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NCHillbilly

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That's why I want to figure out how to catch them, and it it would just be something different.
They should be starting to stack up below that dam before too long. They usually start running near here in east TN in late February.
 

ryork

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They should be starting to stack up below that dam before too long. They usually start running near here in east TN in late February.

Thanks! There are folks fishing for them now apparently, kind of tight lipped........... Gonna give it a shot here in the next couple weeks. Between the deep freeze right before Christmas, the holidays, torrential rains and just stuff haven't done much fishing lately. I did go up there and make sure everything was working on the boat after getting down into the single digits a couple of nights, water temp was 42 and the back water areas were frozen.
 

NCHillbilly

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Thanks! There are folks fishing for them now apparently, kind of tight lipped........... Gonna give it a shot here in the next couple weeks. Between the deep freeze right before Christmas, the holidays, torrential rains and just stuff haven't done much fishing lately. I did go up there and make sure everything was working on the boat after getting down into the single digits a couple of nights, water temp was 42 and the back water areas were frozen.
Night crawler or a white or chartreuse curlytail grub on a 1/4 oz jighead usually work. As does vertical jigging with a hopkins shorty or such if you can get over them.
 

Lukikus2

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Bill Dance did a show back in the 70’s below Wheeler dam that is good. I can’t find it on the internet though. February and March are the best months. How much current is flowing, being over rock bottom and being able to keep the bait on the bottom is the trick. We used light wire jigs up to 3/8 ounce with a medium or large toughy minnow bouncing it off the bottom in slow currents. If the current was running fast we would anchor above holes or depression's and Carolina rig the minnows.
 

pottydoc

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Here’s a few random ones….
 

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Lukikus2

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A mess of them from below Guntersville February’89. The one I am holding is a hybrid and the ones laying down are sauger. The high that day was 32* and 25 mph winds. That river is treacherous in the winter is the reason most folks are tight lipped.
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@ryork my family bought a place up there in rising fawn and hunting property just outside of Mentone. I've been meaning to do some fishing up there too but so far only been hunting. Heard there's some good redeye fishing in cloudland canyon and other creeks in the area
 

ryork

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@ryork my family bought a place up there in rising fawn and hunting property just outside of Mentone. I've been meaning to do some fishing up there too but so far only been hunting. Heard there's some good redeye fishing in cloudland canyon and other creeks in the area

Sent you a PM
 
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