Sunday Bassin' on the Chick 9/17/2006

[jason]

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[polo-dog]

Great looking fish jason. Were you guys back on the Hiwassee?

 

[jon the fisherman]

nice fish Jason!

 

[saltwatts]

Very nice fish. I wish I could have found some like that during the tourny I fished Saturday.

 

[fisherpal2k]

Nice fish jason! Just hope I can locate a few like that this weekend! Thanks for the report!

 

[Bumble Bee Kid]

THAT KIND OF LOOKS FAMILIAR JASON. THE FIRST PICTURE I THINK I FISHED THERE IN THE CBA SAT. WE CAUGHT A GOOD 3LB FISH OF THAT SAME TREE.

 

[jason]

Where did my post go? Sorry about that, guys...must have lost it while submitting the picsemoScratch. Let me try it again. We put in at Wolftever around 9am and, having no clue where to go since we had not read the board or wet a line for nearly two weeks, decided to hit a roadbed first. On my first cast with a jig, I nailed a 3lbr. After another hour of hauling water, I began to think that the dreaded curse of the 'first cast bass' was more than an old wive's tale. Around 10am or so, we decided to check out some more offshore spots and waved to JMax as he was heading in. By noon I was getting the feeling that we were fishing waaaay too deep, so we made a run up to Skull Island to fish the weeds and wood. Bingo! The largemouth were holding tight to laydowns and isolated patches of duckweed in 2 to 4 feet. It was just like fishing the Hiwassee on a bluebird day...pitch a 8" lizard or 10" worm to something isolated and shady and land a 2lb or better bass. While trolling from one spot to the next, we were able to pick up a bunch of schoolers by fancasting the flats. Later in the afternoon, we moved across the river to the little bay just above Sequoyah and the found that the same pattern worked, however, the weight of the bass was a little better. The bush in the picture above was in less than two feet of water, but it held two bass over 3lbs and the big one, which was just under 6lbs. At the end of the day, we had caught eleven bass over 15" with seven being 3lbs or better. It was by far the best day I've ever had on the Chick and will be tough, if not impossible, to beat.

 

[jason]

Bumble Bee Kid, can you tell from my description whether or not that bush is the same one you fished? If so, I'll bet it is a reliable big bass magnet.

 

[Jmax]

Hey Jason I am glad to see and hear you got into them. a am also glad to know that was you. I knew I regonized the boat but was blank on who you were at the time. it has kind of bugged me ever since you waved. Sometimes I think it is just nice folks waving and other times it is folks on the CFF and I feel I should have stopped. Good looking fish there my man. Jmax

 

[jason]

We saw you fishing the ledge from the roadbed we were on. As you passed by, my father-in-law said "He looks mad!" I told him it looked more like 'determined'.

 

[Jmax]

More like lost,emoLaugh Could not understand why my fish I had been on would not bite. I still think they are there and would lay odds on it. For some reason they had just shut down. When you saw me I was trying to figure out what to do with the little bit of time I had left. I was heading for the bluffs up in WT and than to the crappie.emoCool Jmax

 

[DHaun]

Awesome report as usual Jason & great pics too - Thank You!

 

[cmgrant]

man, that is some green water. sure does look good. no wonder you caught those fish shallow

 

[jason]

Oh yeah, the combination of wind and boat traffic definitely colored up the water. There were several areas off the main lake that had mudlines stretching eight feet or more off the bank.