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Hickory Grove Baptist Church is having a bass tournament this weekend. My dad and I will be fishing in it. I will post up how things go. Wish me luck!
posted by AjaxMike @ 8:44 AM
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There are a LOT of small rivers running down the mountain passes in the Smokey Mountains. They are EVERYWHERE. And, the nice things are that most are very accessible and all appear to be full of fish!
posted by AjaxMike @ 9:38 PM
The final lake on the Upper Tuckasegee River system we visited is small Cedar Cliff. Weighing in at a 121 acres and about 4.5 miles of shoreline, Cedar Cliff was no lightweight by any means. In fact, we had our best largemouth days there.
posted by AjaxMike @ 1:43 PM
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Fontana Lake could be called the best-kept secret in the Smoky Mountains. Just consider a 29-mile long lake, with more than 240 miles of shoreline and 11,685 acres of water surface. Its deep, cold waters provide ideal habitat for a variety of fish. In fact, record size musky and walleye have been pulled from its depths. Some people even claim that it's one of the best smallmouth bass lakes in the country. It's one of the prettiest lakes I've ever been on, and I've been on one or two.
posted by AjaxMike @ 9:08 AM
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South of Sylva, NC, and to the east of the town of Tuckasegee on State Highway 281, Wolf Creek is only 183 acres in size, with a mere 6.9 miles of shoreline. It is somewhat shallower than its cousin, Bear Creek Lake, just down stream and has water that is a bit more clouded with algae. But, lure visibility is still a good 9-10 feet most of the time. The ramp is satisfactory and is concrete, with a gravel parking lot. The main parking lot and the section down to the ramp is a bit narrow, so you shouldn't visit this location when the skiers and boaters would be expected (weekends and holidays)
posted by AjaxMike @ 6:58 AM
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Four small lakes were built on the east fork of the Tuckasegee River by Nantahala Power and Light Co. in the mid-1950's to provide hydroelectric power for the area. Those four lakes have since become prime habitats for trout and bass.
posted by AjaxMike @ 6:56 AM
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2006 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament Schedule of Events
posted by AjaxMike @ 11:15 PM
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As I was fishing several months ago under a partly cloudy sky with patchy fog starting to set in, the reality hit that fall weather was upon us. The temperature when I arrived at one of my favorite fishing holes was a beautiful and sunny 70 degrees and now I was starting to get a bit chilled. The weather had taken on a new identity in the past hour or so. The fishing had started to slow down as well. The hits were plentiful and constant when the sun was beaming down upon the dam and the bass were stacked around the rocks adjacent to the weed beds just begging to be caught. I had already landed around 15 nice keepers when the sun disappeared behind a cloud and failed to show its face again. I began to rummage through my tackle bag trying desperately to find the perfect bass wrangling lure that would take my catch rate back to an acceptable level. I threw a spinnerbait for a while and then switched to a Rat-L-Trap. I then threw a few in-line spinners followed by some crawfish imitation plastics and followed up with the Junebug colored stick worm I had caught all of the previous fish on. Still, I could not find a bite.
posted by AjaxMike @ 8:40 AM
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