Upper Section of Wheeler Report 11/11/16

[TNriveriscrappie]

A friend and I decided to fish Wheeler Friday starting around lunch and fished till dark. Water temp was 66.5 and clear. Gville dam was only pulling 10K cfs while we were out. I have seen Wheeler lower, but I've never fished it this low before. We need some rain!!


We first fished the Paintrock mouth with little success. Managed 5 keepers but all under 11 inches. The small stripe are all over the place in there. Its the time of year when they push the baitfish on the bank (a cool sight to see). We next went to Gville dam area and fished my usual "Go-To" spots and we caught a few. I could actually see fish on the depthfinder but they were not feeding.

So we drove all the way down to the Flint where I caught some a week ago in treetops. Well the water had dropped another 2 feet so the treetop crappie decided to move elsewhere. We even tried some dropoffs nearby with no success.

My final plan did not pan out, We fished bluffs not too far from the flint with no success. However the small spotted bass were all over the place.

Including all species, we caught probably 50 fish. Only 8 keeper crappie and a few shorts. I gave them away to a father and son at ditto fishing for catfish. It was a great time on the water, however some current would be nice!
We used Monkey Milk and KY Bluegrass Bobby G's.

[Spaceman]

Great report. Thanks for sharing info and pics. It's tough going where I normally fish, as well. Water is very low. I agree that we need rain...much rain. There are laydowns where I fish that I have never seen completely out of the water. Besides rain, we still need the water temp to drop more. Hope you limit next time.

[Tony the Tiger]

Sounds like a fun day, good report.

[Bob D]

It's good to have a couple of places to try when it gets this tough. Good job sticking with it. Thanks for the reports.

[Slabprowler]

Good report glad you stayed after them.

[John Doe]

Thanks for sharing report and pictures. One of these days I'll have to get up there and try Wheeler.