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Dale Hollow float-and-fly
Bluff ends.
Dale Hollow to Reelfoot
Tennessee freshwater fishing
What's biting in Tennessee freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with sauger, bluegill and redear sunfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 22 fish here month by month, from Dale Hollow to South Holston River.
Fall feed
Dale Hollow's smallmouth, Chickamauga's giant largemouth, Kentucky Lake's crappie and ledges, the TVA tailwaters' trout and sauger, and Reelfoot's crappie.
Dale HollowChickamauga LakeKentucky LakeNorris LakeReelfoot LakeSouth Holston River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Crappie.
Smallmouth bassLargemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Striped bassRainbow troutSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Muskellunge (muskie)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Sauger
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Walleye
Flathead catfish
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Trophy smallmouth
Smallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Striped bassSaugerSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Muskellunge (muskie)
Hair jigs.
March
Crappie and walleye runs
Holston.
April
Bass beds; tailwater trout
Smallmouth bassLargemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Striped bassRainbow troutSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Sulphurs.
May
Spawn ends
Largemouth bassStriped bassRainbow troutSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)BluegillRedear sunfish (shellcracker)
Shad spawn.
June
Ledges
Kentucky Lake.
July
Summer stripers
Cheatham tailwater.
August
Ledges and night
BluegillChannel catfishFlathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Deep.
September
Fall
Black crappie (speck)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)Flathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Schools.
October · now
Fall feed
Smallmouth bassLargemouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Striped bassRainbow troutSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Crappie.
November
Smallmouth
Cold.
December
Winter sauger
Tailwaters.
Fish guides for Tennessee freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishBlack crappie (speck)Blue catfishBrown troutLargemouth bassRainbow troutSaugerSmallmouth bassStriped bassWalleyeWhite bass
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