WATTS BAR FISHING REPORT
Conditions: Most of the lake is murky, with some muddy areas. Surface temperatures range from the low-to-high 50s.
Species: Bass - Fair to good. Smallmouth are being caught in better numbers. Points 8 to 18 feet deep are holding good numbers of fish, with crankbaits, jigs and pig'n jigs working best. Largemouth fishing is good, especially on shallows where they are chasing shad. Crappie - Fair to good. Creek channels with submerged brush or other structure is a good place to start. Minnows fished as shallow as 4 feet or as deep as 20 are catching fish, usually the deeper the bigger. Striped bass - Fair. Fishing is so-so on the lower third of the lake, better from the steam plant upstream. At the steam plant live bait is catching a lot of small stripers. Sauger - Improving. The area below the steam plant is producing a few sauger on jigs tipped with minnows or plain minnows.
Species: Bass - Fair to good. Smallmouth are being caught in better numbers. Points 8 to 18 feet deep are holding good numbers of fish, with crankbaits, jigs and pig'n jigs working best. Largemouth fishing is good, especially on shallows where they are chasing shad. Crappie - Fair to good. Creek channels with submerged brush or other structure is a good place to start. Minnows fished as shallow as 4 feet or as deep as 20 are catching fish, usually the deeper the bigger. Striped bass - Fair. Fishing is so-so on the lower third of the lake, better from the steam plant upstream. At the steam plant live bait is catching a lot of small stripers. Sauger - Improving. The area below the steam plant is producing a few sauger on jigs tipped with minnows or plain minnows.
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