• Douglas Lake Fishing Report - TN

    Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
    http://www.tnfish.org/index.html
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  • Douglas Lake Fishing Report - TN

    The elevation behind the dam on May 21, 2014 at 7 PM was 994.40 feet. Water temperatures averaged out to 73.85 degrees for the week, creeks combined with bay areas.

    SUMMARY:
    Fishing has been slow across the lake for this reporting period. Crappie have obviously slowed down as have walleye and white bass, which have probably migrated downstream to the main reservoir.

    CRAPPIE: Good
    Crappie fishing remains slow but is still receives a good rating. Crappie can be found in large numbers but not as easily as three weeks ago. Crappie are deep in many creeks. Favorite mud flats will find some fish but not like the early part of the month.
    Swann’s Marina area (behind the marina), the bridge piers on the main lake as well as the shoreline downstream from Swann’s are all fishing good.
    Try minnow and bobber, crappie flies, crappie spinners as well as trolling methods with minnows. Traditional methods are effective. Small Rapallas and jerk baits have been used this week with great success. Trolling would be the recommended method for this week.

    SAUGER/WALLEYE: Fair (The following information remains true and is unchanged)
    Walleye and Sauger have slowed down drastically over the past couple weeks. They possibly have moved down into the main lake from the river sections.
    Try shadraps, Rapala Husky Jerks, Redeye Shad, stick jigs and a variety of spinner baits. There isn’t really any secret lures here as most of the baits are traditional and effective for sauger and walleye.
    Best fishing should be in the main reservoir and probably are distributed along creek mouths and deeper water with current.

    BLACK BASS: Good
    Largemouth and smallmouth have been on the first part of the week and really off over the past two days. Lures used throughout the week have been varied with the plastic 8” worm, Carolina rigged a favorite. Retrieves have been speeded up and more and more spinner baits are being used. Colors are dependent upon water clarity but can’t go wrong with chartreuse.
    Fish, for the most part have been in deep water and have been lethargic. This is now changing. Largemouth are hanging on shorelines, especially during the evnings and early mornings. As the sun rises and heats the water, the bass go deeper.
    Fish the shorelines with spinner baits and jerk baits (green or chartreuse preferred, with shad and red second choices). Pull deep diving crank baits over humps and around structure and check center channel for fish congregated on the bottom. This has been noted over the past two days.

    WHITE BASS: Fair (unchanged information below)
    White bass are still being caught but not in the numbers of a few weeks ago.
    Great fishing can be had from above Swann’s Marina all the way upstream to Rankin boat ramp.
    Some great lures to try for white bass are the Rat L Trap crank bait which should work well under trolling conditions. Worden’s Roostertails for shallow fishing has been an old standby. The Road Runner Bucktails work well for deeper fishing.
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