U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’
Tailwater Security Measures
NOTE: Security measures, and the
complete closing of tailwater access at all U.S. Army Corps of
Engineer sites, is subject to change without notice, depending
upon the international situation.
NOTICE
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Kentucky
LAKE BARKLEY -- Security measures do
not affect access to the tailwater.
LAKE CUMBERLAND -- Security measures
do not affect access to the tailwater.
LAUREL RIVER LAKE -- Security
measures do not affect access to the tailwater.
MARTINS FORK LAKE -- The road to
the top of the dam and overlook has been blocked and
vehicle access is prohibited. The fenced area at the tailwaters area is still posted "No Trespassing" and
pedestrian access is prohibited. The Handicapped
Fishing Area below the dam on the right descending bank
is open to the public and the entire left descending
bank is open to the public. The parking areas below the
dam remain open.
Tennessee
CHEATHAM LAKE -- The lock area is not
accessible to visitors by land at this time. Lock is open to
all to pass through in a vessel. Access to the tailwater
portion of the Right Bank Recreation Area will remain
open until further notice. Visitors are able to access
the boat ramp, shelters, playground and park.
OLD HICKORY LAKE -- Rockland Recreation
Area remains open to vehicle and pedestrian traffic,
except for the overlook area which is inaccessible. The
Old Hickory Nature Trail and the left bank tailwater
area, including the launching ramp, and the recently
constructed handicapped accessible fishing platform are
also open.
J. PERCY PRIEST LAKE -- The tailwater access
road west of the dam remains open sunrise to sunset; the
tailwater access road east of the dam and the road
across the dam are open.
CENTER HILL LAKE -- Access to the
Long Branch camping area and the nearby tailwater
remains open, as well as the access road to the opposite
side of the tailwater, west of the dam. Long
Branch camping area closed Oct. 31st, but the
tailwater access remains open.
CORDELL HULL LAKE -- The tailwater
access and nearby parking areas remain open. Vehicle
access to the dam is barricaded.
DALE HOLLOW LAKE-- The County Road
across the dam, "wing wall" fishing area, and tailwater
boat ramp below the dam remain open.
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Tennessee’s 12-Month Fishing
Calendar
“Planning
where to go for the best in Tennessee fishing is like getting
paid to eat candy,” says author and fisherman Vernon Summerlin
in his Tennessee Sportsman article, “Tennessee
12-month Angling Planner”. “Like a candy store,” says
Summerlin, “Tennessee’s variety of fishing makes anglers
drool.”
JANUARY
Smallmouth -- Upper Center Hill Lake Tips: Cast
to the bluffs and slowly swim 1/9 ounce leadheads with a white
or chartreuse curlytail after letting it fall about 10 feet.
Smallmouth & Walleye -- Watauga Lake
Crappie -- Bedford Lake
FEBRUARY
Cherokee Bass -- Boone Lake Tips: During the
day, fishing the midsection of the lake. Start casting at the
mouths of the feeder creeks and work the shallows with a slow
retrieve.
Walleye -- Tims Ford
Smallmouth -- Norris Lake
MARCH
True Bass -- Pickwick Tailwaters Tips: Troll
crankbaits with the current from the dam downstream for 500
yards. For more fun, troll streamers on a flyrod from
downriggers.
Crappie -- Reelfoot Lake
Largemouth Bass -- J. Percy Priest Lake
APRIL
Crappie -- Kentucky Lake
Tips: Use a strong pole with a 14-pound-test line and
light wire, No. 1 hook. Stout line will bend your hook and
pull free. Pliers will reshape your hook.
Smallmouth Bass -- Dale Hollow Lake
Largemouth Bass -- Williamsport Lake
MAY
Largemouth Bass -- Cumberland River Tips:
Experts suggest using mono instead of braided line because
mono catches more fish when identical cranks are trolled.
They think it may be the different sounds the mono makes.
Bream -- Kentucky Lake.
Cherokee Bass -- Cherokee Lake.
JUNE
Black Bass -- Nickajack Lake Tips: Look for
the rocky valleys and ridges of the river bottom for
smallmouth in June, using electronics to help find and pattern
fish on structure.
Bream -- Browns Creek Lake
Rainbow Trout -- Chilhowee Lake
JULY
Catfish -- French Broad River Tips: Fish in
deep holes and along channel drops. If you don’t get a bite
within 20 minutes, move. It doesn’t take long for cats to
smell and find your offering.
Smallmouth Bass -- Dale Hollow Lake
Striper -- Old Hickory Lake
AUGUST
Striper -- Old Hickory Tailwaters Tips:
Drift 5-inch skipjack on a 3/0-circle hook on a three-way or
Carolina rig from the boils down stream to the boat ramp. The
current will determine how much weight you need.
Largemouth Bass -- Herb Parsons Lake
Largemouth Bass -- Watts Bar Lake
SEPTEMBER
Smallmouth Bass -- Watauga Lake
Tips: Above Butler Bridge, vertically jig brightly
colored spoons over humps that have steep and gentle slopes or
creek channels beside them.
Rainbow Trout -- Holsten River
Smallmouth River -- Nolichucky River
OCTOBER
Blue Catfish -- Cumberland & Tennessee Rivers
Tips: Drift the edge of a drop with night crawlers on a
three-way rig from a creek mouth downstream 100 yards, or
anchor and set rods with worms or cut bait.
Wild Trout -- Smoky Mountain Streams
Crappie -- Normandy Lake
NOVEMBER
Largemouth Bass -- Reelfoot Lake Tips: There
must be some baitfish activity in the area for bass to be
active. Find the bait and cast a spinnerbait, covering all
breaks and cuts in the vegetation.
Muskies -- Great Falls Lake
Crappie -- Chickamauga Lake
DECEMBER
Crappie -- Lake Barkley Tips: Begin fishing
with 1/8-ounce chartreuse jigs in the lock and drift with the
current downstream. Once you find crappie, fish similar cover
and/or structure.
Smallmouth Bass -- Fort Loudoun Lake
Sauger -- Melton Hill Lake
Used by
permission of author. Vernon Summerlin is the co-author with
Doug Markham of The Compleat Tennessee Angler,
available autographed, post-paid from Vernon Summerlin, 5550
Boy Scout Road, Franklin, TN 37064
Old Hickory, Percy Priest also a Mecca for
anglers
From the
Clarksville, Tenn., Leaf Chronicle by Owen Schroeder
Fishing Talks Forum
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discuss their craft
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