Fishing Forum

Put in at Wolftever Creek to a very light rain at 6am to do the 7th<br />Chattanooga Crappie Club Tournament. Prediction of all day rain<br />kept the field to 9 boats. <br /><br />Ran to a main river dock where we caught a limit in about 45<br />minutes. We were using BG Outlaw Special in 1/32 oz jigs. Then <br />moved on to a main river bluff where we continued to catch<br />fish, onto another bluff (deep water) where I picked up 1 nice<br />Crappie. Rain steadily picked up with a light wind, perfect for<br />our fishing style. We made a huge run all the way to the dam<br />where we caught more Crappie using the 1/16 oz jigs. Our final<br />run has us all the way back to Sale Creek where we culled our<br />best 7 Crappie. On our last stop on a deep bluff we found some<br />really aggressive Crappie, ran out of time and had to run back to<br />make weigh in (couldn't be late this time). <br /><br />I'm not totally familiar with the water around Chester Frost, <br />while running wide open I hit a shallow water bar and bent my<br />prop. Somebody clue me in on how to approach the ramp as you<br />come in. AND I hit it again on the way out.<br /><br />We weighed in 7 fish at 7.4 lbs taking first place. Had 30 in the <br />live well. The Crappie bite is really good. I'm still trying to<br />warm up here 5 hrs later even after homemade soup and<br />cornbread. <br /><br />As a footnote, East caught a 20 in Small Mouth Bass while fishing<br />today. The fish appeared to be older with a bowed back. Not<br />bad for a day on a rainy lake.