no luck at tellico, the last few trips.

hello, i'm new to this forum. my uncle and i fish out of razor's landing (its less then 5 miles from the house) and are not doing good. the last trip 1/8/13, we trolled for hrs, 1-1 1/2 mph, w/ 12 poles doubled 1/8 jigs, some had 1/16 & 1/8, different colored grubs, blu/ chart, red/chart, white, blk/chart, small spinners, green/chart, small plugs, even added 1/2oz to some, casted into brush piles and still no luck. seen fish in 20+ FOW on the edges of channel, dropped minnors to them, and they still won't hit. we got 10 total, and 2 keepers, all day. we use a HB798 si hd on the trolling motor, and a HB788 ci in the back. i know they are there, but can't get em in the boat. anybody else fish razor??????? i'm thinking about moving to another lake. maybe fort loudoun????????? any thoughts or suggestions???? thx, rick

You should try a trip to Douglas. They're biting pretty good right now.

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Most of the reports I have seen the fish have been shallow. Of course the reports have been from other lakes. I guess that would change with the weather but it might be something to try.

The fish that we caught at Razors Landing in the winter were always slow to bite. We would use 1/32 or 1/24 flies. I know some guys that fish the main out from the ramp but they tightline brush piles. If you're going to troll, you might go down the lake to Ball Play. I heard that they caught a few down there trolling.

Tellico has been slow/no bite for months now, (IMO) I haven't been since around Thanksgiving, constant weather fronts moving thru on a weekly basis, I just quit for the season. Was going to go this coming saturday but now calling for rain for the next 5 days, so pppfffttt. Will find something else to do probably.

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Were you spider rigging or trolling/longlining out the back? Speed might have been a bit fast, but you gotta vary the speed to find what they like.

I fish Tellico a TON (1.7 miles from a ramp helps) and it's been a weird year for me as well. When I troll I long line troll under a float and my TOP speed on the Terrova is 0.6 mph but, on a glass slick, calm day I'll slow it down to 0.4 and hardly move the floats. I am really just keeping the lines tight and hardly moving. I've caught a bunch of fish on Tellico this year but, the shorts to keepers ratio is reversed this year. Last year I would usually catch 5-6 keepers before I throw back but, now I'm catching 8-10 shorts to a keeper. However, the keepers that I've caught are HUGE thou. Try Ball Play and go under the bridge and start slow trolling like I stated above in about 10-12 ft of water and see if you can't knock off a few keepers. I like blue and red 1/16 flies tandom rigged the best up there.

I fish Raiser a lot and it has been hard this year. I have found that I have had to slow down to .7 or so in order to catch them. I was hitting them at 1-1/2 and having no luck. My keeper ratio has been running about 1-1. I fish out of an old white aluminum boat with a 20 hp Camo Johnson. I longline mostly running about 4 rods at a time. Holler at me if you see me. I have about 40 brushpiles marked and ain't afraid to show you everything I know.

maybe we need to make a "playdate" to do the meet and greet and fish. We can share what we know about the different areas we each fish. How bout guys ?

thx fellas!!!!! i'll slowe er' down a bit. we fish razor cus its closest. its been fairly good all year, except the last month or so. hey lets go again, i fish with my uncle, lester hamiltom, the lawn mower man off scenic river rd. you might know him, seems like every body else does around here. we're usally in the deck boat with 20-30 poles stickin up. i'll put some pics up in another post about our adventure today. i'll pm you later, maybe you can help us out. i'm trying to talk him into going to douglas saturday, but not sure yet. thx again, rick

a playdate sounds great to us. pm me for details. thx, rick

we're going back to razor in the morning, 8:00am. we picked up some 1/16 and 1/32 flies, and new floats. i added a couple more rod holders for trolling. we're gonna try up passed ball play brigde, slow the trolling motor down and longline. we don't fish that, mostly around razor and main channel. hey fishorhunt, how far should we tie the flies from the float??? wish us luck. maybe we won't forget the minners this time!!!!!! thx, rick

Is razor landing the same as Notchy Creek to you guys? Trying to get these names straight but will probably forget it.

yea, its the same. i call it razors landing because the old store there. i think theres a sign thats says razor as you drive down to the boat dock. but, i know for sure there is the notchy creek camp ground right next to it. and on the hb798 gps, it says notchy creek. jimp, you going out today??????? i seen those pics of your boat. we got a bass tracker the same color w/ a 120hp evinrude on it. its a 19', real sharp lookin boat. i gotta put it back in the water soon and get ready for bass fishin.

thanks for the confirmation on names.

No, not gonna make it today, fishing in the rain is not good for this old fella, so gonna pass. We do need to get something set to do the meet and greet.

Your tracker sounds awful fast with that 120, I only got a 60 but it goes fast enough for me. LOL GL today.

we got 15 total and only 1 keeper. slow trolled all day from 8:30-5:00. got em on everything we put under the float. but very slow. we still learning. thx, rick

It's been tuff this year for sure.