7/18/06 Chick Bass fishing.

[Jmax]

Finished up my day at 4:30 and heard the Chick calling my name. Got the boat and headed out. Man, was it hot.emoHoppingmad I thought I may have messed up becuase the first couple of points I hit I did not get a bite. Than about 6 the switch came on and they started hitting. 18 to 20 feet on a t-RIG. Had about 15 to 20 with three nice keepers around 15 and a half to 16 inches. About 7:30 or 8 I decided to try a shallow bite and hit it right before dark. Tried a top water and did not get a ripple. Went back to the worm and caught three slicks. Just when I thought the big ones had moved out I got a hit and when it picked it up it came straight at the boat. That fish was moving, by the time I got up to it to set the hook it was next to the trolling motor.emoEek Set the hook and the water blew up. It was only about 2 feet and the bass was about 3 to 3 and a half. That was the final keeper so I did not have five but four nice ones I would say going 9 and half lbs.emoBigsmile Jmax

 

[Jmax]

About 7 I had three bass boats come past me. I did not know there was a dog fight on the chick on Tuesday night at this end. I guess I have not been paying attention. Anyone know what won it? Where is that one out of? May have to try to fish a couple of these since I seem to be finding them and these dog fights have gotten down to where it seems like I would be competitive. It will be my luck the day I decide to fish one they will have some real good weights. Jmax

 

[Buoy-Master]

Dogfight comes out of Steves Landing in Soddy but I know allot of those boys run south.
7.16 took it I think.

J Max...sound like you have the summer pattern working out for you. Check your PMs

 

[crider]

There is a dogfight that come out at harrison bay on tuesday night but it starts at 6:30, I didnt fish it but i came by you about that time in a blue and silver stratos with a white and green bullet behind me and we just happened to come though there at the same time

 

[Jmax]

Crider I remember you, you should have said something. You were one of the three. There was you and the Bullet with you and a Ranger that came through there all about the same time. Did you guys do any good up there? I was going to stop and hit some of those docks in there but when I saw the other boats I kept going. That is a good area at times.

Do you really think a boat would come all the way down from Soddy just to fish a dog fight????? That would be about 23 miles one way or maybe a little more. I bet those guys were out of Harrison if there was one there. What won that one, does anyone know?emoScratch Jmax

 

[crider]

I didnt catch anything in there, the water was a little muddy where i stopped and it looked like the water level had been pretty high sometime in the last few days but it seemed low last night, the only place i caught fish was in the main lake on a c-rig

 

[Jmax]

Your obserservation is correct. The water has been actually a little high until here just lately. Last week it was up about a foot higher. Not really that much difference but it seems to me the bass move in when the water is coming up or staying up. If the water is going down or staying down they seem to hold out and stay a little deeper. I felt I ended up pretty good but actually it was slow compared to how I was doing two to three weeks ago. I am going to blame that on the dropping of the water. I saw more shad activity on the graph than I have seen all year. Lots of balls of shad suspended in about 5 to 10 feet. There were a couple places I saw what looked like tons of shad with fish under them but could not get a bite out of them. I hit seven places yesterday and only three produced. Even now I do not know the difference. They looked to be the same type of place. I guess if I could ever figure out the diference maybe I would go pro.emoLaugh Jmax

 

[churly]

A small club out of N. georgia has a dogfight out of harrison tues nights. Also, many of the guys from the Soddy tourney will run all the way down the river.

 

[BillK]

JMax,
You are fishing in 15-20 feet and using a 1/16 oz sinker. This must take forever to go to the bottom. In addition, how fast are you working it. With this small sinker, ever the slighest rise and you are swimming the worm.

 

[BillK]

Do you have White Bass in Chickamauga. The reason I say this is a lot of time when you see fish under the Shad like that, they will be Whites hearding. Drop a spoon on them.

 

[Jmax]

BillK - 7/19/2006 1:39 PM

JMax,
You are fishing in 15-20 feet and using a 1/16 oz sinker. This must take forever to go to the bottom. In addition, how fast are you working it. With this small sinker, ever the slighest rise and you are swimming the worm.

If I smoked I could smoke one in between casts.emoLaugh Yes, it does take a bit to go down. I tried it with more wieght and I did not get as many hits. I wondered if they hit it like a sinko. You know,..it kind of floats up and swims, than falls back down. Most of the time it is on the fall so they are not picking it up off the bottom but hitting it as it starts back down. I also tried different worms and the U-tail does the best but if you shake a trick worm up and than let it fall with a shake as it does you get the same results. I also experimented with colors and the lighter colors work the best.emoThumbsup Jmax