Smyrna, TN Fishing Report 8/30/2014 [Bank Fishing - Multiple Locations]
TL;DR Summary: Only caught one fish but it was pretty good size. Saw some monsters at an unexpected location, in which I wasn't sure there were any fish at all. Will be returning there to see if I can have any luck...!
Started out at 4:30 AM at Fate Sanders Recreation Area. It was too dark to do much of anything or see anything. Didn't get a single bite here.
5:30 to 7:00 AM at Fate Sanders Marina. Hooked 3, caught 1 (largemouth?) on a Zara Spook. 3.5 lbs (see attached image).
7:15 to 8:30 at Stewart's Ferry Boat Ramp: Not a single bite. This area seems to be heavily overfished. I never catch anything here, it seems. I DO lose a lot of lures there, though.
8:45 to 11:30 AM at Sharp Springs Recreation Area (EA Shelter Lake): I didn't catch anything here, but I did hook a few. Also, I saw some of the BIGGEST fish I've ever seen while fishing in this lake. It's hard to tell, but I believe some of these were Largemouth Bass. There's a small path just to the right of the dock...take it back into the trees. The water is VERY shallow back here. So shallow that you can see the fins sticking out of the water in some cases. There were lots of huge fish feeding on smaller fish in this area. It was tough to maneuver any type of bait back in here, so I managed to just "plunk it down in front of the fish" a couple of times, and they would hit it.
Unfortunately, I couldn't land any of them, but I will be going back here again soon to try to see if I can catch any of these monsters. Anyone ever have any luck here?
11:45 to 12:45 PM at Jefferson Pike Recreation Area: No luck. Not even the first hit--at this point, I think it was too warm, and this area is too shallow.
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