Watts Bar Lake
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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
79°
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
81°
Me and my dad got to get after them on Watts while we were in town and found one creek on the first day we were there and went to catching everyday. We caught them actually on a 8” zoom dead ringer worm. But this one was my biggest out of the two days I fished it was 3.6. But we found numbers of 2-3 pounders around clean riprap banks in 3-6ft of water. However the bigger 3-3.7 class fish were found in isolated grass clumps and flipping the worm in a dragging it out.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
86°
Fishing off shore schools. Crankbait provided the big bites. Seemed like you had to be making bottom contact to get bit. Took several cast sometimes to trigger a bite. I would switch up to a Neko rig and get a few more to commit when school would quit biting.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Docks
Forage
Alewife
Fish was schooling around marinas and docks and they best way I found out to catch them was on a white war eagle spinner bait with a keitech trailer! But when they slowed down I could pick them apart with a drop shot
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Fish starting to move back up on lay downs. Caught several but the quality isn’t the best. Catching some on a fluke also.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Watts Bar is fishing extremely stingy this time of year. Many fish can be caught but quality is hard to come by. Bait is plentiful across the lake and fish are keying in on small bait. A small jerkbait and topwater match the profile of a small threadfin shad perfectly. Use the wind and current to your advantage to find areas where bait fish are concentrated.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
85°
Cast around shallow flats above the submerged grass. Along docks and lay downs. Also can use your grade buzzbaits in the same areas. Also used baby fat finesse worms 6" on a drop shot rig. Thunder cricket still works along grass lines. 6xd works on ledges and around humps saddles bluff walls.