Watts Bar 8-22-06 night

[jon the fisherman]

I put in at rockwood last night and went around Thief neck. My first spot was empty and so was my second spot. The third place I went to was loaded with slicks, I probably caught 15 in water about 6 foot deep. I moved out some and started catching bigger ones. I hooked two that went about five lbs, but both got off at the boat. I hooked another about 3 1/2 lbs and another about 3, and then a 2 lber. All keeper fish were about 14' deep and caught on a black/blue jig with black plastic craw trailer. All fish were caught off the same spot and the water temp was 83.

 

[Tr19]

Great report JTF . Glad to see a better bite going on . Maybe this weekend will be better than last weekend !! Those
are some good pictures !

 

[Jmax]

Good looking fish there JTF. I would say if you had got those two fives in and the three in the pictures that would win a Tx or two. Good Job!!!!emoParty Jmax

 

[J-Dub]

Sounds like a great night!

 

[Fat Albert]

JTF emoWorthy emoWorthy You are the man.... I need to go with you at some point in time... MB will not let me catch fish like that... good pics... FAemoGeezer

 

[RangerRob]

Way to go brother! Nice pics and report!!

 

[stump jumper]

Nice report and great pics! emoThumbsup

How does Watts Bar compare to the Chick in terms of grass and underwater structure?

 

[rsimms]

emoWorthy emoWorthy

 

[carolf29]

Now that is something to toot your horn about JTF. Way to go man!!!!!

 

[G-MAN]

Nice catch!!!emoTongue

 

[jon the fisherman]

stump jumper - 8/22/2006 8:28 AM

Nice report and great pics! emoThumbsup

How does Watts Bar compare to the Chick in terms of grass and underwater structure?

Ther is no grass in Watts Bar. It is a deeper lake, with lots of rocky points, and humps. It has some characteristics of the chick, but is just deeper. It can be a tough lake at times.

 

[TennesseeTalker]

Good post .. healthy looking bass!

You go JTF!

TT

 

[Biofisher I]

Great job! Was there cover on that 14 feet level?

 

[saltwatts]

Nice fish JTF!

 

[jon the fisherman]

Biofisher I - 8/22/2006 12:38 PM

Great job! Was there cover on that 14 feet level?

There was some stumps and scattered rocks. Not a whole lot though, I think the close proximity to deeper water was more important. I caught them on the first points going into some of the deeper sloughs, and it is a great place for the fish to come up in the evening.

 

[jason]

JTF, are you using scales or guesstimating? The bass in the last pic looks to be at least 4 1/2 to 5lbs. Great report!

 

[jon the fisherman]

Jason, I was guesstimating. I knew it was big , but I did not want to catch any grief for having a "big eye"emoTongue

 

[fischnrod]

fine looking fish jtf

 

[MadBomber]

You da' Man! We're going to have to start calling you "The Night Stalker"!!

 

[Fish Hunter]

Nice job!emoWorthy