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drumking, Watts Bar tailwaters, Rockfish, March 29, 2015, Dr Phillip Gawthrop - FishNews - 04-01-2015
To heck with Crappie fishing, Rockfish are beginning to start up. Dr Phil and I made the trip up to WB tailwaters this AM and found all 5 turbines running along at a nifty 45,000&#43; CFS. It took just a few minutes before my brain kicked into gear and put us on the fish. We got there and started fishing around 8:30. They shut the turbines off at 10:00. emoBang <br /><br />The lure of choice, or what worked today was an old standby lure. My own shadhead jigs powder painted chartreuse and tipped with 5&quot; pearl Sassy Shads. The fish were in a narrow slot of eddy water adjacent to the rather rapid current. We would get about 3 casts per drift before running back up and starting all over. We landed 6 Rockfish, kept the limit of 4 and released the last two which were caught by Dr Phil. We also tallied 3 of my pets. Alabama Smallmouth for you not familiar with my pets. emoBig
<br /><br />After the turbines were shut off, we decided to run down to the discharge area and see if the crappie were doing anything. There was a boat with KY numbers on the side. Watched one of the guys catch and keep a 19&quot; Smallmouth Bass. We drifted down a little bit from them and Dr Phil thought that he was hung up on the bottom, only to have the bottom shake it head and then make the &quot;reel&quot; music that we all love to hear. emoBig It was his PB largemouth bass and lacked one ounce being 5 lbs. A beautiful bass that Mrs Drumking will thoroughly enjoy putting in the Crisco lake. Our keeper Rockfish weights were 8 lb 11 oz, 8 lb 8 oz, 6 lb 6 oz, and 5 lb 9 oz. Almost 29 lbs of Rockfish. Great eating size. <br /><br />After that, we put the boat on the trailer and rejoiced all the way back home. That is our story and we are sticking to it. emoBig emoGeezer A little pic heavy today. Finally.