Joel Wheelon - Fishing Reports

Douglas and Ft. Loudoun fishing reports for August.

Joel — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:17:08 +0000

Douglas Lake report:

We have had many great trips this summer on Douglas Lake, Ft Loudon, Watts Bar, Cherokee, and want to thank all of our clients this year so far.

Douglas Lake is on the winter draw down which makes for some really good fishing at night for the next couple of months. If you are intersted in a fishing trip please give us a call.

Water temp 86 degrees

Clarity; Clear

Ft. Loudon Lake Report:

Loudon and Tellico is starting to cool down with the cool nights, the water temps are averaging around 82 degrees and cooler the farther up the lake you get.

The fishing has been really good this summer due to the hot weather, that means they are generating and moving current on a regular basis. The fish are starting to school up on both Loudon and Tellico.

I hope this gives our readers some idea what the fishing is like here on our Lakes in East TN. Hope to see you on the water or give us a call to book a trip.

Thanks, Joel

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Watts Bar Fishing Report June 1, 2011

Joel — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:27:01 +0000

Watts Bar Fishing Report June 1, 2011

We had a great trip fishing for Striper. Caught 10 over 8lbs. and the biggest pushing 30 lbs

It was all top water.

Thanks Joel

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May 21st Ft. Loudoun Lake

Joel — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:54:56 +0000

May 21 Ft. Loudon Lake

Today I had the opportunity to help again with the Maryville Middle School Bass Club. I fished with Beau "Bear" and Jacob which finished 2nd and 3rd individually and won the overall boat weight. We managed to catch several bass which made it a good day. Congratulations Guys!!!! Also, a special thanks to David Clark for taking the time to continue his efforts to keep the club going.

Good Luck on the lake, Joel

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4/20/2011 Dr. Richard Taylor -- Ft. Loudoun

Joel — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:01:49 +0000

4/20/2011

A lot of fish are on the beds, which made for a slow start. We ended up catching 25 for the day mostly finesse baits. The lake had dropped about 1 1/2 which really scatters the fish out during the spawn. We had a really good time.

Thanks, Joel

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Watts Bar April 16, 2011

Joel — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:21:24 +0000

Today I had Mr. Phillip Urban and friend Doug out on Watts Bar. We had a great time with tuff weather conditions. After the 4 inches of rain the night before that put the water levels 2 feet out of the bank and dropped the water temp to 58 degrees. Most of our fish today were in the full spawn mode catching them in 6-8 feet on finesse worms. We managed to catch 15 with 6 keepers which is not a bad day considering the conditions.

Thanks and good luck fishing!

Joel

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Douglas Lake Report: July 5th, 2010

Joel — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:42:28 +0000

I had Mr. Joe Chitty from Louisiana out today and we had a great trip. Our best 5 pushing 26 lbs. All of our big fish came on crank baits before dark and caught several on finesse worms after dark. It was one of those nights were everything went right and landed all of our fish, we had 1 over 7 lbs, 2 over 6 lbs, 1 in the 4 lb range, and 3 in the 2 lb range.

The water temps was 88 degrees, slightly stained and lots of boat traffic from the holiday weekend. The outside conditions were clear, no wind, and nice warm 90 degrees when we launched at 6:00 pm. Most of the fish seems to be in the 18-20 ft. range during the day light hours and 10-15 ft. once it got dark.

I will have pictures posted soon.

Thanks! Joel

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Ft. Loudoun Fishing Report June 18th, 2010

Joel — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:37:17 +0000

The fishing has been really good for the past 3 to 4 weeks. I have been averaging 12-14 pounds in the last 6 tournaments and catching 15-30 fish a trip. This past Friday Ted Ridley and I finished 4th in a tournament and had a great time. Thanks Ted for your hard work keeping the website up to date.

We are cathcing fish lots of different ways cranking 5-12 ft drops, shaky head, flipping and some top water mostly from Concord up. The fish are still in a post spawn mode mostly susspended over the seconddary points and main channel drops on the lower end. Good luck!

Thanks

Joel Wheelon

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Douglas Lake Report May 15, 2010 (Fishers Of Men Tournament Trail)

Joel — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:25:30 +0000

My partner (Tommy Brown) and I finished 2nd with 13.82 lb. It took 14lb to win.

Water temp on the upper end running 70-72 degrees and 78 on the mid section around Dandrige.
Water clarity mostly clear, sunny and 85 degress.
We caught 15-20 keepers and managed to cull up several times.
Techniques: flipping jigs was the main deal 1-3 foot but caught the best fish of the day on the bed.
We ended the day trying to up grade by going deep around the mid lake section with c-rigs and crankbaits but only managed 2 or 3 keepers that did not help.

I practiced the lower end on May 11 and most of the big fish still seem to be trying to bed. We caught 5 limits shallow in the 12 -16 in. range with the cloud cover that day mostly on trick worm and top water. The big fish were hard to come by.

The fish are biting really well right now and have plently availability for a trip.

Thanks, Joel Wheelon

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