Tennessee fishing 2024
Flatrock reply :
Where are all the Tenn guys and where do you fish or where are you at... ?
I'm just east of Nashville
TnRiver46 reply :
I'm in Knoxville. I'll fish about anywhere, last time I was out your way I fished the caney fork river and center hill lake in late August. Got trout below the dam and bass above it
roadwarrior reply :
Mostly Pickwick and Kentucky Lake.
Flatrock reply :
Glad to see there are at least a couple other guys here from the hood 
TnRiver46 reply :
There’s quite a few members in Tennessee. @Tennessee Boy, @Oregon Native, @BassNJake Just to name a few
Tennessee Boy reply :
I fish mostly Kentucky Lake and occasionally other middle Tennessee lakes like Old Hickory. I've promised myself I'm gonna head east more to Center Hill and maybe Dale Hollow. I need to get out of my comfort zone more. KY Lake will always be my favorite.
roadwarrior reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 5:22 AM, TnRiver46 said:There’s quite a few members in Tennessee. @Tennessee Boy, @Oregon Native, @BassNJake Just to name a few
Me, too!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 7:18 AM, roadwarrior said:Me, too!
I left you out since you had already chimed in haha. If you need to know about big smallies in north Alabama/west tn, @roadwarrior is the authority.
BoatSquirrel reply :
If you need to know how NOT to catch many bass this time of year on Priest, Woods, or Normandy, I am your man. I enjoy Lewis Smith in AL also.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 6:35 AM, Tennessee Boy said:I fish mostly Kentucky Lake and occasionally other middle Tennessee lakes like Old Hickory. I've promised myself I'm gonna head east more to Center Hill and maybe Dale Hollow. I need to get out of my comfort zone more. KY Lake will always be my favorite.
A man could spend a lifetime picking apart ky lake and still never fish it all
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 12:39 PM, TnRiver46 said:A man could spend a lifetime picking apart ky lake and still never fish it all
Ain't that the truth. I think you could spend a lifetime picking apart a 10 mile stretch of KY lake. There's so much interesting structure to explore.
BassNJake reply :
I live in Eat TN right by Norris Lake.
If I leave Norris, I'll fish Cherokee, Douglas and/or Chickamauga.
I'm originally a Northerner, but now I'd never go back.
Bill Cremeans reply :
Is the last week of March a good time to fish Dale Hollow? It's my first time.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/15/2019 at 12:23 AM, Bill Cremeans said:Is the last week of March a good time to fish Dale Hollow? It's my first time.
I would say it's as good a time as any. That lake is super tough but can be rewarding. Or so they say
volzfan59 reply :
I mainly fish Norris, Cherokee and Douglas when lake fishing. Prefer fishing the Holston, French Broad and Upper Clinch. When we lived in Nashville, I fished Priest, Old Hickory, Center Hill, the Stones River and Caney Fork.
TnRiver46, we gave to meet up some day.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/15/2019 at 10:43 AM, volzfan59 said:I mainly fish Norris, Cherokee and Douglas when lake fishing. Prefer fishing the Holston, French Broad and Upper Clinch. When we lived in Nashville, I fished Priest, Old Hickory, Center Hill, the Stones River and Caney Fork.
TnRiver46, we gave to meet up some day.
That's for sure, sounds like we probably already have if you fish all those areas hahaha. I have a camo 18 ft center console with 50 Merc and a small semi v with a mud motor for the shallow water. And a canoe and a couple kayaks....... Ive got a problem......
Oregon Native reply :
Well...I can look a ways off and see the Hill which I hear is everyone’s lake not to like but...it sure gets hit. I like it...especially in winter. But also Norris,chic,Cumberland,louden,Watts,Cherokee and last but not least....Douglas. Living the dream
Devan reply :
From middle Tennessee fish Dale Hollow the most and occasionally Cordell Hull and barren River
volzfan59 reply :
On 1/16/2019 at 8:58 PM, Oregon Native said:Well...I can look a ways off and see the Hill which I hear is everyone’s lake not to like but...it sure gets hit. I like it...especially in winter. But also Norris,chic,Cumberland,louden,Watts,Cherokee and last but not least....Douglas. Living the dream
I grew up on Melton Hill, Bull Run Creek to be exact. Haven't fished it in several years however, that's why I didn't list it. Great lake!
