Watts Bar Lake
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Watts Bar Lake Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Saturday the 14th, partly cloudy with winds 2-5mph. Temps in the mid to high 70s. Water temps 70 degrees. From sun up until mid day the topwater bite this last Saturday was fantastic. Locating submerged grass on flats gave me a number of plus size fish. Docks and laydowns were less productive, but held a handful of keepers.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Brush Piles
Used the Garmin Livescope to find brush piles in the coves along the larger creeks arms coming into Whites Creek off the main lake. Not all, but a few of the brush piles had some nice crappie on them. Only 4 or 5 usually so take your time and don’t get too close if you can help it as they seem to spook easily. Used a Megabass Okashira spin jig with the blades in the front and a 3” megabass white spark shad to pull slowly over the tops of the brush piles. Something about that little prop seemed to trigger them as they hit it hard. Make sure you give it a second or two to sink as it’s a light rig.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Humps
Used a megabass spark shad on a 1/0 cool Baits under spin. Found a spot on the big bay toward the back end of Whites Creek with a larger hump in 14’ of water near deeper water. There were also nearby stumps with a mound of boulders. Casted from 20 to 25’ away and slow rolled it after letting the bait sink for 7 or 8 ft. Fish were suspended about 5’ off the bottom.
HotbaitMegabass Spark Shad Swimbait Albino / 3"
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Rip Rap
Fun fishing on Watts Bar, found largies along rip rap using bassman compact tandem spinnerbaits and little john crankbaits.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Laydowns
Any wood on main lake . Transitioning back to deeper water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Neko Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Saturday May 21st. Cloudy with storms. Temp in the mid 80s, water temp 74. Super tough day on the water. I found a few post spawners moving out of rivers in bends and staging spots with moderate submerged vegetation. Neko rig along the grass edge or just bouncing on the top elicited the most bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Saturday May 21st. Cloudy with storms in the area. Temps in the mid 80s, water temp 74. Fishing was tough even with the storms and cloudy skies. Peeled some roaming males from points near drop offs and from hard cover.
