IF you are in Maryville both Melton Hill and Norris Lakes have muskies with Melton having some moster state record quality fish. Norris is roughly an 1hr 20min almost due north, Melton Hill is roughly an hour or less kind of due NW near Oak Ridge. Watts Bar Res is about a 1hr 15min west and what it lacks in toothy it more than makes up for in striped bass. You may be familiar with them from MA. These are the landlocked version and they get anywhere from 1lb to over 60lbs here in TN.
There are tons of trout in the mountains any which way you want to fish for them. Lakes wise almost all the indian named lakes around you has trout, bass and catfish. Almost everywhere in the parks stream wise will go from native TN brook trout in the headwaters to bows to browns to smallies as it moves downhill.
There are lots of panfish, bass, catfish and various others in all the lakes attached to the TN river.
Fishing is year round here. There is always something biting. We also have on some rivers thermal plants that keep the water around 70 or so maybe higher during the dead of winter for a pretty good area downstream. Alot of the tailrace trout streams the water doesn't change a whole lot temp wise so they can be fished year round too because they won't freeze over like the freestones or free flowing ones will.
As far as golf....
I haven't played over there in years but you have lots of options from simple to club courses. Depending on how hardcore you are its only 5 1/2hs to Augusta or maybe a little further to Hilton Head and the SC coast. It would make for a nice weekend get-a-way for golf.
Our winters aren't really winters in TN. Over where you are looking near Maryville it will seem more like it to you but still nothing close to MA. Here in Middle Tn we will have some days during the dead of winter in the 60's or some in the low single digits. Weather in TN changes constantly.
If you include the proximity to the coast and GA with whats around here you can play golf if not year round it will be pretty close to it.
Last edited by Travis C.; 10-10-2011 at 01:05 PM.
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