Tellico Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Buzzbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Using the new Riot Baits Revolt that was just released, fishing for both largemouth and smallmouth bass. Primary locations fishing were rip rap banks on bridges and off shore underwater structure. Fishing is tough, but if you can find the bait, you can usually find some fish. Yesterday, fishing Tellico, was able to find fish in a few different area's throwing the new Revolt Crankbait from Riot Baits. Shad colors are key, all the fish I caught the boat was in 10-20ft of water, casting to the shore and bringing the bait as close to parallel with the bank as possible while having it dive down the drop as you go. I was able to boat 4 out of the 6 bass doing this, 3 smallmouth, one that was 1.76lbs and then the 2.25lb came on an under water railroad bed from an old railroad bridge that was taken out years ago. Top of that was in 2ft of water, but the boat was sitting in anywhere from 8-25ft depending on where you were on the bed. I caught that larger smallmouth on a Picasso Vibrating jig, was the only fish that came on this yesterday, everything else was on the Revolt Crankbait. I've repeated this pattern a few times in the last 4weeks, yesterday produced the biggest fish so far. The key is finding the bait, either near the surface early in the morning or mid morning, or suspended bait about 7-10ft down. Deeper diving crankbaits would work too and I'll be trying those out next time I'm out.
Species
CatfishSeason
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Got this big guy while bass fishing with my best friend! He pulled me about half a mile, and it took me like 15 to 20 minutes before I could even see what it was. I remember hoping into it thinking it was a snag, then it started swimming, and I remember looking at my friend and saying, "Dude....... this is a big fish!" It turned out to be a massive 28 and a half pound flathead catfish. I caught it on 20-pound power pro braid.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
83°
Went out on Tellico on the south end. Caught 2 fish on a Riot 1.5 square bill with the new Mustad Alpha point treble hooks #6. Those hooks are very sharp. Also caught bluegill on the dame crankbait. The rest of my fish came on a Castaic Atlas Spinnerbait, all but one fish came from rip rap banks....the one outlier came off a dock. I ended up landing 4, lost 4 others at the boat plus the bluegill. Not a bad day.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
74°
Took wife and boys out fishing, goal was to bass fish while searching for bluegill beds to bluegill fish. Caught 6 pass, 5 of the 6 were all on Neko rigs with the Riot Baits Baton worm in green pumpkin, with a 1/64 woo nail weight. All the fish were up shallow in 4ft or less. Most of the bass were males guarding fry. Saw a few females still guarding some beds, but they were not interested in biting. The long and also largest bass came on a swimjig in about 3ft of water closer to the opening of the cove. Bluegills were in the laydown brush along the bank, most were getting ready to get on their beds as you could see the beds in clearer water in area's. Some also looked like they had spawned out in some places on the lake. Overall caught about 25-30 bluegills many were small but had 10 good ones!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
56°
Went out for a few hours, weather wasn't great, mainly looking for active fish. Caught first fish off a Beaver house with a Castaic Atlas Spinnerbait, but with the weather the way it was decided to slow down some. Caught 2 more off two different Beaver houses in different coves on the new Riot Baits Cyclone in green pumpkin using a 3/8 woo Tungsten no chip flipping weight. Both fish crushed the bait when they hit. Biggest fish of the day was 1.78lbs in 3 and half hours. I caught 3 in total. Not bad with rainy weather in the afternoon.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Umbrella Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
46°
Went out the day before all the cold hit TN, started fishing on Tellico Lake in the afternoon, fished a bluff bank the entire afternoon, caught three in 3 and half hours. First came on a jenko Purses Jerbait, was a just under 2lb smallmouth, then made another pass on the same bank with a Jenko Jpod double flash umbrella rig, with jerky j swim 3.5in albino shad baits and one kiatech 4in albino shad bait kn the middle. Caught a 5lb and about 20min later a 4.25lb largemouth on the same pass. When the clouds came in and the sun went away, that was it. Was a great day in my opinion even though it was cold.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Carolina Rigs
Structure
Points
Dragging Carolina Rig of steeper banks in mouth of creeks and pockets producing several fish.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
46°
Went out in the afternoon, caught three fish, caught one on a Riot Raptor lipless crankbait in Seibold Red, on a bluff wall, boat was in about 15ft of water and throwing parallel along the bank. Caught a 2nd fish in on another Pass along this bank using a Rapala DT 6, in red craw color. Honestly probably could have kept throwing the Raptor but picked this up and caught another one. I moved to some of the coves down the lake some and started flipping Beaver houses and caught another on the Riot Fuzzy Beaver in Green pumpkin color with a WOO Tungsten flipping weight 3/8oz. I was out for about 4hrs, and caught three fish, smallest was just over a lb in weight and largest was just under 2lbs. Figured out a couple things in the bluff bank, probably could have caught a few more if I would have stayed out longer. Overall was happy with my day.
