[fishermn7]

Hey guys

I need a little advice about Lake Weiss. I have fished it for crappie but have not tried for Catfish and Striper. When is a better timne to be there for either species? Are the riverine areas better than others? I do know alot of people fish near the marina cleaning stations but that seems a little too up front in a boat. Thanks for any advice!!!!


Casey
East Tn.
Not a VOL fan by the way, if that helps. LOL

 

[Whasat]

My reply might be a little late, but maybe I can help since Weiss is the only lake I fish. I am located in the Godfrees (spelling?) Island area, near where the Coosa comes into the lake. I fish primarily in a stump feild with a few deeper creak channels running through it. I have also had some good luck in the main river channel.

Go out with your depth finder and find you a shallow with a channel or two in it and do some drifting or jugging in that area. I have pulled out 4 20 pound blues and lots from 15 down to 3 or 4 pounds since your original post. As far as trophy size, well I haven't found the big one yet, but when I do I will be sure to share.

Oh and please BE CAREFUL boating on Weiss, there are lots of stobs, fence posts, rebar, and shallow stumps in the lake.

 

[catmanoneufala]

well theres onething for sure if you catch a 20 lber there bugger ones in there

 

[Evan]

I have the best luck on Weiss fishing below the Weiss dam. When they are pulling two turbines and shut down to one towards the end of the scheduled run time the big cats feed very aggressively in the eddies created by the slack water below the floodgates. As for the main lake I know that I catch decent cats from my dock off the main channel; 15-20 lbs sometimes. I normally just throw slip rigs at the drop offs. Ive caught two blues over 15 this week.