Lake Chatuge Fishing Report – December 2020

Chatuge: Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: 60-62 degrees. Clarity: Clear

Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The past month fishing has been up and down. You go one day and catch some good-sized bass, and then you go back two days later and can’t hardly find a bite. It’s been one of the toughest falls for fishing I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve not seen any fish breaking or chasing bait. I’ve still been marking bait in the 25- to 45-foot range. The baits that we’ve been catching fish on have been a shaky head and a Texas-rigged worm around brush or tops of laydowns. The drop-shot bite or a Ned rig has not been working lately. We have also been throwing jerkbaits and A-rigs but have not had any luck. Hopefully the weather is going to stable and the fishing will get better, because right now it’s fishing as tough as it is in August when it’s hot.”