Blue Raider Bob Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 After several weekends of Honey-do's and Farm projects I finally hooked up the boat and headed for the Big T. Got to the ramp at South Pittsburg Tennessee and my "Fishing gauge" was under water ( The boat dock). Instead of a gentle soothing lady, the Big T was an angry, raging torrent! Plan B Went above the dam to Nickajack proper and lake fished for the first time all year. It was a dreary, rainy, foggy day, (I use a 15' long umbrella), and I haven't lake fished in so long I really didn't have a clue as how to proceed. Ended up with four fat ones in six hours of fishing, (1.5 fish per hour), but at least I got to go! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryH Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Good job Bob. Perseverance pays off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 12, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2022 Nice. The big river is still calm up this way, although they said we are 2 inches over normal rainfall amounts. They store most of the flood water in Douglas Cherokee and Norris upstream of me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said: After several weekends of Honey-do's and Farm projects I finally hooked up the boat and headed for the Big T. Got to the ramp at South Pittsburg Tennessee and my "Fishing gauge" was under water ( The boat dock). Instead of a gentle soothing lady, the Big T was an angry, raging torrent! Plan B Went above the dam to Nickajack proper and lake fished for the first time all year. It was a dreary, rainy, foggy day, (I use a 15' long umbrella), and I haven't lake fished in so long I really didn't have a clue as how to proceed. Ended up with four fat ones in six hours of fishing, (1.5 fish per hour), but at least I got to go! My fuzzy math continues to impress! Four fish in 6 hours is .66 fish per hour! Geeze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Catignani Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Blue Raider Bob said: My fuzzy math continues to impress! Four fish in 6 hours is .66 fish per hour! Geeze! You can expand on it with more statistics: "I had four pretty good ones...there may have been others I didnt know about. I wasnt there very long." 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaSpothunter Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue Raider Bob said: My fuzzy math continues to impress! Four fish in 6 hours is .66 fish per hour! Geeze! Did any come off at the boat......those count as .73 fish 🤣 Glad to see you back to fishing and catching some beauties! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 14, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2022 They are spilling water upstream here in lenoir city now with it predicted to increase, it’s about to be pretty wild down your way Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator roadwarrior Posted December 14, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2022 Pickwick Dam is approaching 130,000 cfs release. https://www.tva.com/environment/lake-levels/pickwick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 14, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2022 Pouring rain too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator roadwarrior Posted December 14, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2022 The Mississippi river is expected to rise 5' over the next several days at Memphis. It appears the drought is over. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Solution MN Fisher Posted December 14, 2022 Super User Solution Share Posted December 14, 2022 53 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: The Mississippi river is expected to rise 5' over the next several days at Memphis. It appears the drought is over. Maybe down there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Hopefully you will get some of this weeks rain. It has been heavy and widespread down here in Tennessee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted December 14, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted December 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said: Hopefully you will get some of this weeks rain. It has been heavy and widespread down here in Tennessee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted December 14, 2022 BassResource.com Administrator Share Posted December 14, 2022 Nice job! Glad you got to go out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Way to go, Bob! Our ponds still haven't frozen. If I weren't afraid of tipping and dying, I'd still be fishing. The water might still be soft, but it's cold enough to quick freeze me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiver Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Blue Raider Bob, Glad you were able to get some fishing in, and that you caught some fish. I went out too on Wednesday, hadn’t been in a while. We are still lightly flooded here on the St John’s. I got skunked… still had fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User DitchPanda Posted December 17, 2022 Super User Share Posted December 17, 2022 14 hours ago, ol'crickety said: Way to go, Bob! Our ponds still haven't frozen. If I weren't afraid of tipping and dying, I'd still be fishing. The water might still be soft, but it's cold enough to quick freeze me. What about fishing from shore...is that a possibility where you are? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, DitchPanda said: What about fishing from shore...is that a possibility where you are? I could fire off a few casts, but then I'd have to worm through the thicket that's a Maine forest. I see photos posted by the shore fishers here, with the grass sloping down to the water, but the local ponds and bogs are nothing like that. However, thanks for the suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darnold335 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I haven’t been out in awhile I’m itching but, don’t think it will happen. Great job getting some fish in the boat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 5:07 AM, GRiver said: Blue Raider Bob, Glad you were able to get some fishing in, and that you caught some fish. I went out too on Wednesday, hadn’t been in a while. We are still lightly flooded here on the St John’s. I got skunked… still had fun though. Hate you got skunked! Maybe that means you will crush them next trip! On 12/17/2022 at 1:13 PM, Darnold335 said: I haven’t been out in awhile I’m itching but, don’t think it will happen. Great job getting some fish in the boat! That itch sometimes overwhelms better judgement. It's getting really cold here (for me that is), and the itch is beginning to cloud my reasoning. We will have highs in the low 20's by Friday so if I am going. it better be soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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