2021 07 17 Chickamauga TN River

[coldfront]

out early.  on water before the sunrise.  showers and thunderstorms in forecast might have limited some of the boat traffic.  slow day for me.  most of the places I intended to fish were covered up when I got there, so went on a 'hunt and peck' mission.  catching was sporadic today for me:  one early on a topwater off a down-current island 'tail' and one late fish off a suspending jerkbait around a caisson.
12 hours today.  almost 20 gallons of gas burned.  2 fish.  Happy for both.  One was what I was looking for.

Air temperatures at 0500:  74°F
Water Temperatures on the Hiwassee arm:  80°F  (later in day, at Watts Bar tailrace temps were 79°F).  that's about 4°F cooler than downlake at Chester Frost area from earlier this week.
Wind was out of SR.  nothing in morning, picked up to maybe 5-6 in afternoon creating a slight chop in some lake segments.
Water clarity:  clear (2-3 feet of visibility)


View as I eased out from the ramp


and again as I was 'winding' my way back to the ramp in the late afternoon.  rain that I did encounter was light and spotty.  there were some much more significant downpours in the area.  didn't get 'in' this one, but it was close enough that I could smell it.

[Capt. BassinLou]

You have such pretty views in your part of the country. I'm jealous of your outside temps right now. Add another 15-20 degrees and throw in some high humidity for  and giggles, and you have our current conditions. Its  hot!!

Thank you for sharing your report with us.

[coldfront]

lou, I've been in florida plenty of times. your views, especially at sunrise, sunset rival any found anywhere.
couple things to add:1.  cloudy days (which this was) really help accentuate greens and blues.  those trees have a small amount of auto-fluourescence... just have to have the reds/yellows filtered out (by clouds) to get them to show... and
2.  some of this is the way my samsung note 10+ 'reads' colors
after that?  it's about seeing a bit of the 'balance' of the image...

[Capt. BassinLou]

lou, I've been in florida plenty of times. your views, especially at sunrise, sunset rival any found anywhere.
couple things to add:1.  cloudy days (which this was) really help accentuate greens and blues.  those trees have a small amount of auto-fluourescence... just have to have the reds/yellows filtered out (by clouds) to get them to show... and
2.  some of this is the way my samsung note 10+ 'reads' colors
after that?  it's about seeing a bit of the 'balance' of the image...

Our views do kick ass.  My wife makes me a calendar, in which she takes my top 12 pics of the year. Sometimes I catch myself asking "who took that picture" and my wife says "dumb that's one of yours!! 

[Donald Garner]

CF, congrats on a successful outing.  Tks for sharing the trip and those Great pictures of the surrounding area.

[coldfront]

Thanks Lou.  Don.
fish are a dime a dozen.  but there are absolutely 'million-dollar views' for those who look...

[Mike Cork]

Thanks for the pictures and congrats on a nice Ibass entry

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