11-02-2013, 09:00 AM
Dad and I took a trip to Watts Bar today. We put in at Hornsby and went to fish some of our deep brush for crappie. Oddly...Watts Bar doesn&#39;t look like it has dropped an inch in water level. Water temps in the mid 60s. Watts Bar was also deserted of fisherman out there...nothing...notta. <br /><br />We hit our favorite brush piles in 20-25 feet of water and found a mix of whites and black crappie on them....not big ones though. Some were 10.5 to 11 inches...but we only caught a few of them, and it was in really quick session...Bobby Garland version of a Panfish Assassin in Cajun Cricket. After that, we just wandered to some of the other spots we have but found them void of crappie.<br /><br />In the mix, we found some baitfish and I caught a Watts Bar special....one of those 14.5 inch Largemouths that you always catch in tournaments. <br /><br />And that was about it...til on the way back to the ramp, we literally ran up on a stripe break. They were going at it pretty solid for several minutes. This was the result of a very hastily thrown crankbait....it&#39;s all we had on our rods at the time and weren&#39;t expecting to run into anything like this. I would have loved to have had some spoons but we didn&#39;t.<br /><br />Still fun though!! Mine was 8 lbs and dad&#39;s was 12.<br /><br />http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/danieltn/DSCF5652_zpsd44c96ed.jpg