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 …
Lake Chatuge is full pool, and water temps are rising with the warm days we’ve been having. The Spotted Bass are making the blueback herring bait fish live hard, There has been some top water action going on in the mornings and you will see some fish blowing up through out the day. I’m targeting these …
Lake Chickamauga is on fire, the Largemouth bass are biting. I’ve been running trips the past few days and we’ve been catching a lot of numbers. One of the trips we boated over 50 bass, the average size is running around 2 lb to 31/2 lb. We’re catching fish on Jigs, Shaky head, Drop Shot …
It’s that time of year when the Spotted Bass and the Largemouth bass are coming off bed and starting to move out to their summer time staging areas. On Lake Burton one of the best techniques to use this time of year is the shaky head or what some people call the Jig Head worm. Strike …
It’s always nice to go fishing and catch big fish, and there is times when this happens. But this trip a couple of weeks ago was a special trip. I’ve taken Gene and his son out a couple of times on lake Blue Ridge, and it seems like there is always a cool front comes through …
I had the pleasure of guiding the Hibbitts family Sunday on Lake Burton. We’ve been having some windy days and cooler nights for the past week, which has brought the water temps down some and has made some of the fish move back out. With the full moon coming in the next couple weeks the …
Made a quick run over to Lake Guntersville for a little largemouth bass action. I was hoping to find some big fish on beds, but when we got there the wind was blowing bad. So we had to resort in finding pockets and creek runs where the wind wasn’t blowing as bad. We caught fish on jigs, …
Lake Chatuge fishing is getting hot, the lake is starting to come up and the water temp is 56-58 degrees. The spotted bass are starting to spawn, you can find them out off long rocky points and spawning flats. Early morning they’ve been close to the banks but as the sun gets up later in the day …
Lake Blue Ridge is starting its Spring fishing patterns. TVA is starting to bring the lake up and the fish are starting to move up close to their spawning areas. I’ve been catching fish on pebble rocking banks and points, using tube baits, small crank baits and jigs. Were just coming off full moon so anything …
There is nothing in the world more fun than catching winter Smallmouth, especially when your fishing Dale Hollow where the world record Smallmouth was caught. We went up to Dale Hollow a couple weeks ago hoping the water temps was in the mid 40’s. We was looking to throw the floating fly and catch Smallmouth, but …