Watts Bar tailwaters

Stats first. Water temp 51 degrees. Water flow 75,000 cfs. Weather, cloudy with short periods of rain showers. Company, only one guide boat and he stayed away from us. I like it like that. Grin.

Dr Phil and I Landed 7 Striped bass, 3 big White bass, and 3 pet Drums. Grin. Phil had a Striper break his line because the drag was too tight, but he learned his lesson and I had to show him again how to tie a Palomar knot.

We had two Stripers apiece and had called our last drift, but on that drift, I changed my presentation and caught a Striper. Boat rule says that you can’t quit on a caught fish, so another drift was in order. I caught another Striper on that drift. We made two or three more drifts and I caught our final fish. One last fishless drift and we put boat on trailer and headed toward Chattanooga.