Fishing Reports

Chatuge: Level: 7 feet below full pool.  Temp: 57-59 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “Fishing is getting better every day. The lake is down almost at winter pool. Once the sun starts breaking through the clouds, you should start seeing some breaking fish. The only problem with that is being in the…

Chatuge: Level: 3.1 feet below 1,925. Temp: 72-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing is getting better every day. TVA has been dropping the lake pretty fast. Once the sun starts breaking through the clouds, you start seeing fish breaking all over the lake. The only major problem with that is being…

Chatuge: Level: 0.5 feet above full. Temp: 81-84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Lake Chatuge has been fishing good. We’ve only been out early in the mornings. There has been some topwater action going on and fish breaking out in open water, and we’ve also caught some around laydowns using a Strike…

Chatuge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 81-84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “Lake Chatuge has been fishing good. We’ve only been out early in the mornings fishing the first four to six hours and getting off the lake before it gets hot. There has been some topwater action going on, some fish breaking out in open water,…

Chatuge: Level: 0.2 feet above full. Temp: 77-81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “The lake is full pool, which means the bass have moved out to where they will spend the summer. When fishing Chatuge, you need to make sure you have a topwater bait tied on and on the front deck…

Chatuge: Level: Full pool. Temp: 68-70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “It’s that time of year that we’ve been waiting for. The lakes are at full pool, and the bass have just come out of their postspawn funk. You need to make sure you have a topwater bait tied on and on…

Chatuge: Level: 2.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 63-65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “We’ve had so much rain the past month that our lakes actually went above full pool in just a matter of a few days, along with water temps dropping. Everything is starting to get back to normal. There…

Chatuge: Level: 2.5 feet low. Temp: 55-57 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “Fishing has been tough. It’s like all of our mountain lakes with all the rain the past 10 days has brought the lakes straight up. Once the lake gets back stable, the spotted bass should start pulling back up to…

Chatuge: Level: 6.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 42-44 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing has been fair, the fish are still scattered. We’ve been catching fish 20 to 40 feet deep on long points and rocky banks. A lot of the fish we’ve been catching is with the Garmin LiveScope electronics…