Fishing Reports

Chatuge: Level: 0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch, of Reel Job Fishing, reports, “It’s been taking around 12 pounds to win tournaments on Lake Chatuge. Fish have been hanging around 20 to 30 feet deep on brushpiles. Try fishing a Texas rig with green-pumpkin or watermelon plastics.…

Chatuge: Level: 0.7 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. John Hembry said the bass are feeding up in postspawn patterns right now, and the bite has been pretty good, with 10 to 15 fish in half-day tournaments and sacks weighing 13 to 15 pounds. John has been catching 90 percent…

Chatuge: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Eric Welch with Reel Job Fishing reports, “Most of the good spotted bass are coming off bed. You can catch a lot of the buck bass on spinnerbaits, Shad Raps and drop shots. Wind-blown points and any brush will get you…

Chatuge: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. The lake stains a little with each rain, but clears up quickly. Bass: Decent. Charlie Baldwin said he’s still waiting for temperatures to come up, but there are a few decent spots being caught. Right now the best bet is to look for…

Chatuge: Level: 7.5 feet below full pool. Temp: High 30s to low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. At the end of January, Charlie Baldwin said there was a sheet of ice across the lake, and it wasn’t even worth fishing. However, the February thaw should make it fishable again. Doodling a Zoom Finesse worm in…

Chatuge: Level: 6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Lightly stained, but the lake should clear up very quickly if there aren’t any more rains. Bass: Slow. “Things are pretty dead right now,” said Charlie Baldwin. “I haven’t even seen any boats out on the lake.” Charlie said your best…

Chatuge: Level: 4.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 55-60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. Charlie Baldwin said recent rains have fluctuated the water levels, and the bass fishing has been pretty dead. He also thinks the lake may have turned over a couple of weeks ago, and the fish have not yet settled back into…

Chatuge: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: “Fishing’s not bad; leaves are pretty,” said Charlie Baldwin. After being at full pool with all the rains, the plug has been pulled at Chatuge, and the water has dropped significantly over the last couple of weeks. Charlie said there’s…

Chatuge: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: The main body is still clear, but some of the creek runs have a slight stain. Largemouths: Good. John Hembry said the lake is fishing well following heavy rains. The lake has come up several feet and flooded a lot of bank structure in…

Chatuge: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. John Hembry said the catch has been 90 percent spotted bass, and they have been small. “Some fish have been suspended, and they’re hard to catch, or they’re buried right in the middle of the brush, and they’re…