Guides Day OFF on the Lake
Posted By Kent Klewein on August 30, 2009
All of us (Eric Welch, Joel Dickey, Kent Klewein) had the day off last week, and we hit the road early in the morning to bass fish on Lake Chickamauga. The day was flat out awesome, with us landing between 65-70 bass during the day. We had to dodge some pretty nasty thunderstorms and we got plenty wet, but it was well worth it catching all of those bass.
Our reels were freshly spooled up with the NEW Fluorocarbon GAMMA Touch fishing line and it performed absolutely fantastic. GAMMA was nice enough to provide us with some sample spools to try out. Our conclusion of the new fishing line is that it casts smoother and farther than all other fluorocarbon fishing line we have previously fished. Even better was the super small line diameter and ultra-sensitivity on the 7 pound test. We compared the line diameter of the GAMMA Touch Fluorocarbon line to other brands of 6-pound test fluorocarbon (Suffix, Pline, Seaguar) and the GAMMA Touch FC was considerably smaller. It’s really rare to find fishing line of a higher pound test that has a smaller line diameter to smaller pound test line. Smaller line diameter translates into more bites. This line is off-the-chain and we recommend it to all our fellow anglers. Check the photos below of bass we landed on GAMMA Touch fluorocarbon fishing line.
Reel Job Fishing guide, Joel Dickey with a BIG Smallmouth
The bass were really working the bait and the key was fishing the right locations during generation. The generation would funnel the bait and other food where the bass were staged up ready to ambush prey in the moving water. It was really critical locating the hot spots, and RJF guide, Eric Welch had us exactly where we needed to be. One spot we must have landed 30+ bass on a stretch of bank no more than twenty yards wide. Some of those fish consisted of smallmouth bass well over 3 1/2 pounds and 20-21 inches in length.
Triple Hook-Up on Lake Chickamauga
On several occasions we had double-hook ups and here above, we show off a triple-hook up. We landed bass on a variety of rigs throughout the day. Fishing plastics that matched the size bait proved to be the ticket, however, we did land bass on a variety of plastics (Lizards, Curly-Tail Worms, Finesse Plastics). Landing sixty-five to seventy bass in August really shows the high-caliber of bass fishing Lake Chickamauga offers to anglers. It’s only going to get better as we move into the fall.
Kent Klewein with a nice Smallmouth on Lake Chickamauga
We’re excited to guide more of our clients on this special lake. We recommend booking lake trips during the week when there is less boat traffic on the lakes. For more information on our guided lake trips please click on the link below.
Lake Chickamauga Fishing Guide
RJF guide, Eric Welch on Lake Chickamauga
We left the lake that day with thumbs that looked like we took sandpaper to them. You know its been a great day when you see that. Click here to purchase or get more information on the NEW GAMMA Touch FC Line.
Capt. Kent Klewein Reel Job Fishing, LLC www.kent-klewein.com
A Bad case of BASS Thumb
Man, nice smallies. Sorry we kept ya out so late for that 4am wakeup call. Looks like a great day on the lake!
Its all good, it was well worth it getting to fish with you man. Plus, you had to put up with those heavy oars. I’m rowing the whole day next trip man.
You weren’t kidding about the epic bass fishing! Now I can’t wait to see the topwater action….
Ryan
Ryan,
You can always count on my word being the Real Deal man. I don’t waist peoples time with nonsense. Glad to hear your excited about the fall bass fishing. Lets get the trout video out of the way and then we can look at the bass side.
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