Wheeler Lake - Browns Ferry
Time: 7:00 AM - 12:00 PMAir Temperature: 52 - 59 during trip
Water Temperature:
Lake Level: 551.74
Weather Conditions: Overcast, cool. Winds SSW 3-8 MPH.
Nick Bates and I set out today to see if we could catch some stripped bass or catfish on live bait. We put in at Cowford and set out for the Nuclear Plant. We set up with spotlock and targeted some fish with large shiners suspended off the bottom. Little to no luck. Fish had lockjaw. Managed a couple drum and this decent flathead.
We headed down toward the bluffs across from the Elk River mouth to try to mix it up. Nothing. Moved to a creek mouth and found some suspended structure and switched over to crappie. A couple bites, but no fish in the boat.
Sometimes they don't cooperate.
Highlight of the day was coming across a wrecked boat. They had a bad day...
