Thread: Wheeler dam

jlittle... they're only pullin about 40-50k. usually when they're letting over 80k thru is when the gates are open. i was there last week and the gates werent open. with 40k the tailrace should be getting right. the water temp has been 68-70 lately so it should be go time!

Originally Posted by The Country Toad

jlittle... they're only pullin about 40-50k. usually when they're letting over 80k thru is when the gates are open. i was there last week and the gates werent open. with 40k the tailrace should be getting right. the water temp has been 68-70 lately so it should be go time!

AWESOME! thanks for the info Toad.
I need a good catfish dinner!


Jlittle23

now if you want cats. come on! the jug fishin has been on for a while now. you know where hawg island is? in front of town creek? set em about 5ft down and let em drift. plenty of fresh bait against the dam too

Ya we use rod and reels with floats on em over Hawg island and slay em!
Was thinking about coming down Monday and filling a cooler!


Jlittle23

Yeah the catfish seem to be on pretty good there right now. We saw the people fishing from the bank catching plenty of them.

Me and my dad were there trying to bass fish on the bluffs just down from Hog Island earlier this week, but we caught more catfish than anything else even though we were using artificials. I haven't actually fished for catfish since I was a kid, so I've never really caught any big ones before, but I caught a 12.6 lb blue on a Reaction Innovations Smallie Beaver. It fought harder than any bass I've caught this year! Kinda makes me want to grab one of my saltwater outfits and see if I can learn to catch some of the really big ones.