Originally Posted by Greasy Ham

How safe is it for a kayak at the steam plant?
Where do you guys put in at?
Is there a ramp or park nearby?

Maybe I've had bad luck, but when I go to Old Hickory if I try to leave a cove I feel like the bass boats are mad that I attempted.
Last saturday I fished the little cove on the old hickory side of the dam. As soon as I left the cove to fish the fallen timber outside of it, some moron in a bassboat came blowing by full throttle not 20 feet away from me. I know they seen me cause they were waving at laughing at their shenanigans. Then they set the boat down on a dime which made a huge wave. I guess to not disturb the no wake zone. Too late by that time. I managed to stay upright, but not wanting to risk another I moved back to the cove. I caught three decent bass in there so it wasn't so bad.
Earlier this summer I had a similar incident on the other side of the lake.

This is my first year fishing out of a kayak so maybe I'm being over cautious.