Lasher reply :
I'm in Western North Carolina and fish Douglas, Cherokee, South Holston (River and Res) and Tellico/Ft Loudon. Got a new 19ft Triton and happy to meet up with people
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/18/2019 at 12:07 AM, Lasher said:I'm in Western North Carolina and fish Douglas, Cherokee, South Holston (River and Res) and Tellico/Ft Loudon. Got a new 19ft Triton and happy to meet up with people
Fontana????
Lasher reply :
On 1/18/2019 at 10:50 AM, TnRiver46 said:Fontana????
Yes, I have started having better days again on Fontana, it had not been good to me previously.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/22/2019 at 3:39 AM, Lasher said:Yes, I have started having better days again on Fontana, it had not been good to me previously.
Cool. I love that lake
Oregon Native reply :
East Tennessee is sooo soo awesome.
bayvalle reply :
On 1/14/2019 at 10:53 PM, BassNJake said:I live in Eat TN right by Norris Lake.
If I leave Norris, I'll fish Cherokee, Douglas and/or Chickamauga.
I'm originally a Northerner, but now I'd never go back.
Same Tn lakes for me. I have a place on Norris but it's up for sale so I can be closer to my grandkids. Love TN
BassNJake reply :
On 1/17/2019 at 10:44 AM, volzfan59 said:I grew up on Melton Hill, Bull Run Creek to be exact. Haven't fished it in several years however, that's why I didn't list it. Great lake!
I drive by that Bull Run Creek area everyday on my way to work.
It looks great and several times a year the gulls will be smashing the baitfish near the bridges.
I've seen them up by the railroad bridge and also down by the narrow bridge by the park.
volzfan59 reply :
On 1/29/2019 at 12:08 AM, BassNJake said:I drive by that Bull Run Creek area everyday on my way to work.
It looks great and several times a year the gulls will be smashing the baitfish near the bridges.
I've seen them up by the railroad bridge and also down by the narrow bridge by the park.
We used to dive off of the bridge at the park. Couldn't pay me to do it now.
Oregon Native reply :
We moved to E Tennessee to be with grandkids from Oregon....so glad our kids picked Knoxville.
TomSawyee reply :
I'm just east of Nashville too. Near Gallatin. I don't have a boat so I mostly bank fish, but that doesn't go well I'm the winter.
StrokerFishing reply :
I'm in Mascot, far east side of Knoxville, I grow up in West Knoxville and mostly fish, Ft Loudon, Melton Hill, Holston and French Broad rivers.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/11/2019 at 2:12 PM, StrokerFishing said:I'm in Mascot, far east side of Knoxville, I grow up in West Knoxville and mostly fish, Ft Loudon, Melton Hill, Holston and French Broad rivers.
I loooove fishing through mascot . We used to drop canoes in at Clift Rd and float to Asheville highway before there was a ramp at the bridge. Tough drag up that hill!
I used to launch my shallow boat there but broke a trailer wheel.
smr913 reply :
I'm in west Nashville and in the warmer months can be found almost daily on the Harpeth River. I sometimes go down to Tims Ford, but I am not quite as comfortable fishing from a kayak on a lake as I am a river. One of these days I'll pick up a used bass boat and get out on some new water.
Oregon Native reply :
On 1/29/2019 at 3:08 AM, volzfan59 said:We used to dive off of the bridge at the park. Couldn't pay me to do it now.
Oh my.....did that back in Oregon...but our rivers were clear with no snakes either. You were a brave laddie.......
volzfan59 reply :
On 4/9/2019 at 7:02 PM, Oregon Native said:Oh my.....did that back in Oregon...but our rivers were clear with no snakes either. You were a brave laddie.......
Either brave, or extremely stupid. While I was away in the Army, one if my close childhood friends dove off of that stupid bridge, got caught up in barbed wire fence and drown. None of us ever knew that fencing was down there, of coarse none of us ever "dove in" head first. We usually just jumped.
Flatrock reply :
As kids we thought we were invincible. If ya never did anything stupid when you were young, then you had a boring life..
