Born and raised near Hayesville NC and lake Chatuge. Interesting transformation over the years. Was a heck of a lake in the 70’s and if not mistaken about 13 lbs was the lake record LM and small mouth were healthy too Story goes gizzard shad were illegally introduced and threw the lake balance off. Hybrids were introduced to combat the gizzard shad and they ate everything lol. Lake went way way down until the spotted bass grabbed ahold. Now, sm are basically gone and you probably catch 10 spots to every LM. It is a beautiful lake.