Fishing Reports
169 Fishing Reports
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hover/Mid-Strolling
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
80°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
62°
Cranking grass clumps in 8-12 ft of water on main lake Sand flats.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
65°
Got on the water with Nathan Mountain. Check him out, Nathan Mountain Outdoors, super good dude. Put us on fish when we didn’t see many other folks catching. Found them on rocky points typically around brush. Ott Defoe even ran past us, so you know we were in the right area. Saw some crappie scopin’ but they were very finicky and wouldn’t commit. Fun and beautiful day on the water!
P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon 15lb / 200 Yards
Out of Stock
Shimano Curado DC Casting Reel Right / 7.4:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Humps
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
We caught 40 on yum dinger shaky head worms on humps.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
70°
The Chickamauga bass are up shallow and schooling! If you want an exciting day on the water I recommend heading up into 3-5ft of clear water and using your sunglasses to see them. I found multiple schools of 4-8 fish up shallow and would catch them on the top water posted above. This time of year clear water is key so if you can’t find it leave.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Stumps
Forage
Shad
Wash fishing stumps in shallow water. Started noticing small blowups in the water. Decided to change to the spinning rod with the baby shad and a 6th Sense Pecos under spin. This guy nailed it on the first cast. Got two more before having to call it quits. They are definitely watching undersized baits. With spinner bait with willow leaf baits were a bust in the same area.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rip Rap
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
60°
Caught 4 fish on Riot Baits square bill using the Mustad Alpha point treble hooks #6, caught a few on the Riot Cyclone while flipping beaver houses. Caught the biggest on a spinnerbait. Overall 9 fish for the day, with the biggest being 3.91lbs. Fishing anywhere where we could find bait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Standing Timber
Caught this guy with a shallow diving blue gill presentation. Caught a couple little ones.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
72°
Fishing rock piles off bank got some good hits on the whopper plopper. Caught this fish on the second cast of the morning.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
SPRO Little John. Running parallel to the bank, running the bottom. Got this little dink with big dreams.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Bass were running minnows up in to shallow coves and ambushing them. Caught this one on the SPRO Aruku. Dragging it across the bottom and feeling the rocks on a moderate speed.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Not many bites at all today. Caught this one by flipping into partially submerged grass patches near shallow points. Flipped in and made two cranks on the reel and this sucker nailed it.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
82°
I just fished a tournament out on Chickamauga earlier in September, and let me tell you, it was tough. I spent a lot of my time targeting main river grass where I caught limits, but all of my fish were hardly legal. After talking to the top finishers, it was evident that the key to getting a good bite out there was to actually find shallow muddy water. This lake has seen a ton of pressure this year, and the only way to get consistent bigger bites was to target areas where these fish couldn't get a good look at the bait. This muddy water could be found in the very backs of the creeks, and ripping a chatterbait or squarebill around in these areas yielded the best numbers and quality. The water was just starting to drop at the time of the event, and the grass began topping out. However, the good frogging mats had not developed yet.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Jerkbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
78°
Shad are running in some thick schools still. Hot during the day and getting cooler at night. Tried hard jerk baits and no luck. They wanted the soft jerk bait action. Caught 5 total like this. In the shallows chasing the shad to the back. Early morning bite was good, slowed down to little or nothing in the afternoon.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Fished in about 5-8 foot of water on this point by a creek. Caught a couple good ones crankin.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
76°
Spinnerbait strike at the end of a lay down on the main channel
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Caught a nice one on some shallow points. About 5-8 feet deep.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Rock Pile
Texas rig, slow retrieve. In a creek cut about 9am.
