| Tennessee Bass fishing is going to be its best this | | | | go up by the Pigeon Forge. |
| year at Dale Hollow, Tims Ford, South Holston and | | | | To recap these places, the Little Pigeon River, has |
| Pickwick reservoirs. The smallmouth bass fishing at | | | | good fishing around the Pigeon Forge. The Buffalo |
| Dale Hollow is going to provide some high catch rates | | | | River has a great fishing near Linden. The Pigeon River |
| and some fine fish. There are some regulations in | | | | has great bass fishing by the French Broad River. The |
| place for smallmouth bass fishing, but this has resulted | | | | marina by Tims Ford Lake is a great place to start |
| in some nice trophy size fish. | | | | some smallmouth bass fishing. The smallmouth bass in |
| Anglers have said that fishing at night with jigs and | | | | Norris Lake is good around the Hickory Star Marina. |
| spinnerbaits is the best time to catch smallmouth bass. | | | | Fishing at Dale Hollow Lake is good around Horse |
| You get away with using a four-pound test line and | | | | Creek Dock. With all these places to go fishing in |
| catch some nice sized fish. It is all of the presentation | | | | Tennessee you cannot go wrong. You are going to |
| at Dale Hollow. | | | | have a great time fishing for smallmouth mouth bass. |
| South Holston Lake is like a small, Dale Hollow. During | | | | If you are looking for some largemouth bass in |
| the winter, you can catch a smallmouth bass on a | | | | Tennessee, you can look around Cumberland and |
| float-n-fly or a jigging spoon. It is not unusual to catch a | | | | Obey. The fishing for largemouth bass on Obey River |
| fish over twenty-five pounds of this lake. Ifyou are | | | | is the best by the dam located by Dale Hollow. This |
| fishing this lake at night, you can use to grub and jig to | | | | area is great between June and September. One |
| catch plenty of bass. Tims Ford and Pickwick are | | | | place to start is the Franklin Creek area. Identify the |
| coming along just nicely for smallmouth bass fishing. | | | | largemouth bass near the channel drops, and by the |
| They do have regulations for minimum size, but it is | | | | weed beds. You will find the larger fish, right after sun |
| working very well. These are just a few places in | | | | up by the shade areas on the water. Just use a green, |
| Tennessee that bass fishing is excellent for the most | | | | black and blue or a brown jig with your favorite bait, |
| part. You can go just about anywhere in Tennessee | | | | and you are ready to go. |
| and have some great fishing. | | | | If you have an overcast day, use a spinnerbait near |
| A couple other ones that you might consider are | | | | the tree trunks or the timber of the water. You will find |
| Percy Priest, Center Hill, and Norris and Watts Bar | | | | a good fishing in these areas. Keep in mind that the |
| lakes. Although the smallmouths are declining in these | | | | color of spinnerbait you use is going to depend on the |
| areas, it still provides great fishing. These areas are still | | | | water conditions. Obey River is a great place to fish |
| working with the 18-inch minimum size limit for | | | | for bass. The Cumberland River has some nice size |
| smallmouth bass, which has started to improve the | | | | largemouth bass between the Cordell Hall and Old |
| fishing conditions. | | | | Hickory Lakes by Nashville. |
| If you want to do some river fishing in Tennessee for | | | | During the summer months on the Cumberland River, |
| smallmouth bass, you might try the Frank Fiss, the | | | | you can use the black and blue jig, but make sure it is |
| Pigeon River, Duck River or the Buffalo River. Although | | | | at least three fourths ounce or heavier in weight. In |
| the pigeon River seems to be little down again this | | | | these areas you need to get down into the deep |
| year, the Duck River is going to show some good | | | | weeds. If you see a lot of wood in the water, this is |
| numbers. | | | | where you want to drop your bait. |
| The Buffalo River on the other hand, is going to be a | | | | If you live in Tennessee or you are planning a fishing |
| great place to find smallmouth bass, but you will see a | | | | trip to Tennessee, these are some of the popular |
| lot of traffic as well. One popular river is the Little | | | | places for largemouth and smallmouth bass. The thing |
| Pigeon River, which is starting to make a name for | | | | is that it is not going to take a lot of skill, only patients |
| itself. You can catch some good size smallmouth bass | | | | to catch these fish. However, once you find the right |
| down by the area of the French Broad River. | | | | spot you are going to want to stay there and catch all |
| However, if you want a wade in some water, you can | | | | the fish. |