Lake Chicamaga Bass Fishing

[BigFish66]

Hey everybody! I am new to this forum and I am fishing Lake Chicamaga for the first time come first week of November I will be going on a three day trip and am driving about 4 hours and am staying in Dayton, TN. I just was wondering if some of you anglers out there could give me some tips, hints or even pontential spots that might be on this time of year. Going in i am hoping to do some grass fishing with a frog on some of the grass mats down there but am not sure if this is what I should be focused on for the beginning of October. Again it's my first time down there and any advice would be helpful. Thanks

[Oregon Native]

You mention first week of November and then October...?  Both dates will probably get you into some grass fishing.  Water should be down and more exposed.

[BigFish66]

I apologize for the confusion it's the first week of November that I'll be going. Thanks for the help. Any advice is huge right now

[BigFish66]

I have heard on lake Chickamaga that they only stock the Florida strain bass near the d**n....Does anybody know this to be true?

Just now, BigFish66 said:

I have heard on lake Chickamaga that they only stock the Florida strain bass near the dam...Does anybody know this to be true?

 

[BassNJake]

I saw that there was a study and all the large fish they tested were a mix of northern and florida strain bass.

Here is a sample of what was in the article and a link to the site where the article was posted.

 

Largemouth bass collections by TWRA fish crews in 2010 and again in 2012 indicated the successful integration of Florida bass, the southern strain of largemouth, into the lake’s largemouth population. This past spring, the agency removed genetic samples from 50 trophy-sized largemouth bass caught by local anglers and tournament competitors.

Nearly all the fish were either a hybrid where the southern strain of fish had crossed with Tennessee’s native northern bass; or they were later generations of largemouth known by biologists as backcrosses.

None of the trophy fish from 2013, many eight pounds or larger, were the pure southern or northern strain of bass.

“We are excited about the results of the Chickamauga Lake Florida Bass Project,” said Wilson. “Our original goal was to increase the percentage of Florida bass genes to 15 percent and it is currently about 45 percent, but more importantly these stockings have led to a significant increase in the number of larger bass in the lake.”

Wilson credited local anglers and bass tournament directors for their participation in the TWRA study and their desire to see a trophy bass fishery on a lake where reservoir conditions have also likely helped produce headline-making catches from Chickamauga.

Of the 50 angler-caught largemouth sampled this year, 75 percent were hybrids and 25 percent were backcrosses, according to TWRA Reservoir Biologist Mike Jolley. Jolley headed all of the studies on Chickamauga.

 

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