Josh Gann reply :
Live in Jefferson city , 5 minutes from Cherokee an 15 minutes from Douglas. 35 minutes from ft Loudon but I'd rather take a beating as to fish that lake to be honest. It's hard for me to not go to Cherokee with it so close, but trying to hit some new water this year . May check out south holston, an of course would love to hit chic. We're definitely blessed with great bassin in the volunteer State GBO
Big Mike in Fl reply :
Does anyone fish Boone lake? My inlaws live in Jonesboro right around the corner from there, and I’ll be visiting in July. Looking for any info/pointers. I’ll probably be shorebound, I drove by the dam and along the area near the tricities airport, looked like a few small places to stop at. Just curious what my best bets might be for that area?
Oregon Native reply :
On 4/13/2019 at 9:58 PM, Josh Gann said:Live in Jefferson city , 5 minutes from Cherokee an 15 minutes from Douglas. 35 minutes from ft Loudon but I'd rather take a beating as to fish that lake to be honest. It's hard for me to not go to Cherokee with it so close, but trying to hit some new water this year . May check out south holston, an of course would love to hit chic. We're definitely blessed with great bassin in the volunteer State GBO
South Holston..... amazing smallie fishery
crawfishNC reply :
I live in Weaverville, NC & routinely fish the Nolichucky Erwin area mostly & Pigeon around New Port. Pigeon has been good with all the rain last year since it dam controlled so fished it more than others last year in particular
Would love to try South Holston ( other than trout) sometime!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 4/21/2019 at 6:41 PM, Big Mike in Fl said:Does anyone fish Boone lake? My inlaws live in Jonesboro right around the corner from there, and I’ll be visiting in July. Looking for any info/pointers. I’ll probably be shorebound, I drove by the dam and along the area near the tricities airport, looked like a few small places to stop at. Just curious what my best bets might be for that area?
I’ve never fished it but the dam is leaking so they have it waaaaaaay down. This will work to your advantage as a bank fisherman, you could be able to walk around most of where the lake used to be and cast. There are a lot of largemouth, smallmouth, hybrid, and stripers in Boone, also some monstrous brown trout
Big Mike in Fl reply :
On 4/22/2019 at 7:56 PM, TnRiver46 said:I’ve never fished it but the dam is leaking so they have it waaaaaaay down. This will work to your advantage as a bank fisherman, you could be able to walk around most of where the lake used to be and cast. There are a lot of largemouth, smallmouth, hybrid, and stripers in Boone, also some monstrous brown trout
I saw that when I was there at Christmas time, wasn’t sure if that was a seasonal thing or what. Any suggestions on gear to bring and throw for that time of year in that area? Senkos worms and jigs?
RealtreeByGod reply :
Fished Chickamauga last week for about 15 hours over 4 days, picked apart 3 different coves and about a hundred yards worth of main-lake shoreline with a wacky rigged senko and a t-rigged lizard, and didn't catch dick for largemouth. Managed to get a handful of keeper crappies, a bunch of bluegill, a few dink catfish, and a spot though. Also had a big blue cat snap 20lb braid while landing, which was fun.
Nick B reply :
Hey, I live in Sparta, fish Center Hill a lot. Fished Dale Hollow and Great Falls. I am going to start club fishing this year. Cordell Hull is on the schedule. Any one have any info on Cordell Hull?
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/25/2020 at 3:29 AM, Nick B said:Hey, I live in Sparta, fish Center Hill a lot. Fished Dale Hollow and Great Falls. I am going to start club fishing this year. Cordell Hull is on the schedule. Any one have any info on Cordell Hull?
Sorry I have nothing. Never even laid eyes on it
Tennessee Boy reply :
On 1/25/2020 at 3:29 AM, Nick B said:Hey, I live in Sparta, fish Center Hill a lot. Fished Dale Hollow and Great Falls. I am going to start club fishing this year. Cordell Hull is on the schedule. Any one have any info on Cordell Hull?
Same here. I've never known anyone who has fished Cordell Hull. It's a big lake, I've always wondered about it but never been there.
BoatSquirrel reply :
I fish the Cumberland through Nashville but never Cordell. Be mindful of water generation as TVA absolutely rips the current on that river. Its unfishable 6 months out of the year the current is so strong. Pulling 33K CFS this evening. Thats nearly whitewater.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 1/25/2020 at 7:19 AM, BoatSquirrel said:I fish the Cumberland through Nashville but never Cordell. Be mindful of water generation as TVA absolutely rips the current on that river. Its unfishable 6 months out of the year the current is so strong. Pulling 33K CFS this evening. Thats nearly whitewater.
