Published Mar 1, 10:10am
On Thursday last week, our local rivers and lakes were on the rise and many were out of their banks. Lake levels were coming up over a foot per day, TVA says that the lake will crest by the time this article is published. Expected levels are well above the summer pool levels, but expect TVA to drop the levels when they can. The normal time to raise the lake is starting on April 1st with TVA having the lake at summer pool by the end of April. No fishing report this week, due to the high water situation, not many folks have been out on the water. Normally this pre-spawn time is one of the best times to find trophy fish of any species. Many of our sports fish are laden with eggs, moving towards their spawning areas. But with the excessive flow rates, we saw over 350,000 cfs on Thursday last week, and muddy water, the fishing will be off for awhile.