Trout in the tennessee river

[mandingo]

Has anyone besides me caught a trout in the tennessee river?

 

[jon the fisherman]

Caught trout in the Little Tennessee

 

[mandingo]

No tennessee river between suck creek ramp and raccoon moutain ramp!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Carl Guffey]

There are trout in the Tennessee in some interesting places. I have caught them against Douglas Dam in Sept. (Above the dam, includes a 27" rainbow on a DD22) Watts Bar down as far as Ol' Piney, and Ft. Loudoun. I suspect that fish is a Hiwassee Reject, but you can never know for sure. Sometimes they just get a traveling feeling, (or had some help) makes a great story......

 

[mandingo]

I thought it was a shad when it first hit.It hit a rapala DT6 in a shad color..Little to my surprize it ended up being a trout!!!!!!!emoConfused

 

[polo-dog]

There was a post last week by I think Honkeytonker that showed a pic of a trout that he caught in Chickamauaga from what I remember.

 

[Punisher]

at cummings lake up river from sullivans there is a trout pond that flows over some time i knew the care taker there, i also caught trout there too while bass fishing the river bank in the past.

 

[mandingo]

Thats got to be where the trout is from... TWRA will want everyone to buy a trout stamp if this keeps up!!!!!!!

 

[drumking]

Trout used to show up above Watts Bar dam in June of every year. I have caught them there. Rumored to be trout that was washed into the river from a flood and a trout pond failing years and years ago. Don't know if this is true or not?

 

[flymaker]

I caught one from a brush pile while Crappie fishing about three weeks ago on the Chick.

 

[SpurHunter]

Looks like striper bait to me!

 

[Dropshot]

My father caught one on Nickajack in that little inlet before you turn to head to the powerhouse 3-4 years ago.

 

[sprestwood]

The temps of the reservoirs have been at the upper end of what they prefer, if they are not blocked by a dam they will probally follow that temp range. They should run up stream soon or just die.

 

[honkytonker26]

I caught one a little smaller than that last week on the lake side of Chick dam. It hit a tube.

 

[bassnbug]

i caught one a couple years back while wading the sandbar below chic. dam on a rooster tail, it weighed over two pounds. i had no idea what it was at the time and the guy out at jacks bait and tackle confirmed it was a brown trout.

 

[Guest]

Caught a few in the Chick usually in the spring, remember that they stock alot of the tributaries that feed into the TN river such as Ocoee and Hiwasse just to name a couple. They are rare but there here. I think thats a good thing because they are extremely sesitive to water temp and quality. If they can survive in the river then it must be cleaner than we think.

 

[Liveliner]

About two weeks ago a friend of mine caught a healthy 16" trout at the wingwall below Chick' Dam on wax worms while bluegill fishing.  The trout he caught looked more like a laker than a faded out rainbow.  You may know that the North Chickamauga Creek is stocked several times a year.  It is expected that some of those will move downstream and come out into the TN River at the lower lock at the dam.</p>

That is the third trout that I have personally seen caught in that area.  I know that there must be many more caught that I did not see.</p>

BTW, nice catch and thanks for sharing.</p>