. (the whited out tails is a giveaway on the first part ... not giving away a specific spot/area in the photo keeps the trolls & meathogs away from your honey holes could be a reason for the second part ... and is a very good idea )

I hoping some of whatever is causing them to bite in Watts Bar washes over the spillway in lake Chickamauga

Caught these fish over brush in 12 to 25 fow 1/16 oz jig would start out casting over the brush and then would move on top of the brush fish over it. NO minnows were used.

Certainly a nice mess of fish

Hmm I will be there in the morning.
LOL

Originally Posted by labrador

Caught these fish over brush in 12 to 25 fow 1/16 oz jig would start out casting over the brush and then would move on top of the brush fish over it. NO minnows were used.

Figures !! That's exactly what we used to do mid Oct. Our problem was not knowing more than 2 or 3 spots (downed trees) that were productive, all of which are quite a distance apart from each other. Then when one spot no longer exists, and another spot isn't productive, we'd be forced to "punt" (just go searching or depend on deep water docks) which used up a lot of our time there, with little productivity.

Have you noticed a lack of sub-legal fish ?? I love the fact that most of the fish we've caught down there over the years have been really nice fish, but am concerned that we haven't caught more than a handful of small fish over the last 8-10yrs. Our main area is Whites Creek to Piney (& all on that side of the lake), though we have made trips to certain areas between Caney Creek & Thiefneck Island over the years.

And just FYI .... that 2.75lb female Slab in my avatar came from Whites Creek back in 2007.

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Figures !! That's exactly what we used to do mid Oct. Our problem was not knowing more than 2 or 3 spots (downed trees) that were productive, all of which are quite a distance apart from each other. Then when one spot no longer exists, and another spot isn't productive, we'd be forced to "punt" (just go searching or depend on deep water docks) which used up a lot of our time there, with little productivity.

Have you noticed a lack of sub-legal fish ?? I love the fact that most of the fish we've caught down there over the years have been really nice fish, but am concerned that we haven't caught more than a handful of small fish over the last 8-10yrs. Our main area is Whites Creek to Piney (& all on that side of the lake), though we have made trips to certain areas between Caney Creek & Thiefneck Island over the years.

And just FYI .... that 2.75lb female Slab in my avatar came from Whites Creek back in 2007.

You are almost convincing me to jump north a lake.
I need to get a better handle on Chickamauga before learning a new lake.