Fishing Reports

Chatuge: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. John Hembree said, “If you take a Hopkins spoon or a Flex-it you can catch some fish. Just get on a main-lake point, and start following it out from about 25 feet of water out to 45 or 50 feet of…

Chatuge: Level: 12.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The fish are scattered and hard to find. When the water temperature drops into the 60s the fish should bunch up more on main-lake points, and a Pointer 100 jerkbait or a No. 7 Shad Rap will catch fish. Topwater has been…

Chatuge: Level: 10.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. John Hembree said the best bite seems to be out in open water. “A lot of the fish seem to have pulled off the banks and are out chasing bait over open water,” he said. John has been using either a…

Chatuge: Level: 9.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: John Hembree said he has been doing pretty well for numbers of spotted bass at Chatuge, but there’s not been much size to the fish. At a recent tournament, he and his brother weighed in four fish that weighed just under 8…

Level: 6.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. There’s a brief topwater bite early, then move to deep brush with worms or jigs. The spots are schooling early and late on main-lake points and humps in the mid-lake area. Sammys, Spooks and Pop-Rs will work. Once the sun comes up,…

Chatuge: Level: 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: If you fish Chatuge, you can expect either to blank or to catch a lot of bass, said John Hembree. A Saturday, June 23 daytime tournament was won with 19 pounds, and it took 17 for second and 14 for third —…

Chatuge: Level: Down 4.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In June, the bass at Chatuge are still fairly shallow, said John Hembree. “I’d probably be throwing an unweighted fluke around boat docks and any wood structure — blowdowns or brushpiles. If you are fishing brush, the fish will be in…

Chatuge: Level: 5.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 62-65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: John Hembree fished a mid April tournament and finished third with 15.73 pounds. First had 20 pounds; second 19 pounds. John said he caught 17 keepers, mostly spots, with one 4 1/4-lb. largemouth. He was fishing main-lake places and primarily throwing a…

Chatuge: Level: 6.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s on the main lake; 58-60 back in the pockets. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Mountain-lake fishing guide Nathan Lewis said Chatuge is red hot right now. A recent fishing tournament on the lake was won with five largemouths that weighed 27.15 pounds. The angler was Heath Pack…

Chatuge: Level: 8.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: In February, look for the spots to begin to pull up on the flats getting ready for the spawn, and when they do, it’s a good time to throw a suspending jerkbait, said John Hembree. “If I was going to Chatuge in…