Weiss Lake

[DesertDog]

Anyone notice the major tournament trails never go to Weiss Lake. Seems like it's always Guntersville, Chickamauga or even Neely Henry that they go to. Weiss seems like a hidden gem especially considering how big of a lake it is.

 

[Pointer 78]

I will be fishing Weiss in a Bass Weekend Series later this year.

 

[dragfish]

Good point Dog.
Just a quick pole- How many call it weese vs how many say wise?

 

[DesertDog]

Not as many as you would think dragfish. I get more of a kick out of then saying crappy. Instead of crappie.

 

[jimwarden]

When I first came to Cleveland, TN in 1976 crappie fishing was not as good as it is today on upper Chickamauga & Hiwassee River. All I ever heard anyone talking about was Weiss (weese) Lake. I finally had to ask where it was and check it out

 

[Blue76]

I grew up hearing lake wise... Which is correct?

 

[Pointer 78]

Locals pronounce it Wice. Out of staters pronounce it Weese.

 

[bassodav]

locals call it wice the bfl use to fish it but low turnout and a lot of stumps did that in

 

[tp44]

I suspect the big boys would not like to try to get around stumps running wot.

 

[Muskrat]

Pointer 78 - 3/10/2015 6:00 PM

Locals pronounce it Wice. Out of staters pronounce it Weese.

I had a confusing time when I fished there as a youngster around 1970. I was pronouncing Weiss..."Weese" and crappie..."croppie". Everyone there said "Wice"...and "crappie"... like I would say "pappy". When I heard it pronounced that way it just didn't sound like it would taste as good as "croppie". emoPoke

 

[marc2007]

Our club fishes it every year , seels to have smaller lm and stumps everywhere

 

[fishinvol]

It's a great lake ! Lots of big bass. I think it gets it's fair share of Bass weekends and BFL tournaments. Scary lake to run .

 

[Hbnel5on]

My biggest spotted bass ever came out of lake weiss 5.89 lbs. I would like for some major tourneys to come there and see how they fish it