Looking at the weights the Open guys are bringing in shows just how tough the Coosa River can be. The chain of lakes on this river is so very dependent on the current it gets with the interlocking dams.
I know I’ve came home a few times this year and told my wife I might as well throw my fishing license away because I can’t even catch a limb on the bottom of the lake.
This year has taught me what we as fishermen call “grinding”, is all about. You can go for hours...and hours without a bite.
I also do believe it these fish have been hammered all spring and summer long by the influx of the COVID 19 anglers. These ramps have been pretty much filled up on a daily pattern of people not working and getting in more fishing time.
Now on some of these lakes the winter drawdown had began and it does help those lakes just below a drawdown lake because they will open the gates for a longer period of time and create a good flow/current nearer to that dam.
All in all just looking at those weights being brought in at Neely Henry makes me at least feel somewhat better knowing they are finding it super tough to catch a limit and trying to find that one kicker bass that might make a bad day a good one. I was beginning to think that I was the only one having a tough time trying to catch a fish on the Coosa River.