Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

Considering the complexity of catching summertime bass on highly pressured Tennessee River impoundments, Michael Wooley's winning baits at the Walmart FLW Tour event presented by Igloo Coolers on Lake Chickamauga were pretty simplistic. His win came on a Zoom Magnum Trick Worm fished on a 1/2-ounce hand-poured shaky head with a 5/0 hook as well as a 3/4-ounce Strike King football jig teamed with a Rage Lobster. Both lures were fished on 17-pound-test Seaguar fluorocarbon.

Wooley dragged his baits on a shell bed in about 13 feet of water that dropped off to a channel some 20 feet deep.

Here is a look at some of the other patterns that were working at Lake Chickamauga.