Fishing Tailwaters

On Feb 28, 4:16*pm, George Cleveland
wrote:
It still looks as if the early April trip to visit the MIL in
Tennessee is a go. I still plan on fishing one or more of the wadable
tailwater rivers in the general area.

George:

April is a great time to visit them. The one I am most familiar with
is the Hiawassee in the SE corner. Last time I was there (Oct) the
water level with no generator running was lower than I remembered when
I used to fish it frequently. Personally I think the best time to fish
it is on the tail end of a release when the water is starting to drop
or when they were pulsing one generator.

There's other waters to fish beyond that if you're interested. What
area of TN are you going to be near?

Wayne

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:58:47 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 28, 4:16*pm, George Cleveland
wrote:
It still looks as if the early April trip to visit the MIL in
Tennessee is a go. I still plan on fishing one or more of the wadable
tailwater rivers in the general area.

George:

April is a great time to visit them. The one I am most familiar with
is the Hiawassee in the SE corner. Last time I was there (Oct) the
water level with no generator running was lower than I remembered when
I used to fish it frequently. Personally I think the best time to fish
it is on the tail end of a release when the water is starting to drop
or when they were pulsing one generator.

There's other waters to fish beyond that if you're interested. What
area of TN are you going to be near?

Wayne


Near Crossville. I'm looking at the Clinch, since a couple of sites
refer to it as wading friendly. But I'm always open to other
suggestions.

Geo.C.

On Mar 1, 2:23*am, George Cleveland
wrote:

Near Crossville. I'm looking at the Clinch, since a couple of sites
refer to it as wading friendly. But I'm always open to other
suggestions.

I can't help you with the Clinch directly, I've done the Hiwassee,
Holston, and Watauga but never the Clinch.

Bob's advice is something I should have mentioned. I once invited
Charlie Choc to join me on the Hiwassee and mis-read the schedule and
almost got us in trouble.

Personally, I'd get up early and head to the Smoky's being that close
but the tailwaters can be fun. I'll check my TN TU maps and see if
there's anything that looks promising in the Crossville area.

Wayne

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:58:47 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 28, 4:16 pm, George Cleveland
wrote:
It still looks as if the early April trip to visit the MIL in
Tennessee is a go. I still plan on fishing one or more of the wadable
tailwater rivers in the general area.

George:

April is a great time to visit them. The one I am most familiar with
is the Hiawassee in the SE corner. Last time I was there (Oct) the
water level with no generator running was lower than I remembered when
I used to fish it frequently. Personally I think the best time to fish
it is on the tail end of a release when the water is starting to drop
or when they were pulsing one generator.

There's other waters to fish beyond that if you're interested. What
area of TN are you going to be near?

Wayne


Near Crossville. I'm looking at the Clinch, since a couple of sites
refer to it as wading friendly. But I'm always open to other
suggestions.

Geo.C.

The Clinch has takes out about as many fisherman as the bears in the Smokies
do tourists..

...extremely rapid water level rises I've heard....best get a discharge
schedule before you hit the water...

john

George Cleveland wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:58:47 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 28, 4:16 pm, George Cleveland
wrote:
It still looks as if the early April trip to visit the MIL in
Tennessee is a go. I still plan on fishing one or more of the wadable
tailwater rivers in the general area.
George:

April is a great time to visit them. The one I am most familiar with
is the Hiawassee in the SE corner. Last time I was there (Oct) the
water level with no generator running was lower than I remembered when
I used to fish it frequently. Personally I think the best time to fish
it is on the tail end of a release when the water is starting to drop
or when they were pulsing one generator.

There's other waters to fish beyond that if you're interested. What
area of TN are you going to be near?

Wayne


Near Crossville. I'm looking at the Clinch, since a couple of sites
refer to it as wading friendly. But I'm always open to other
suggestions.

Geo.C.

Caney Fork below Center Hill Res. Fish at times of non-release. Grey
bead head hares ear, 18" - 24" under a strike indicator. Start at the
boat launch at the camping area just below the dam (west side of river),
work downstream. Very heavily stocked (IIRC 10,000 fish per mile).
Easy to do 100 fish days, but nothing particularly big. There are a few
additional access points downstream including the rest area on I-40. If
you're not near the dam, watch for rapid rise in water.

Check release schedule he

http://lakeinfo.tva.gov/htbin/lakein...bmit=View+info

Its generally wading friendly when there's no release / generation.