Chickamauga: Chickamauga: The lake elevation is rising along with the surface temperature.  Bass anglers continue to catch heavyweights in nearly all areas of the lake.  Many bass over 8 pounds are being caught.  Lipless lures are being used for bait in the shallow areas.  Everyday that passes will bring more and more fish up into the shallow areas.  The larger number of fish right now seem to be holding on breaks adjacent to these shallow areas.  Many types of lures are being used in these areas.  Many anglers are on the lake and a lot of unfamiliar license plates are in the parking lots.  Crappie anglers are catching many crappie.  Some of the better fishing seems to be on the lower end of the lake.  Trolling is the most efficient and probably the easier technique for catching a lot of fish with just perfecting a few basic trolling skills such as speed management, boat control and sonar reading.  A found school of fish can become easily lost without tossing out a marker or using a GPS device.  Start trolling bays or creeks in 20 feet of water and head toward shallow water.  Scoping out the area and looking at your electronics can help narrow the search.  Some river crappie are being caught around channel or creek openings.  Catfish are being caught in main lake water while using all the typical lures associated with catching catfish.  White bass are being caught on the upper end of the lake by those using jigs along the main channel banks.  An occasional sauger is being caught.  Most anglers interested in catching sauger are focused now on crappie.

Nickajack: NO REPORT

Parksville Lake: The lake elevation was at 826.2 feet. The surface water temperature was in the upper 60‘s to lower 70‘s. White bass, crappie, spotted bass, largemouth bass, and yellow perch are the species being caught most often. The water flow was low most days last week and the day that the creel survey was conducted the barometric pressure was rising. This combination contributed to a low number of fish being caught. A few quality bass are being caught by those using crankbaits. Some crappie are being caught out from the boat ramp on the upper end of the lake. Minnows and/or jigs are being used for bait.

SOURCE: TWRA