Wet Trip

[VTEC]

My wife and I went out yesterday(Rainsuits most of the day) caught several fish. Love to fish topwater this time of the year, but the fish didn't get the message. Did catch several fish on shallow running crainkbaits( Wee-R, Rapala DT04 both in crayfish). Also caught a 6-8lb Flathead cat(Yellow Cat) on the Rapala. Just glad to get that fish in the boat, didn't want to lose that $6.00 crankbait.......

[dandy82]

My wife and I went out yesterday(Rainsuits most of the day) caught several fish. Love to fish topwater this time of the year, but the fish didn't get the message. Did catch several fish on shallow running crainkbaits( Wee-R, Rapala DT04 both in crayfish). Also caught a 6-8lb Flathead cat(Yellow Cat) on the Rapala. Just glad to get that fish in the boat, didn't want to lose that $6.00 crankbait.......

 

 

 

What lake???

[VTEC]

Ft. Loudon, Ish Creek ,Prater Flats area in beautiful Blount County....

[GotSpeed]

Ft. Loudon, Ish Creek ,Prater Flats area in beautiful Blount County....

I hear Ft Loudon is a good fishing, Hows the striper fishing there? Edited September 8, 2006 by GotSpeed

[VTEC]

Stripper(Rockfish) are few and far between on Loudon. We have caught one in the last ten years. Need to go Norris or the head waters at Kingston Steam plant for Rockfish.There is warm water discharge at the steam plant all year long,so even in the winter the fish are pretty active. If you like Hybrids then Cherokee Lake in Hamblin County is the place to go. Have caught several nice Hybrids fishing for bass on Cherokee.....

[VTEC]

My daughter and I went yesterday afternoon. Fished from about 5:30 until dark, caught five or six decent fish and a couple of stripe. Still on the crayfish Wee-R. Fished out of Poland Creek yesterday. Water was rough, lot of the Vol Navy folks still going home in those huge houseboats.......

[GotSpeed]

Stripper(Rockfish) are few and far between on Loudon. We have caught one in the last ten years. Need to go Norris or the head waters at Kingston Steam plant for Rockfish.There is warm water discharge at the steam plant all year long,so even in the winter the fish are pretty active. If you like Hybrids then Cherokee Lake in Hamblin County is the place to go. Have caught several nice Hybrids fishing for bass on Cherokee.....

Im thinking about giving Cherokee a try. Ive bee spoiled on the stripers after a trip to lake hartwell in SC

[THE SQUAD]

Striper fishing is GREAT on Cordell Hull Lake(both above & below the dam) and on the Caney Fork River all the way from below Center Hill Dam to where it meets the Cumberland River near Carthage & beyond.

Catching all you want.

 

 

 

 

 

THE SQUAD

[GotSpeed]

Striper fishing is GREAT on Cordell Hull Lake(both above & below the dam) and on the Caney Fork River all the way from below Center Hill Dam to where it meets the Cumberland River near Carthage & beyond.

Catching all you want.

THE SQUAD

Whats used for bait there? Is it a deep lake?Its hard to find a place like hartwell, we put in at 6 am and by 8:00 am, 5 of us had our limit,10-12 pound range fishing with blue herring.

[VTEC]

Got to fish two days this long holiday weekend. Sure was nice weather wise,but the fishing was slow. Water temp in the main channel was around 56 degrees 57-58 way back in the creeks. Watched a wildcat tournment weigh in Saturday afternoon where we launched the boat. About six or seven pounds (3 fish ) won it. Glad we were not in it,daughter had one fish and I had one.

 

Loudon was down about two and a half foot. Saturday night after the ballgame and the Vol Navy had all headed home ,TVA dropped it about another foot. Must have scattered the fish, it was tough Sunday. Fish we did catch were on Rat-L-Traps......TVA will have the lake at winter pool by this week. Let it settle down for a couple of weeks and then it will be time to fish for winter crappie...