Normandy

[Alphahawk]

If anyone is interested trout have been stocked below Normandy.


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[ninjaparade]

Thanks for the heads up, doesn't look like a bad drive from Murfreesboro, so I might have to check out the area soon. Never been, so time to do some map scouting.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by ninjaparade

Thanks for the heads up, doesn't look like a bad drive from Murfreesboro, so I might have to check out the area soon. Never been, so time to do some map scouting.

Great place to fish for stocker trout. It has deep pools.....riffles. Lots of trout are put there.


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[Dakota]

I was in Manchester the other day and decided to head over below Normandy. I was surprised how small the dam was. Didnt appear much was going on?? One car was there and that was it? I gyess I was expecting the Old Hickory dam.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Dakota

I was in Manchester the other day and decided to head over below Normandy. I was surprised how small the dam was. Didnt appear much was going on?? One car was there and that was it? I gyess I was expecting the Old Hickory dam.

You would be surprised what is caught in that small stretch of river below the dam. The stocker trout of course......I have caught the Spotted bass run in the spring there.....one can catch 50 to 75 Spots a day. I have been told the same thing happens with the Small Mouth.....but I have not been there to see it. It is a good place for walleye in the Spring......and while I have never caught any numbers of crappie there I have caught 3 Black Nose.....at different times......each went close to the 3 pound mark. Black Perch are there and last Spring got into some decent Gills......although it has been rare for me to catch big Gills there....oh.....and there are Sauger and Saugeye there also.





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[agelesssone]

Alphahawk, is the name "black perch" an anomaly of the south or is it a fish I have no knowledge of.

I Googled black perch and I didn't see anything that would pertain to them being indigenous to TN. Here's a copy/paste of their locale.....
Geographic Distribution

Fort Bragg in northern California to central Baja California. More commonly central California to Baja California, Mexico.

[txnative]

Black perch is a nickname for a rock bass. I've only heard it here in the south. Another nickname is redeye.


Chris

[Alphahawk]

I never really thought about calling them Black Perch. I have heard them called that since I was a boy. It may be just a southern term. But Rock Bass I guess wold be the name proper. A good eating fish.


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[bfish]

Only place I have heard of black perch is the Duck River area from lots and lots of locals. A few even use pond perch (bluegill) and river perch (long ear sunfish).

[Travis C.]

We have always called them "red eye" fishing the creeks but have heard them called black perch, goggle eye perch and of course rock bass.

The last time on the Caney I caught a few good ones on trout magnets.

[agelesssone]

I caught one the other night below OHD, pretty nice one too.

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by agelesssone

I caught one the other night below OHD, pretty nice one too.

Some of the biggest ones I have ever seen caught were from the Cumberland below OHD.

[Alphahawk]

I have caught 2 at 12 inches.....one from Normandy....which I think I posted on here, and one from Center Hill. It is times like that you need Mnfisher with you to get good pic.....a pic to put on the wall.



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[MNfisher]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

It is times like that you need Mnfisher with you to get good pic.....a pic to put on the wall.



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. Thanks for the compliment sir!

[agelesssone]

HA! Every time I fish with MNfisher, he makes me take HIS picture!!