Hiwassee info request

[CATCHMAN]

Are the bass in pre-spawn, spawn, or post-spawn routines on the Hiwassee? I gave it a whirl last Saturday and didn't find anything shallow.

 

[jason]

The water is sooooooo sained that it would be virtually impossible to see them on the bed without X-ray vision. Keep your eye out for waking on the flats as the bass chase sunfish. We tried shallow and only came up with a bunch of buck bass on lizards. The better fish came from cranking DT-10's & 16's around deep cover in the ditches or channels that lead into the flats. That was the week before last and I think that the initial spawn has occurred and that a prespawn strategy would yield the best fish. According to another Hiwassee regular, a new wave of spawners is coming. To me, fishing where the bass hold as they come or go from the beds would be the most productive.</p>

Of course, that's just my $.02

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[ole blue]

i caught them in about 5ft to 7ft on rattle trap last weekend had 3 keepers but nothing to right home about. good luck