Back in Business

Arnold Cagley and I fished the point at the canal between Ft. Loudoun and Tellico - We got bait pretty easily and caught 25 smallmouth - the best one was 2.5 lbs.  It is amazing how things turn back on after the weather stabilizes a little bit. I did really well in this spot on 8/21 and 8/25, a cold front arrived on the night of 8/25, and I tanked it on 8/26.  The weather settles down and here on 8/31 we cash in on them again.

Cold Fronts Change Everything

Scott Pastor a.k.a Fishy and I smallmouth fished at the point at the canal between Tellico and Ft. Loudoun today after work for a few hours.  The weather has changed very drastically recently.  It probably has rained in a month and yesterday a major cold front moved in and it rained a couple of inches.  So, fishing conditions are very different compared to hey days of 8/22 and 8/25.  Fish and I worked for nearly two hours just trying to get bait.  The minnows were essentially completely gone from the cove I had previously been getting them.  We got ~20 minnows and fished the point on the canal between Loudoun and Tellico and caught about 5 smallmouths, none of which were anything to brag about. Lesson learned:  Things can change fast, so if you're on the fish you better take the day off work and stay on 'em!

Smallmouth Fishin’ the Canal

Mike's 4 lb. Brozeback

Mike Walker and I fished with shad minnows at the point at the canal between Tellico and Ft. Loudoun. We got shad minnows in the first cove on the left heading upstream on Loudoun from the dam. We caught 26 smallmouth. It was amazing – we caught a couple of 3 pounders, a couple of 2 & ½ pounders and a couple of 2 pounders. Mike caught a 4 lber on the opposite point (on the launch parking lot side).

Flathead Fishin’

I fished Ft. Loudoun Lake today at the Little River; I got plenty of good sized gizzard shad and fished in the Little River and all the way up the Tennessee to Sequoyah Hills – 0 fish – I basically fished all day and got completely blanked. So…I loaded up and relaunched blow Ft. Loudoun Dam to catfish the Tennessee. I fished until about 2:30 a.m. and caught one flathead that weighed 25 lbs, it measured 39". Great picture huh?

Tellico Smallmouth

I fished the point at the canal between Tellico and Ft. Loudoun today for a couple of hours. I caught 14 smallmouth, the best of which was 21" long and weighed about 3 lbs.

New 1966 G3 Gator Jon

Karoline, Luke and I went today and picked up my new 1996 G3 at Madisonville Marine in Madisonville, TN. It is rigged with a 90 HP Yamaha 4-atroke motor and an 82 lb thrust MotorGuide Great White saltwater trolling motor and a Lowrance GPS-sonar unit. We took it out on Tellico Lake for its inaugural voyage. We launched at the canal between Ft. Loudoun and Tellico. We rode around for about 1 hour allowing the motor to break in. It is a nice spacious boat, just about perfect for all the different kinds of fishing I like to do.