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Originally Posted by Transplanted Sportsman
If you are looking for smallies then Shelbyville is NOT the place, the section of river mentioned on this thread (although I know he said LM bass)
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Never caught any Smallies there but the LM opposite the dam side of the bridge still holds them.
Not like wading the smaller creeks. After I locate a creeks in the gazetteer I find it on Google Earth and look up close and though not up to date it can give you an idea what access might be like. Its a good tool.
You just have to get into finding them. I enjoy seeing the same fish return to its original hole and finding it there again the next season. If you put a tiny notch in the fin between the spines its identifiable in the future.
I told someone about a great creek once and he told some one else etc. and the same holes I had caught the same fish in for 2-3 seasons went empty and the creeks is a near bust now. People have left it alone now for a while I haven't looked yet this summer but I will soon.
And try some helgremites (or how ever you spell it).
The Middle Tn Fishing Guide in my opinion is more informative than the gazetteer and fits a backpack a little better. If covers all the rivers and lakes streams. Its good