2021 06 11 Chickamauga Hiwassee River

[coldfront]

out friday night after work.  hoping to find some magic and some 20+ inch fish.  did not happen.  did get to see some great lightning and was able to be completely soaking wet running through a rainstorm back to the ramp.
evening started out overcast/partly cloudy with building cumulo-nimbus clouds.  80°F air temps with a light breeze out of basically the NE.  tough to really tell wind direction as the lake/channels twist/turn and wind gets re-directed depending upon orientation.
water temps up the Hiwassee arm are quite a bit cooler than main lake.  67°F - 68°F was what I saw for reading.  current was a bit variable.  when I started, Hiwassee dam was releasing around 4000 cfs but dropped after about an hour to around 40-50 cfs.  slowed the bite considerably.


caught a few short fish (one that pushed 15 inches) off a bluff end current break.  that was about it.  then the weather set in.  and then cleared up just as I got to the ramp.  But did get an absolutely stunning photo...

[Donald Garner]

CF, Congrats on the catch there.  Tks for sharing the trip and that amazing picture with us.

[Mike Cork]

Thanks for the report, love the photo!!

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