it amazes me where ive caught some of those fish. Some have been DEEP, like over 50ft. I would think with the river being of some shade of stained color all the time, and cold in the winter like this, i guess i never would have figured them fish to be that deep. Ive caught walleyes in 70ft before, but that was mid summer, high skies and super clear water.
Not all the fish i have caught have been square on bottom either, some have been 5-7ft off bottom. they like the jig just tickling the bottom or they wont bite, but they will drill a blade bait snapped 12-16" off bottom. Pretty interesting.
I i had an experience similar to yours Alpha below Old Hickory dam about 10 years ago, minus the light in the water. The fish were tight to the rip rap and were packed within the lock area, those fish would chase your bait to the very very waters edge, so much so they would splash the surface right before you pulled your lure out.
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