Friends,

 

I'm more of a reader than poster on the forums, and if I do post I always search thoroughly first.  As the title reads I am in TN for the next 8 weeks doing my final rotation for physical therapy school, staying with my aunt and uncle in Cleveland.  Naturally I brought my boat and gear with me.  I believe I will spend a considerable amount of time at Chickamauga Lake, I have not been able to fish the lakes around here since I was a kid spending a week or two every summer here.  I have been trying to find some good info here just to get me started on Chickamauga but my searches through the forums have not amounted to much.  Looking for some good general info such as certain creeks to go to just to narrow things down for me on such a big lake.  I'm fairly experienced so I'm prepared to bring a decent amount of gear and tactics to the table, I'm not nearly as skilled or knowledgable as many of you are though.  Would also really appreciate info on one of the more "quiet" ramps I can use that is not flooded with other anglers or that tourneys are launched out of every weekend, I do not like to get in people's way or slow down a tourney blast off.  Feel free to PM me, any info is appreciated!

The ramps up toward watts bar dam are less crowded. The crazy ones are wolftever (hwy 58) Harrison bay state park and Chester frost. There are some not so busy ones on the lower end, like maybe skull island. As far as fishing, everything I'm reading is rattle trap jerkbait and umbrella rig. YouTube has a lot of good chickamauga videos lately. It's Most crowded place I've ever fished so bring your patience with you. Parksville is supposedly awesome for jumbo spotted bass