Fish were a little bit smaller yesterday. Got out after work and the river was much more stained and pretty fast downtown. Ran up to a tributary and it was crazy clear with no current. Trolled cranks through there and picked up some. I started seeing crazy ledge rock and grass clumps so I dropped trolling motor and caught a couple with a poor mans ned rig. Then trolled back halfway to the ramp in he dark before hitting the fast water and got the best one of the evening, maybe 16-17"

Nice....we went up to Norris for the day....saw maybe a dozen "at least" Bald Eagles and caught quite a few small bass.  Hadn't been up in quite a few months...(not big into the summer players up there)  Was trying to get used to fishing a Ned Rig.....still trying

 

21 minutes ago, Oregon Native said:

Nice....we went up to Norris for the day....saw maybe a dozen "at least" Bald Eagles and caught quite a few small bass.  Hadn't been up in quite a few months...(not big into the summer players up there)  Was trying to get used to fishing a Ned Rig.....still trying

 

Most of the time I just drag it like a shaky head but last night I was shaking it pretty wildly, water temp was 60 and I figured they should be active. I was trolling a crankbait  3 mph and getting bit so that was another clue they were active. Eagles are very abundant nowadays, my buddy got a great photo of one in downtown knoxville the other day. I camped on Norris not long ago and got my first ever skunk on that lake, they were blasting shad at daylight though

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Most of the time I just drag it like a shaky head but last night I was shaking it pretty wildly, water temp was 60 and I figured they should be active. I was trolling a crankbait  3 mph and getting bit so that was another clue they were active. Eagles are very abundant nowadays, my buddy got a great photo of one in downtown knoxville the other day. I camped on Norris not long ago and got my first ever skunk on that lake, they were blasting shad at daylight though

 

They can magically dissapear on that lake!!!

Those eagles sure make me proud. You see a bunch around fox and straight creeks also.