drumking, Watts Bar tailwaters, white bass, 5/17/15, Dr Phillip Gawthrop and Adam

[drumking]

Dr Phil and his son-in-law wanted to make a trip to the Watts Bar dam tailwaters this AM, so I obliged. emoBigsmile It was a very slow day for everyone up there. We saw one other boat catch a drum and one other boat caught a small brown fish of some sort. It could have been a small drum. From the distance, it didn't look big.

We fished all the current seams, what little they were as there was only 1 turbine running and it wasn't very hard. But, we managed to find one small area that yielded 10 boat paddle sized White Bass and 3 drum. We had to work hard to get these fish and we gave "crazy Ivan" a real workout today. I'm proud of the I-Pilot in the current. But, I'm not happy with the remote. Sometimes, it takes 10 or 12 pushes on all the buttons to get the darn thing to come on. The battery in it is the correct one and is only about 1 month old, so it shouldn't be bad. I feel like throwing the thing in the river, but at $150 dollars, I guess I better keep it and try to remedy the situation.

We were using plastic swim baits with 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 oz size. Hopefully, there will be more current next time I go up there. emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[Tenncrapie]

Good job guys way to stay after them.

 

[Strato-G]

emoThumbsup , nice catch........................ emoGeezer emoUSA

 

[bent rod]

Those are some nice fatties. Maybe we will get some rain, where they will run some water.

 

[EricM]

Contact customer service, either the remote or the receiver is not working properly. They have always helped me out greatly when I had (or created) a problem!!!

 

[BassERT]

Fun whiteys! emoThumbsup emoGeezer

emoCool

 

[the maddog]

Good Report Dk...the Whites should go to busting water in 2-3 weeks on the lower end for us...I'm spooled up and ready! emoGeezer emoHungry

 

[Muskrat]

emoThumbsup

 

[Nauticman]

Sorry you're still having problems with crazy Ivan even with the new battery I gave you. Mine worked fine for a while, but lately it's acted up again. I have to jar it some to get it to work. Maybe some moisture is condensing on the battery and contacts, might help to wipe the battery clean once in a while.