Report: Chickamauga Lake 11/17/2016

I had a very brief 2 hour fishing trip alone today. I fished 11 til 1:00 PM. I didn't want to stop fishing, but had to leave so that I would have time to clean these fish and get ready for my grandson's 13th birthday dinner tonight at Cheddar's.

I caught 9 keeper crappie that were on two off shore brush piles and 4 yellow bass. I don't think that I caught a single short crappie today. Two of the crappie were white crappie. They ranged from 10.5" to 12". I was using both Bass Assassin Pro Tiny lures and BG shads in the 2" size fished on 1/16 oz jig heads mostly painted orange. 3 different colors worked.

I was using a 7 count before beginning my very slow retrieve. A subtle palsy twitch every few seconds caused a few reaction bites as the fish were a little reluctant to bite. Aggressive twitches didn't work today. All bites were visual bites today. No thumps, no bumps, nor even a hump. Grin. Water temp was 66 degrees in Harrison Bay today. No wind. I love to fish when it is calm. I left the fish biting.

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Good job Dickey. Thanks for sharing.

It was a beautiful day. Nice fish. Glad you were able to enjoy a day on the water before the weather changes.

A fun short trip:ThumbsUp

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The short trips can be real good, that's proof. Good job.

Wish I lived close enough to the lake to make a couple hour trip. Good report.