Percy Priest Lake Fishing Reports

2011-10-14T19:46:00.000-07:00

Please bare with us. We will be updating our blog for fishing reports on Percy Priest Lake. Priest is one of the best year around lakes in TN and our blog will prove it. Thank you for your time and please visit WetlandOutfitters.com for more info and products.

Percy Priest Lake Fishing Reports 1-31-10

2010-02-02T09:14:00.000-08:00

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One word describes this past weeks reports, still Tuff. Stripe fishing did some what improve, but for the most part, fishing has been a little below average. This was due to the lake being frozen, then finally it thawed due to a ton of rain. Water temps did warm up, but the rain brought the lake level up 6 feet. Top all this off with 6 inches+ of snow and what do you get, still boat ramps that you can not even get into to go fishing.

It can only get better, and will if we can keep the water temps at least where there at. Good luck and good fishing!

Water Temp: 42 Degrees
Lake Level: 486.7

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 1-15-10

2010-01-18T08:48:00.000-08:00

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Two words describe this past weeks reports, Tuff & Frozen. The single digit temps we have had the last couple of weeks has frozen over a lot of the lake. You can go up in the river and its frozen all the way across. I have been fishing for over thirty years and have not seen it this bad in a couple of decades. The weather is warming up some this week and everything should improve in a week or so.

My advice, stay home. If you go, the ice may scuff up your boat or you could get a chunk of ice caught between your boat and motor and cause you to get thrown out. Play it safe and stay home till next week.

Water Temp: 35 Degrees
Lake Level: 482.79

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Percy Priest Fishing Report 1-03-10

2010-01-05T07:46:00.000-08:00

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Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been above average for the most part. With all the rain, TWRA has still been pulling the water from time to time, but for the most part it looks like is down and stabilizing.

Bass Fishing has been above average this past week. Best baits recently have been the jig & pig, crankbaits or spinnerbaits. The cold days have seemed to be the best days lately. Best depth have been from the shore line out to 12 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been normal recently with some average slabs been caught. Still kind of spotty at best, but hit it right and you can load the boat. Best baits being used are minnows & jigs fishing around 5-15 foot of water.

Catfishing Fishing has been steady lately, but will be decling soon on Percy Priest. A variety of baits are working with best depth range being from the shallows on out to 20 foot deep.

Rockfish / Hybrid Fishing has been great lately on a variety of lures, but the jig seems to be at the top of the list. Depth ranges seemed to change daily, just find the schools.

Yellow Bellies have produced great lately. You will find these close to where the crappie are, but shallower. Using the same methods.

Water Elevation: 482.5
Water Temp: 44 Degrees

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Percy Priest Fishing Report 12-13-09

2009-12-15T07:47:00.000-08:00

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Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been fair for some species and improved on others. With all the rain, TWRA is still pulling water making fishing different from day to day. You just have to go.

Bass Fishing has been fair this past week. Best baits recently have been the jig & pig or spinnerbait. Best depth have been from the shore line out to 8 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been nromal recently with some average slabs been caught. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 5-15 foot of water.

Catfishing Fishing has been improving greatly on Percy Priest. A variety of baits are working with best depth range being from the shallows on out to 20 foot deep.

Rockfish / Hybrid Fishing has slowed down but should be picking back up with in the next week or two.

Yellow Bellies have produced a little slow lately, but will pick up when TWRA quites pulling water.

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Percy Priest Fishing Report 11-8-09

2009-11-12T07:57:00.000-08:00

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Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been fair for all species. With TWRA still pulling water, fishing has been different from day to day. You just have to go.

Bass Fishing has been fair this past week. Best baits recently have been the jig & pig or spinnerbait. Best depth have been anywhere from one foot on out to 10 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been good recently with some average slabs been caught. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 10-20 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been below normal with a lot of numbers being caught early in the morning. Best baits have been the hp jerk shad and crankbaits fished in 8-15 foot of water.

Yellow Bellies have produced a little slow lately, but will pick up when TWRA quites pulling water.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 9-13-09

2009-10-15T06:16:00.000-07:00

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Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been average for all species. A lot of small keepers & not many big fish, but small keepers are better than none at all. Things will more than likely get a little tough as TWRA starts pulling the water down to winter pool soon.

Bass Fishing has been average this past week. Best baits recently have been the texaas rigged worm & spinnerbait. Best depth have been anywhere from one foot on out to 10 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been great recently with some average slabs been caught. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 10-20 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been below normal with a lot of numbers being caught early in the morning. Best baits have been the hp jerk shad and crankbaits fished in 8-15 foot of water.

Yellow Bellies have produced well lately, but from day to day. Best bait to use have been the live minnow fished in 15-20 foot of water.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 8-17-09

2009-09-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been a little spooty at best for all species. Great numbers, but not a lot of size for all species. This is mostly due to change in weather lately.

