A Little Weiss Lake Action - 1-20-2014

I hit the water with my son Hagan and his friend Taton and had real good day on Weiss Lake. Water temps still holding around 43 to 44 degree's... Water is finally clearing up in a lot of areas on the lake and is in pretty good shape for now. We started out long line trolling and did pretty good working suspended fish holding in 8 to 10 feet of water pulling 1/24th oz jigs with Southern Pro Hot Grubs. We stopped trolling with 29 keepers, just to change it up a little we decided to make a move and break out the Fly and Cork rig and work shallow stumps just right off the river channel ledge in 4 to 6 feet of water. We were using double 1/24th oz jig heads rigged with a Southern Pro Stingers in Blue/Black - Chartreuse on top and a Blue Chartreuse Hot Grub on bottom with the cork setup around 3.5 feet deep. We worked scattered stumps on the ledges fan casting picking off 3 to 5 good keepers off each one. We finished up the day with 60 good keeper crappie with 125+ caught... Nothing better then watching that cork bust under as soon as you hit the sweet spot...!

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Them boys look like they are hooked for life on crappie fishing now! Lol Good to hear from you Kelly....was that you I seen last Thursday in Little Spring Creek? Looked like your boat so I waved but could not tell if that was you?

Congrats Kelly on a great day out with the boys!! It's awesome when you can put the kids on fish and make it a fun trip for them.

Wow very nice

Nice job Kelley

Thanks Guys..! Hey Jason.. yes that was me up in Spring freezing...lol Man it was cold. I thought that was you but wasn't sure to many cloths on and my eyes were froze up... lol

Awesome! Going to take my boys fishing this weekend.

Man that makes me feel good to see that. We had about the same water temp here on Wheeler. But the fish catching has been the worst I can remember. Congrats ! Those boys will no what to do with there children one day.:highfive

Thanks Kelly! This will be my first season on Weiss just targeting crappie! We're in Mud creek! The only dock with the Red roof! If your up our way stop by! I'll share some of those blue gill flies I tie!

That stump fishing sounds like a blast & you are right nothing beats watching that cork go under.

looks like weiss is going to be good this spring

Very nice Catch!

Hey Kelly.... are you still guiding on Weiss or G-ville? (hope so cause I caught more fish with you than I ever have) If so any openings for late February early March ?

Hey Wade..! Yes, I finally got my back straightened out and ready to go now...! I still have a few dates open in February and in March. Give me a call when you get time... Thanks Kelly

congratulation a on a great fishing trip with the young men

A little Weiss Lake update - 02-10-2014
Lake is around 4 foot low and 40 to 42 degree's still pretty muddy in most places but there is good clearer water to be fished. Limit stringers of fish are being caught long line trolling 3 to 6 feet water pulling 1/32 and 1/24 oz jigs with Southern Pro Hot Grubs. One day the 1/32 pulled slow are better then the next day the 1/24 oz pulled fast seems to work better.. Good colors producing right now are Blue/Black Chartreuse - Blue Chartreuse and June-bug Chartreuse. A good target speed to start out with right now would be around .8 to .9 mph... Keep speeding up till you hit the sweet spot of you not getting bit... Also picking up good stringers with the fly and cork rig working shallow stumps in 3 to 6 feet of water. Places to hit with the fly and cork are the Chattooga River area and from Pruett's Island up to Riverside Campground area working log jams. Tight lining or Spider Rigging minnows is also still producing decent numbers around Cowan Creek and Yellow Creek areas. Crappie Anglers with no boat Glenda's at Cowan Creek Store is heating up...! Hearing good reports of the long dock is starting to produce good fish walking a jig around the dock pilings. Also the second bridge at Mud Creek and 3 Mile Bridge are starting to produce good numbers of crappie. The colder water temps from the big freeze a week or so ago has really fired off the crappie and there not gonna stop anytime soon..! So break out the coveralls and hit the water guys and gals..! Good Luck and Good Fishing..!

February 7th 2014
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I was on the water February 7th 2014 with Kendall and Lesley Smith from Pikeville Tennessee we had 60 keepers 10 inches or bigger in four hours long line trolling Southern Pro Hot Grubs in 3 to 6 feet of water...


February 8th 2014
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I was on the water February 8th 2014 with Clint Bradley and Chuck Herb from Alabama we had 60 keepers 10 inches or bigger long line trolling Southern Pro Hot Grubs in 3 to 6 feet of water...

Nice catch, looks like you are having a good year.