Fort Loudoun Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Got out in the kayak for a few hours in the Concord area. The fish were VERY tight lipped with the calm winds and bluebird skies. Managed to nab a few decent bass in the 2.5lb range cranking rock and gravel banks that were on the sunny side of the lake. If the crankbait wasn't dredging bottom, they wouldn't bite. I spotted many bass holding near bottom near bait schools unfortunately I never found any that were feeding. A little wind or cloud cover would have helped the bite all around.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Find flats on the edges of the main channel that has grass. There is still grass and bass navigate to where there is grass left. Use a 6:8 reel and run the spinnerbait over the grass and let it fall when the grass ends. The bigger bass are on the bottom.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
We are experiencing extremely warm temperatures for early November here in East Tennessee: We managed to get out for a 6 hr trip and had a great day, catching 40+ with 11 keepers. Several things lined up perfectly: the lake is dropping and had good current. With these conditions that positioned the bait and fish at easy targets around points and breaks. We caught on multiple baits, war eagle spinnerbaits slow rolled, little John crankbaits, and war eagle jigs. Boat poison and casting was critical in all techniques. #Omnia Fishing #East Tennessee Guide Service
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
47°
Walked the bank on the Little River for a few hours mainly to practice with the 5" Magdraft. got lucky and caught a few small Largemouth on it and had 2 followers. Also tried the Hybrid Hunter again to get better at figuring out retrieve speed and such. Caught 1 short and 1 keeper.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Look for warm water points directly off the main lake and adjacent to spawning areas. When the bite gets tough, go with a slow moving cadence.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
65°
Fishing the Tennessee River on Ft. Loudon Lake near Knoxville, TN continues to be very productive for numbers but quality fish have been hard to come by over the past few weeks. With fast falling water temps the fish seem to be scattered but the most productive areas continue to be shallow cranking and top water near or around schools of bait. The major creeks seem to be the best but occasionally find them in shallow pockets with bait. The Berkeley Choppo has been the bait of choice followed up with the Frittside shallow crank bait. We have been averaging 20-30 fish a trip on most days running shallow water throughout the day focusing on schools of shad, bait. Follow us on facebook at East Tennessee Guide Service.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
The main pattern on Fort Loudoun in the extreme cold blast we've had was fishing a flat sided crankbait around points, neck downs, and any current breaks like docks. The fish really seemed to like a moving presentation the most. Some fish also ate a DT-6 and a Lipless but a flat-sided crankbait was best.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
Fished the 1st club tournament of the year out of Louisville point park. Cold front had moved in after a few weeks of unseasonably high temps and plenty of rain. We targeted flats in coves primarily targeting areas near docks with wood pilings that were still in 2 to 4 feet of water. Started the morning water temp was 53.8 degrees and caught about 6 near one specific dock that had a few stumps in front of it. With water clarity between 12 to 18 inches I started with a River 2 Sea Bling spinner bait in I Know it Color with Diesel minnow trailer. Caught a few short fish in one 100 yard area and we continued to target that area throughout the morning catching 2 keepers and probably 15 in the 13 1/2 to 13 3/4 in range. Moved to a cove near the launch and caught a few keepers on a flat near dock on the thunder Cricket and also a Pearl Caffeine Shad. Was also able to flip a wacky rig shad colored 4" senko around the stump areas and get bites. There was large pods of baitfish in the area and to get bit we had to be in areas with clay bottoms with sporadic stumps or pilings from docks. The bass are really starting to move into the spawning areas but with the front moving through throughout this week it seems to be pushing the bigger females back to deeper water near the spawning areas.
Yamamoto 4" Senko Worm Natural Shad / 4"
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