• Pickwick Lake Fishing Report - TN

    Pickwick Area Guide
    (731) 607-5266 http://www.pickwickareaguide.com/ pickwickareaguide@yahoo.com
  • Enjoy fishing in Pickwick Tennessee or anywhere in the Pickwick area with an experienced area guide. We will take you on a guided fishing trip for Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass,WhiteBass, Stripers(Rockfish),Catfish,Sauger and other Tennessee River fish. We take individuals and groups.We do half days and whole days. We provide all the tackle for the trip.We also provide drinks but your welcome to bring your own.

  • Pickwick Lake Fishing Report - TN

    Pickwick Lake Elevation 413.5
    Water Temp. 85
    BASS

    From daylight which is around 5:30am until 6:30am try throwing a Strike King Sexy Dawg. These walking baits are my number one choice of top water baits if you are not fishing over matted grass. If you are fishing a grassy area also try fishing with a plastic frog, they are very weedless and one the best baits you can choose in thick grass.
    Durring the first few hours throw a 1/2oz Red Eye Shad over the grassy flats is the grass is a few feet below the surface. You may have to reel it back pretty fast so it will not load up on grass. After the top water bite is over throw a Series 3 crank bait, I have caught a lot of fish lately on Splatter Back and Citrus Shad crank baits. From 6am through 9am throw the Series 3 along bluffs and drop offs. The Series 3 baits will only run approx 8' and I have caught a lot of fish in 20' of water on the crank baits because the fish are suspended in the depth that the Series 3 run. Deep water humps and ledges are accounting for most the big fish caught throughout the day. Series 6XD's and 10XD Crank Baits are catching a lot of the fish in the deep water.

    Stripers
    For the most part it is slower than normal right now. I am used to catching at least ten stripers on a slow day and it is not unusual to catch fifty stripers on half day trips. About once a week we will have a really good trip, we may boat over 30 stripers in the 3-6pd range and catch one or two over 10 pounds, then the next day we might be lucky to catch one. If the fish come up on the surface I am likely to catch several fish in a short period of time on Strike Kings Sexy Dawg top water baits or jerk baits. I have caught a few drifting live bait but not enough to keep me doing it long. Some people are fishing all hours of the night and they are catching a lot of fish. I do not schedule trips at night, I have been focusing on the early hours and late hours.

    Catfish
    I caught skip jack and fished with them with a one once sinker on the bottom in around 20' of water for catfish over the last two weeks. It did not seem to matter if the bait was alive or dead, unlike striper fishing where the baits really needs to be alive.

    Compliments of Clagett Talley www.pickwickareaguide.com 731-607-5266
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