Fishing Reports
165 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Caught 4 fish on Riot Baits square bill using the Mustad Alpha point treble hooks #6, caught a few on the Riot Cyclone while flipping beaver houses. Caught the biggest on a spinnerbait. Overall 9 fish for the day, with the biggest being 3.91lbs. Fishing anywhere where we could find bait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Standing Timber
Caught this guy with a shallow diving blue gill presentation. Caught a couple little ones.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Fishing rock piles off bank got some good hits on the whopper plopper. Caught this fish on the second cast of the morning.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
SPRO Little John. Running parallel to the bank, running the bottom. Got this little dink with big dreams.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Bass were running minnows up in to shallow coves and ambushing them. Caught this one on the SPRO Aruku. Dragging it across the bottom and feeling the rocks on a moderate speed.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Not many bites at all today. Caught this one by flipping into partially submerged grass patches near shallow points. Flipped in and made two cranks on the reel and this sucker nailed it.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
82°
I just fished a tournament out on Chickamauga earlier in September, and let me tell you, it was tough. I spent a lot of my time targeting main river grass where I caught limits, but all of my fish were hardly legal. After talking to the top finishers, it was evident that the key to getting a good bite out there was to actually find shallow muddy water. This lake has seen a ton of pressure this year, and the only way to get consistent bigger bites was to target areas where these fish couldn't get a good look at the bait. This muddy water could be found in the very backs of the creeks, and ripping a chatterbait or squarebill around in these areas yielded the best numbers and quality. The water was just starting to drop at the time of the event, and the grass began topping out. However, the good frogging mats had not developed yet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Shad are running in some thick schools still. Hot during the day and getting cooler at night. Tried hard jerk baits and no luck. They wanted the soft jerk bait action. Caught 5 total like this. In the shallows chasing the shad to the back. Early morning bite was good, slowed down to little or nothing in the afternoon.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Fished in about 5-8 foot of water on this point by a creek. Caught a couple good ones crankin.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
76°
Spinnerbait strike at the end of a lay down on the main channel
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Caught a nice one on some shallow points. About 5-8 feet deep.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Texas rig, slow retrieve. In a creek cut about 9am.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
In the back wall of Cookeville boat dock marine. Texas rigged and slow retrieve
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
76°
Caught lots of fish, but quality was hard to come by. Caught several early throwing buzz bait and plopper. First half of creeks. Threw buzz bait around laydowns and plopper on open banks and around docks. That bite died off as day went on switched over to finesse. Skipping Senko around and under docks and Ned rig on rock. Everything came out of 8’ or less of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
50°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
The big bass don’t bother eating thread fin they eat gizzards or white bass
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
64°
Was about to give it up and pack it in. Then decided to try a grub or two. Just took a chance and used this color. Had only used it a few times and never had much luck. Well that changed. This guy nailed it!
