South Holston Lake
Published: Updated:
South Holston Lake Fishing Reports
Filter by
Sort by
Reports from all past years within a 60-day time frame
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Species
Lake Trout
Season
Winter
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Lake trout can often be found in 20-40ft of water during the winter, following the schools of baitfish. Jigging a 1/2oz chrome spoon through the baitfish can often produce great results.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Humps
During a warm winter/early spring day fish will push up in the water column on main lake features. Find a bait that will get down to just above where they are holding and work it slowly back to the boat.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Winter
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Find points with good amounts of chunk rock and loose gravel crawl jig slowly and let it sit to allow the pork to float football jigs are best.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Fish were in all phases of the spawn. Was able to catch a few pitching the small worm shallow around laydowns and rock on the bank for smallmouth on beds. In the afternoon caught a few non keeper Largemouth making long casts to mud lines with the S-waiver and Magdraft. had several Largemouth follow the S-waiver back to the boat and they were in the 2 to 4 lbs range.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Bite was good early. Turned off around 9:00 with a front coming through. Club tournament was won with 14 lb of smallmouth. We had 9-1/2 lb of largemouth with four fish.