Here is the fishing report from the TWRA:
Chickamauga Reservoir: Reservoir Conditions: Summer normal elevation: 682.0 feet. Winter normal elevation: 676.0 feet. Current elevation: 679.2 feet. The water surface temperature is in the 50’s.
Largemouth Bass: Grass edges along open water flats, some very shallow, some in 10 feet of water are the primary targets. Jerk baits, frogs, and soft plastics are the best baits.
Numbers are greater than the previous week.Smallmouth Bass: Soft plastics, jigs used in the tailwater areas will be the best combination. Just a few being caught.
Crappie: Minnows, jigs. Fish bluff walls in current areas, docks with drops underneath, and submerged brush. Brush target depths should be in the 10 to 16 feet range. Some anglers are just greasing the pan and others are filling the freezer.
Striped bass: Jigs, shad, topwater lures and spoons in the tailwaters. Some stripers are headed downstream.
Bluegill: Drifters in the upper river, anglers close to bluff walls and crappie anglers are catching a lot of bluegill. Worms and small jigs are being for bait used most often.
Sauger: A few are being caught. Most are being caught by anglers fishing for other species using a variety of baits. There may not be enough there to sauger fish yet.
Walleye: A few reported fish are being caught by those targeting other species. No observations.
Catfish: Shad is the best bait. Drifters are catching plenty.
Dale Hollow: Fishing is good. Water temperature is 66; lake is falling.
Bass: Lots of bass are being caught on Alabama rigs while fishing near schooling shad on drops.
Crappie: Several crappie are being caught on the rivers around laydown brush in 15-to-20 feet of water on minnows.
Bluegill: Several bluegill and shellcrackers are being caught on nightcrawlers around grass in 10 feet of water.
Great Falls: Fishing is slow. Water level is extremely low; water temperature is 66 degrees.
Bass: A few bass are being caught on topwater baits around laydown trees.
Crappie: A few crappie are being caught on jigs and minnows around falling trees.
Musky: A few musky are being caught on large jerk baits around standing timber.
Watts Bar: Reservoir Conditions: Summer normal elevation: 740.5 feet. Winter normal elevation: 736.0 feet. Current elevation: 740.5 feet. The water surface temperature went into the 50’s.
Largemouth Bass: Several anglers were interviewed in the past week from Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Success rates were low. None caught enough to suggest a pattern. Some schooling fish were caught by Kingston anglers according to reports while using topwater lures.
Smallmouth Bass: Slow conditions exist for most anglers.
Walleye: Reports of a few fish being caught. No observations. All reported fish being caught were in the tailwater areas.
Sauger: A slight number of fish are being caught by those using jigs along the bottom. Most of the sauger being caught were caught by those targeting crappie.
Crappie: Slow for many anglers. Most struggle to get more than 6 or 7 fish. Dock fishing isn’t happening in most areas. Look for submerged brush in 16 feet of water and use jigs or minnows.
Catfish: Meaty baits with shad being the best. Open water drifters in the river are catching several fish.
Striped bass: Tailwater anglers are catching just a few. jigs and shad are the best baits. Most stripers are believed to be headed downstream from the tailwaters.