New to area-cookeville

[SwampDonkey]

Hello everyone! I just moved to the area of Cookeville. I am a avid outdoors-man and absolutely love to fish. Besides the city park is there anywhere else around here for bank fishing? I do have a nice boat i will take out in the spring. Looking for a place to catch a few trout possibly. I actually have the cane creek running through my back yard. Haven't tried it yet but it seems real shallow.

[jad2t]

I lived there for 3 years while finishing up at TTU and fished a lot at Cane Creek Park. I never caught any big bass in there but always caught plenty and I was bank fishing. I've heard reports of a few 7 and 8 pounders coming out of there but I do not know if they're true. I do know that sometimes I'd be fishing it as the sunset and saw some fierce feeding out in the lake out of reach. I was told by TTU's Wildlife Fisheries people that they've found Striped Bass in there and their guess is people catch them in the Caney and dump them in the lake. That lake gets stocked with Trout in the Winter and there still may be some leftover this time of year.

If you really want to do some good fishing for Trout head to the Caney Fork River. It's only about a 20 minute drive. Get a set of waders and you can walk that river for miles just pay very close attention to the generation schedule of the Center Hill Dam. DO NOT try to wade the river on high water!

[Alphahawk]

Welcome to the forum.

Regards


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[metaniumxg]

If you dont mind hiking, Cummins falls has some small mouth.

[bfish]

lots of water available for wading, get a gazetteer as every named stream in Putnam has areas that can be fished.

as far as trout streams, TWRA list all of them: http://www.tn.gov/twra/gis/Region3_Trout.html

[tcintn]

Welcome to the forum.You are very fortunate to live near a great lake for fishing,Center Hill and a great trout stream,Caney Fork below Center Hill dam.
Just follow the great advice that Jimmy gave you,especially know the generation schedule.

http://www.tva.com/river/lakeinfo/index.htm
Get you some Trout Magnets and 2 lb.test line and have a great time catching trout.

[SwampDonkey]

Thank you all very much. I will be getting out in a couple weeks..hope to find some trout.