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Fishing
Chatuge: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The bait is still hanging deep. We have been seeing and catching some fish on topwater, but you have to be fast and hit it in the circle where they just busted, or they are gone. Sometimes you…
Chatuge: Level: 1 foot below full. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “I’ve not seen any breaking or schooling fish. All the baitfish I have been marking has been deep. We’ve been catching spotted bass off main-lake points, deep banks and docks with deep water access. The bait of choice has…
Chatuge: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “We are seeing some topwater action at first light. I’ve been throwing a Strike King Sexy Dawg and a Whopper Plooper. The fish have moved out deep around brush, long points and steep banks. We’re targeting these fish with a shaky…
Chatuge: Level: 1.1 foot above full. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Guide Shane Goebel at Hughes General Store reports, “The early morning topwater bite has been strong. Topwater plugs, Spooks and jerkbaits have worked well. Look for fish to be schooled up on shallow clay banks, humps and off points. In terms of…
Chatuge: Level: 1.5 feet low. Temp: 61-63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The spotted bass are in their spawning areas on long rocky points, pebble rocky banks and in between docks. I’ve been catching them on a Z-Man Ned rig, a 3.5-inch tube and a Strike King Rage Craw on a shaky…
Chatuge: Level: 4.5 feet low. Temp: 52-54 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “TVA has pulled the lake down again due to all the rain we’ve been getting. The bass have started moving up around their spawning areas on flats, pebble gravel banks and long points. The baits I use targeting these areas…
Chatuge: Level: 1.2 feet low. Temp: 50-52 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake is almost at summer pool and is stained, but the bite has been picking up. We’ve been catching fish on main-lake points and rocky banks on a drop shot with a 4.5-inch red crawler Roboworm and a Z-Man…
Chatuge: Level: 6.5 feet low. Temp: 47-48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Sunny days have been more productive than cloudy days. Most of the fish have been 12 to 45 feet deep on points and deep, rocky banks. We have been catching some good spotted bass on a 3/16-oz. Fish Head Spin…
Chatuge: Level: 6.8 feet low. Temp: 54-56 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “I have been catching some good spotted bass on a 3/16-oz. Fish Head Spin and a 3.5-inch Strike King Rage Swimmer on a 1/8-oz. swimbait head. Try a drop shot with a 4.5-inch Roboworm in red crawler on deep, long…
Lake Chatuge spotted bass are feeding heavily in January, eating shad and herring. They follow the same wintertime patterns as Lanier spots, and you can catch them on ditches and rocks. There is also a good largemouth bite at Chatuge after a heavy rain stains the rivers and creeks. Chatuge is a good choice…
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