Bass Fishing has been average this past week. Best baits recently have been the plastic worm & spinnerbait. Best depth have been anywhere from one foot on out to 20 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been sluggish recently. Best method being used are trolling type baits fishing around 1-12 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been above normal with a lot of numbers & big fish being caught only at night. On the cloudy days, we have caught these fish during the early AM hours.

Yellow Bellies have produced well lately. If you find the crappie, the yellow bellies are usually close by. Best bait to use has been spoons fished in 15-25 foot of water.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 6-14-09

2009-06-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been great for most species. Great numbers & great size as a matter of fact. Most fish are in that feeding stage right before they go into the summer time pattern for good.

Bass Fishing has been gteat this past week. If you like to night fish, then prime time is here. Day time fishing has also bee good in the morning tapering off in the after noon and then turning back on at nite. Best baits recently have been the carolina rig and the crankbait in the day time. At night, let just say pick up a hook and throw it and you still can catch a fish. Its been that easy. Best depth have been anywhere from one foot on out to 15 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been above normal. Trolling and spider rigs have been great or just slip out into deeper water and find schools of crappie and load the boat up when you do find one. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 10-20 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been below normal with a lot of numbers being caught early in the morning. On the cloudy days is your best bet to go unless you go after them at nite. Best baits have been the hp jerk shad fished slow near points & ledges.

Yellow Bellies have produced well lately, but very deep for us when you do find them. Best bait to use have been the spoon fished in 10-20 foot of water.

Catfishing has been excellent lately. Great numbers and sizes all over. Jugs & trotlines have been working well using just about anything. Catch them while you can, they will be headed deep soon. Best depths have been from the shallows on out to 10 foot of water.

Water Level - 491.17

Water Temp - 82 degrees

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 5-2-09

2009-06-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been average for all species. Great numbers, but not a lot of size for all species. This is mostly due to several of the species just got through going on bed, but there are few like catfishing that are really picking up.

Bass Fishing has been average this past week. Best baits recently have been the carolina rig and a close second was the crankbait & spinnerbait. Best depth have been anywhere from one foot on out to 10 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been great recently with some big slabs been caught. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 1-12 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been above normal with a lot of numbers & big fish being caught early in the morning. On the cloudy days, we have caught these fish all the way to noon. Best baits have been the hp jerk shad and spinnerbaits fished in 4-10 foot of water.

Yellow Bellies have produced well lately. If you find the crappie, the yellow bellies are usually close by. Best bait to use have been the live minnow fished in 1-10 foot of water.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 4-12-09

2009-04-15T08:16:00.000-07:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing this past week has been tougher than usually due to some heavy rains and then several tornados on Friday. On a rating from 0-10, I would give this week a 4. Give it a couple days to settle and things should be back to normal.

Water Temp. - 54 degrees

Water Level - 488.8

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 4-5-09

2009-04-15T07:55:00.000-07:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing on Percy priest this past week has been above average for all species. Great numbers and size on all species. Local bass tournaments have been winning with a combined catch of 20-25 pounds. I apologize for not being on time with the reports. Its a tough time of year for us, due to fishing season and turkey season in full swing.

Bass Fishing has been great for some anglers that have been spending their time on the water. Best baits recently have been the hoppys spinnerbait or the hp Speedster spinnerbait, jig-n-pig when conditions have been tough, and the hp stick bait. Best depth have been anywhere from the shallows on out to 12 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been great recently with some big slabs been caught. Expect most of these fishing to spawn with in the next couple of weeks. Best baits being used are minnows & tube baits fishing around 4-12 foot of water.

Rockfish / Hybrid fishing has been above normal with a lot of numbers being caught early in the morning. On cloudy days the bite will last a couple hours longer. Best baits have been the hp jerk shad and spinnerbaits fished in 4-10 foot of water.

Yellow Bellies have produced well lately but speradic. Best baits are the spoon and live minnows. Expect these fish to be moving up over the next several days.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 3-1-09

2009-03-03T09:27:00.000-08:00

Weekly Fishing Reports for Percy Priest Lake

We will give you one new reports this week, and that is the lake level. This is due to our success was a repeat of the week before and we did not want to just duplicate last weeks reports. Good news, that means that fishing is consistant.

Lake Level - 485.57

Water Temp. - 45 Degrees

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 2-22-09

2009-03-03T08:56:00.000-08:00

Weekly Fishing Report for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing this past week has been above normal once again. Fish shallow rock banks on those sunny warm days, especially in the afternoon.

Bass Fishing has been good. The best depth to catch these fish are changing day by day due to some warmer weather. Most anglers are catching fish from the shallows on out to 20 foot of water. Best lures have been the jig & pig combination and some crankbait action on those warmer days. When the fish have backed off the hp Diamond Blade has produced some good fish.

