Thread: Flowing out the water

Went over the Chickamauga dam yesterday at lunchtime. They had the tail race turned into white water going under the railroad bridge and around the bend. One fella out on the Chick fishing in sight of the dam. The rain was coming down. He sure wanted to fish worse than I did

it’s gotta go somewhere we sending plenty of it down your way


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We where a full pool or over when I crossed over the middle of the lake this morning

Is that Watts Bar?

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Is that Watts Bar?

Douglas

Dropping it early? Usually November here before they go to winter pool

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Dropping it early? Usually November here before they go to winter pool

Looks like normal drop timing according to this : Douglas Lake Water Level

Douglas starts down in august just before hurricane season


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Originally Posted by sinkum

Douglas starts down in august just before hurricane season


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I not not used to this summer pool winter pool stuff. Guntersville stayed full year round.

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I not not used to this summer pool winter pool stuff. Guntersville stayed full year round.

Jack .... I think several years back that Watts Bar's Winter/Summer Pool timing was changed to where it doesn't come up to Summer Pool until May 15th, whereas previously it was April 15th. And it isn't dropped to Winter Pool until starting Nov 1st.

From my experiences with Watts Bar ... for me & my buds that used to go there every Spring & Fall ... it has steadily gotten harder and harder to catch any appreciable amount of Crappie during those times (Apr & Oct) for the past decade (pre Covid years) ... so much so that we've stopped going down there.

From the Fall of 2000 to the Spring of 2005 ... I ran a Spring Fling & Fall Brawl ... and shooting docks was the primary method that was used (& when & where I learned the technique). We caught tons of fish, and plenty of 2lb fish. After 2010 my records show a steady decline in our catch rate.