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Spring Time Fishing is getting Hot

On April 4, 2024

This warm weather has got the bass moving up looking for a place to spawn. The Spotted bass are around 8 to 16 feet, around rocky banks and points. Were seeing Largemouth bass up cruising in the pockets. The lakes we’ve been on the most in March have been Lake Blue Ridge, Lake Chatuge, Lake […]

On February 22, 2024

It’s that time of year when you are sitting around at work and you know it’s a pretty day outside and all you can think about is going fishing. Well for me it doesn’t have to be a pretty day, any day fishing beats a day at work. With that being said Spring is just […]

On October 3, 2022

Fall fishing is in the air, it’s that time of year when you can book a morning fishing trip and make it back to the cabin in time to watch your favorite college football team. These fall mornings are getting the Spotted bass chasing bait, we’ve been catching some throughout the day on topwater lures, […]

On July 10, 2022

Summertime fishing is here, It’s been a super busy June. We’ve had some incredible trips and caught a lot of fish, We’ve been on Lake Blue Ridge, Lake Nantahala, Lake Burton, and Lake Chatuge. We’ve been targeting Smallmouth, Largemouth, and Spotted bass, Lake Chatuge has been on fire, I’ve been catching fish on top water […]

On May 9, 2022

It’s that time of year when the fishing is getting hot. The lakes are almost at full pool, the fish are about done spawning and are starting to feed up before moving to their summer areas. If you wanted to catch Spotted bass we’ve got the lakes for you, Lake Burton, Lake Chatuge, and Lake […]

On March 14, 2022

Spring fishing is here, we just had daylight savings time and the days are getting longer. This means TVA will start letting our lakes fill up to summer pool, the water temps will start rising and the fish will be on the move looking for a place to spawn. We should have just had our […]

On March 6, 2022

Spring is in the air and fishing is getting hot, the Spotted bass and Largemouth bass are starting to move up near the spawning areas. We’re starting to catch them near flats, pockets, and the mouth of creeks. This is the time of year we start catching them on swimbaits, wacky worms, and square bill […]

On October 31, 2021

Fall fishing is here, and if you’ve never fished in the fall or winter you have no idea what you are missing. TVA has started dropping our lakes to get them down to winter pool, which means the fish will start staging in their winter areas, and the water temps are getting cooler. It’s the […]

On August 25, 2021

We do a lot of fishing deep in the summer, most of the lakes we guide on, are deep mountain TVA impoundments. These lakes have Spotted bass, Smallmouth bass, and Largemouth bass, and in the summer these fish will go deep, due to a lot of boat traffic, deeper means cooler water temps and better […]

On June 24, 2021

Summertime fishing is here, the Largemouth bass has been moving out on the ledges on Lake Chickamauga. There has also been a Mayfly hatch going on, so some good fish are hanging around the banks and overhanging trees. We’ve been catching these fish on multiple baits, dropshot, shaky head, crankbaits, and wacky rig. Our North […]

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Spring Time Fishing is getting Hot

Spring Time Fishing

Fall Fishing is in the Air

Summertime Fishing

Fishing is getting Hot

Spring fishing is here.

Fishing is getting Hot

Fall fishing is here

Fishing Deep in the Summer

Summertime fishing

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