Elevation- 1,382.24
Water Temp
TVA Ramp 78*
Bluff City @ Swinging Bridge 81*

Water Clarity- 3-6’
Bass- Slow but picking up

Largemouth are near wood structure such as brush piles and docks and are located very close to the shoreline. Flipping a green pumpkin or water melon finesse worm (whacky style) has been the best so far this week, along with white/chartreuse spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Also a tiny torpedo in baby bass has been good on retaining walls and points.

Smallmouth are on the secondary points and rock islands from 4-10’ deep. The bite has been slow during the day but some have been caught on 200 Series Bandits, 6XD’s, #5 Shad Raps, 1/2-ounce hair or live rubber skirted jigs in the rootbeer and greenpumpkin colors. Spinnerbaits (chart/white) (shad colors) and topwater lures early in the morning have been doing good.

Striped Bass/Cherokee Bass-, On the Holston side from pt.7 up to Rainbow Bridge area fish early morning and late evening trolling alewife, gizzard shad or trout at 10-15’ deep. On Watauga side, the Watauga Flats area has seen some hybrids and stripers. Friday Hollow has been fair for stripers and hybrids on topwater early morning and late evening. Use shad between 3-4am, under lights.

Sunfish are on bluffs or around any brush piles in 3-’4’ of water and are being caught on brown crickets, night crawlers.