Cheatam Dam this weekend

[brewer88]

Fished it two days, did ok. Caught 3 or 4 catfish each day and 1 striper, 1 hybrid and 1 whitebass on sunday. Both days i was out at sunrise, was nice and cool haha. Flow was about 21K CFS so not too bad. Lots of boats out there. A couple of boats were just hauling in the little catfish, i think on chicken liver right in the main current. Talked to a guy who caught a few hybrids on a swim bait up near the dam and by the lock. I was using mostly live skipjack.

The pic is of the striper(top) and hybrid (bottom). Please correct me if I miss IDed these!

[Alphahawk]

Congrats on your catch.


Regards

[agelesssone]

No mistake, you got'em right.
Pretty healthy lookin hybrid there.
Well, not too healthy right there, he looks kinda dead right there.
But was sure healthy before he was caught!

[brewer88]

lol yeah merv they were healthy....and tasty lol. fun to catch too. im excited to start learning how to catch them

and thanks alpha, i think it was you who told me that white bass were good eating? The stripes/whites were a hit at the dinner party we hosted so thanks for that tip!

[TnCreekMaster]

Yellows are the best tasting and no limit

[agelesssone]

Yup, yellows are great eating.
And there are some nice ones in JPP.
One morning I caught three at once in the castnet. Each fish was about 12 inches long.
Too bad I was looking for shad that morning, otherwise, I'd have anchor locked on that spot and dropped a small spoon down to them.

[XxthejuicexX]

I've never caught a yellow worth keeping. Did someone put those in Priest years back? Growing up fishing the lake I don't remember them being in there.

[jad2t]

Nice fish! Yellow Bass are great tasting but the problem is most of them are too small to be worth the work of filleting. I like all the striped species of bass. Whites, Hybrids, Striped, and Yellow are all great table fare.