That one pulled a little bit

[Crow Terminator]

Went to some different water this morning. Looking for walleye below Watts Bar dam. Not successful. But did get a decent size drum and a few other fish. What's bad is...some guys nearly ran me over and their wake about dumped me out of my boat. In trying to catch my balance, I stepped on one of my good rods and snapped it. I was NOT happy. Ended up going down river from the dam and found a bunch of big white bass at the mouth of a creek and sat there catching those for HOURS til the rain and wind came. I was casting Road Runners to them and they were hitting so much and hard, they were ruining the jigs and bending the hooks!! Caught a little bit of everything there. Look at the belly on this little Spot...that thing was stuffed with shad and still chasing.

 

[mike243]

I have never got to fish there but maybe 1 day soon, little early for walleye and sauger aint it?

 

[RUGER]

Sounds awesome man, well except for the morons. Glad it wasn't worse.

 

[Crow Terminator]

I have never got to fish there but maybe 1 day soon, little early for walleye and sauger aint it?

I figure they're somewhere in the river between the dams and eat every day. Just have to find them.

 

[redblood]

Were you trolling?

 

[redblood]

awesome smallie btw

 

[CATCHDAWG]

awesome smallie btw

Are you and @gasman related? Lol

 

[gasman]

Are you and @gasman related? Lol

Aww HELL NAW

 

[gasman]

Are you and @gasman related? Lol

I may not know my birds but I know my fish. And that ain't no smallie

 

[Crow Terminator]

Haha there ain't no smallie in those pics. A drum and a spot. I did several things...bouncing a jig/paddletail off the bottom, casting to wood with the road runner, drifted with the current when they turned the turbines on. I kept my options open. I just don't tailwater fish all that much. I was surprised it was only 5 to 8 foot deep for a pretty good stretch below the dam though. Much shallower than I would have thought.

 

[redblood]

Are you and @gasman related? Lol

Lol. I meant spotted bass.

Id rather catch spotted bass than smallmouth but we catch 10 to 1 smallmouth. Spotted bass come home with me

 

[SC Manimal]

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[Dbllunger]

In @redblood defense, a drum has a pretty small mouth. And a somewhat bronze brown body. It's what some refer to as the Asian smallmouth.

 

[redblood]

In @redblood defense, a drum has a pretty small mouth. And a somewhat bronze brown body. It's what some refer to as the Asian smallmouth.

Yeah. They are almost the same fish!

I actually have never caught a freshwater drum oddly enough.

 

[Dbllunger]

Yeah. They are almost the same fish!

I actually have never caught a freshwater drum oddly enough.

You ain't missing nothing. I've caught my share, your share and several other peoples share. Bouncing jigs near the bottom fishing tailwaters directly below a dam is a surefire way to catch them. Other hand you also can catch some great small and largemouth this way too.