Sounds like a white bass party!
galyonj reply :
On 1/18/2019 at 10:50 AM, TnRiver46 said:Fontana????
On 1/22/2019 at 3:39 AM, Lasher said:Yes, I have started having better days again on Fontana, it had not been good to me previously.
On 1/22/2019 at 3:41 AM, TnRiver46 said:Cool. I love that lake
Beautiful lake. I've never had the chance to fish it, though. Always too busy playing with the dragon.
I'm in Knoxville, as you can see. Usually fish Ft Loudon or little waters fed by it.
rodandreel2010 reply :
I'm up in the east TN corner. Johnson City. I fish mainly south holston river, lake, watauga river, lake, boone, Cherokee, and douglas. Hoping to hit the pigeon a few times this year to try it out. I fish from a yak the majority of the time. If anyone would want to tag along some time just let me know!
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/3/2020 at 1:07 PM, rodandreel2010 said:I'm up in the east TN corner. Johnson City. I fish mainly south holston river, lake, watauga river, lake, boone, Cherokee, and douglas. Hoping to hit the pigeon a few times this year to try it out. I fish from a yak the majority of the time. If anyone would want to tag along some time just let me know!
I’m down! Do you fish watauga lake? Might be dodgy in a yak but it’s full of monsters
Flatrock reply :
Sorry, just now seen this thread... I live near Cordell, only fished it once... I's say its fishable. I usually fish below the dam for cats but never done any good. I usually fish CH myself.. love the lake.
JoePhish reply :
I'll chime in too, I guess.
Moved to Maryville 5 and a half years ago by way of South Florida and Long Island. I'm a kayak fisherman. When I moved here I found it to be the least expensive way to get on the water (besides bank fishing). I also have a bass boat that needs electronics, new seats and probably a new carb. So, it just sits there taking up space. I fish mainly on Loudoun because it's close. I sometimes venture out to other lakes though. I'd like to float some rivers in the near future.
Weewolf reply :
Anyone in the middle Tn area have any idea where to get a new axle for a trailer? Or if anyone that is capable of fixing a boat trailer with a broken axle?
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/16/2020 at 1:17 PM, Weewolf said:Anyone in the middle Tn area have any idea where to get a new axle for a trailer? Or if anyone that is capable of fixing a boat trailer with a broken axle?
They have axles at places like tractor supply and northern tool and equipment. Also anywhere that works on semi trailers can do all the work for you. There’s a lot around Knoxville with the word “trailer “ in the name of their company
Tennessee Boy reply :
This the only trailer dealer I’m aware of. They say on their web site that they do not stock boat trailer part but can order the most generic boat trailer parts. If you don’t find a better option you could give them a call. They might be able to help or point you in the right direction. They are just minutes from Old Hickory Lake so I’m sure you would not be the first boater to contact them.
http://bjtrailers.com
rodandreel2010 reply :
On 2/7/2020 at 7:36 AM, TnRiver46 said:I’m down! Do you fish watauga lake? Might be dodgy in a yak but it’s full of monsters
Yeah I fish watauga. It's just gotta pick your spots that you launch from due to how big it is. Lol. With a boat it's an awesome lake.
Patrick Reif reply :
My wife and I are heading to Chickamauga this October. I'm super excited about this trip. It will be my first Tn trip.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 2/23/2020 at 1:45 PM, Patrick Reif said:My wife and I are heading to Chickamauga this October. I'm super excited about this trip. It will be my first Tn trip.
Be forewarned, it’s shallow and one of the most crowded fishing holes in the USA. Loaded with monster fish but they are smart
Jermination reply :
On 2/23/2020 at 5:09 PM, TnRiver46 said:Be forewarned, it’s shallow and one of the most crowded fishing holes in the USA. Loaded with monster fish but they are smart
October is my favorite month to fish that lake, it's been known to produce 11 lbers on a booyah poppin pad crasher ????
buzzbaiter83 reply :
Norris, Cherokee, & Douglas for me. Occasionally I get to Chick and Watts Bar but most for crappie or frog fishing in the fall.
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