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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
#1773925
06/29/16 04:37 PM
06/29/16 04:37 PM
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Beadlescomb
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Old Mossy Horns
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The first thing you've got to do is get you some dam bait
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: DryFire]
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06/30/16 09:08 AM
06/30/16 09:08 AM
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jono23
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If you can catch any skipjack, use it as cut bait. Be prepared to lose lots of sinkers and hooks. Yeah....kept getting caught on stuff. Gave up after a while. Fishing was way slow today. Didn't catch anything on the catfish rig, and had no luck going after bass either.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
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06/30/16 09:28 AM
06/30/16 09:28 AM
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IDOT
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I am Cornholio
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Were the turbines running?
If you’re a common sense person, you probably don’t feel you have a home in this world right now. If you’re a Christian, you know you were never meant to.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
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06/30/16 11:04 AM
06/30/16 11:04 AM
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R_H_Clark
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If you can catch any skipjack, use it as cut bait. Be prepared to lose lots of sinkers and hooks. Yeah....kept getting caught on stuff. Gave up after a while. Fishing was way slow today. Didn't catch anything on the catfish rig, and had no luck going after bass either. When I'm fishing in heavy current with lots to hang up on the trick is to use just enough weight to get the bait down in the water but not so much that it is dragging the bottom. I'll anchor down and let my baits drift in the current behind the boat.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
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06/30/16 12:32 PM
06/30/16 12:32 PM
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jono23
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Were the turbines running? No. Which I realize factors in a great deal for that. Also, my friend (who owns the boat so he calls the shots) didn't want to get super close to the dam for very long. So I tried it other places, but I figure right up or at least pretty close is the best bet.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
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06/30/16 12:41 PM
06/30/16 12:41 PM
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R_H_Clark
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Were the turbines running? No. Which I realize factors in a great deal for that. Also, my friend (who owns the boat so he calls the shots) didn't want to get super close to the dam for very long. So I tried it other places, but I figure right up or at least pretty close is the best bet. I only fish Wheeler and Wilson but yea,right on the turbines or just below them. No turbines running = no fish.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
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06/30/16 01:05 PM
06/30/16 01:05 PM
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CD
10 point
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Use the TVA app or call (800) 238-2264 to see when the turbines are planned to run. Schedules change, so be careful. CD.
FYI, G'ville is #29 so you don't have to listen through the whole menu.
Last edited by CD; 06/30/16 01:08 PM.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
[Re: jono23]
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06/30/16 02:08 PM
06/30/16 02:08 PM
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Old Mossy Horns
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Drop-weight at the end of the line and a leader t'd off a foot or two above it. Get some night crawlers and go fish.
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Re: Tips for Dam Catfish
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06/30/16 03:02 PM
06/30/16 03:02 PM
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Buddy of mine been catching cats regular at dam. Not real sure what he's doing tho. He just sends me a pic or 2 every now and then. I been waiting for him to tell me the hybrids are biting but he hasn't. I was going to be a smartie and say get a dam pole and some dam bait etc etc. Cat guys I know all swear by skipjack. That's what the 80-pounder bit back in December when cat pro took me out.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
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