July 1, 2016 - Welch's Guide Service

Lake Chatuge Spotted Bass

On July 28, 2016

The Spotted bass on Lake Chatuge have been gorging themselves on herring this month. We’ve been starting our mornings out with a good top water bite in the flats and pockets. But the past few days we’ve been having storms in the evenings and up in the nights, which has made for cloudy nights and […]

Good day on Lake Chatuge

On July 19, 2016

It’s been a busy four days on Lake Chatuge, despite the crazy hot weather we’ve been having. Today was one of those days we’ve been waiting on. We started out this morning the air temp was 65 degrees and naturally after the day before being so hot, it was foggy this morning. But the top […]

Lake Chatuge Fishing

On July 10, 2016

Lake Chatuge has been fishing good, It did slow down some the later part of the week with the storms we’ve been having. There has been a good top water bite the first couple hours in the morning, I’m throwing a Zara Spook and Strike King sexy dog in pockets and around flats targeting Spotted […]

Lake Blue Ridge Fishing

On July 10, 2016

The crazy weather we’ve had this past week with hot days, thunder storms and rain in the afternoon has slowed the bite down some on Lake Blue Ridge. Also with the lack of rain the past month and TVA having to draw water for the Ocoee rafting the lake is down about 4 feet. But […]