Crappie Fishing has been great on some days and a little slower on others. Best baits have been the hair jigs or minnows fished from 4 foot -16 foot of water.

Rockfish, Hybrid Fishing has been great also, but speradic. All types of baits have been working including spoons, hp Diamond Blade, & live bait. Depth has been ranging any where from 5-20 foot of water depending on the weather on that given day.

Yellow Bellies are almost always biting good if you can find them. Right now most are deep and can be caught on spoons or live bait.

Water Temp. - 45 Degrees

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 2-15-09

2009-02-18T08:56:00.000-08:00

Weekly Fishing Report for Percy Priest Lake

Fishing this past week has been above average due to some warmer weather that had moved in. This caused the fish to move a little shallower than normal. Warm days with brite sun will get the fish to move up and stage on rock banks this time of year.

Bass Fishing has been good with the most success coming off jig & pig combination with crankbaits working well on those warm days. Most successful depth has been from the shallows on out to 15 foot of water.

Crappie Fishing has been great. Best depths have been from 4-10 foot of water with minnows and jigs. On cloudy days they tend to back off a little deeper.

Stripers fishing has been sporadic but good when found. Most success coming from 10-20 foot of water on spoons or live bait.

Trout fishing has been great due to the stocking at Nice Mill last week. Go on the week days so you do not have to fight the crowd.

Water Temp - 42 degrees

Water Level - 482.73 ft.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 2-8-09

2009-02-18T08:47:00.001-08:00

No reports this week due to working the boat show at the Nashville Fairgrounds. The word out there is that it has been the normal for the last few weeks.

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Percy Priest Lake Fishing Report 2-1-09

2009-02-03T09:21:00.000-08:00

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Fishing on Percy Priest Lake this past week has been below average for this time of year. Weather has been some what of a factor due to rain and fronts that have come through. There has been some current trying to keep the water level down to normal winter pool cause some trash and lite muddy water in some areas.

The lower end of the lake seemed to be the best areas of lake fishing jigs or spoons near points and drops.

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Percy Priest Weekly Fishing Report: 1-25-09

2009-01-27T07:04:00.000-08:00

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Fishing on Percy Priest Lake this past week has been above average for this time of year. Weather has been some what stable making fish more predictable.

Bass fishing has been good with the most success coming off of Jig & Pig combinations. Depending on the weather the fish are being taken any where from the shallows on out to 20 foot deep.

Crappie fishing has been fair to good. Minnows working best in 10-20 foot of water.

Stripe fishing has been great with the most success coming on jiggin methods in 15-30 foot of water. Yellow bellies of coarse are always the dominate one. If your catching Yellow Bellies, but after hybrid, move to another location.

Water Temp. - 42 degrees

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Percy Priest Weekly Fishing Report: 1-11-09

2009-01-19T09:16:00.000-08:00

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This week I have no new reports for you. I was busy working the boat show at the Nashville Convention Center with the Anderson Marine company. A great place if your looking for a new Skeeter, Ranger, Champion or G3 boat. I am a Skeeter man myself, but Anderson Marine does have some great deals on the Ranger 520 where they had bought out Music City Marine.

Spent some time with the TWRA guys also. If you do not know all your fishing & hunting regulations, you should have stop by and seen them. You can still give them a call or stop by their web site. http://www.state.tn.us/twra/

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Percy Priest Weekly Fishing Report: 1-4-09

2009-01-14T07:37:00.000-08:00

This past week has been some really good crappie fishing on Percy Priest Lake. A small warm front had come through and the weather had just stabilized enough to bring the crappie up for a few days. We were catching any where from 30-40 crappie per trip and about 90% of them were good ones. Several were 12" inchers and usually would get one around the 14" mark.

The catch was, you had to follow the fish. As the middle of the day approached, the crappie would be the shallowest. Your bait had to be in front of there nose too or you would not get bit. The average depth the fish were in was 4-10ft.

Temp: Hi - 58
Low - 42

Water Temp: 50

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Fishing Report - 12-23-08

2008-12-23T19:54:00.001-08:00

Success for 12-23-08

Talking about tough conditions, I fished today with John McAllister out of Alabama. Winds were 25-30mph and gusty. Boat control was a major issue and there was basically only one way to fish. You fished with rattle trap baits or you just got plenty of backlashes. Mr. McAllister managed to catch 4 bass today. Half day day trip today, but by the time I worked the trolling motor, it felt like 12hrs.

I will be off on the 24th & 25th to spend time with my kids and the 26th on a hunting guide trip. Back on the water the 27th. Good fishing!

High - 40 degrees
Water Temp - 48 degrees

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