Nickajack Dam - August 1

[DHaun]

After waiting way too long I finally got a chance to go back Monday after work. My friend Jeff and I went from 5 til 8. It looked great aout there and only one other boat was there catfishing, but it turned out to be slow and we had a bit of wind from the storm that missed us and hit Chattanooga.... I was able to catch 2 small ones - one on a barely live shiner next to the wingwall and one on a make-do glowshad lure drifting. We lost about 5 lures to the rocks. Jeff didn't score this time but I am sure he will do better next time as it was his first time in the tailwaters and he fished it perfectly, just didn't have the luck this time - regardless of who caught what, fishing the boils like this is a team sport and I feel like we got what we went for. However, I noticed that if you pee at the ramp and leave your fly open you catch more fish emoBigsmile

If anyone is free after work and able to get on the road around 5, just let me know and we'll see what they are doing. I am ready to go back! I also have a sackful of frozen shiners I might need to cut up and drift with next time... I noticed the other boat had a bent rod tonight using chicken livers...

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[polo-dog]

DHaun,

They look like nice fish, I'll bet that they fought well. Glad to hear that your boat is working out well.