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Nickajack Lake Is A Tennessee River Impoundment Full of Milfoil and Largemouth Bass That Bite All Summer


Rick McFerrin spends 90 minutes on Tennessee’s Nickajack Lake giving you an idea of how to fish milfoil before it makes the surface, throwing a Rapala crankbait, and using light line.

It’s A Small Discovery, But Perhaps It Will Grow Into Better Days For Anyone Who Likes Trolling, Walleye, And Summer


Doug Markham and Vernon Summerlin finally find a walleye trolling on the Cumberland River, plus other fish. It’s a first walleye for them, and they think they have found a method.  You can find it, too, and have fun, stay cool, and discover another fish with methods similar to what these two use.

  Fishing Deep For Largemouth With A Yank-Um Super Jig


There’s a lot to this Doug’s Fishing Feature video--learn how to fish deep around cover, learn about Chickamauga Lake near Chattanooga, TN. learn about the importance of current, watch our anglers watch their electronics, see bass bite full steam ahead in the summer, and learn that the heat may be a factor for you, but not so much for the bass. There is a lot to this video that stars Wally Kilpatrick and Steve Kite.

Vernon Summerlin and Doug Markham  have a great time catching catfish below Old Hickory Dam with tips you can use anywhere. Just because the water doesn’t flow, doesn’t mean  you can’t catch fish--and some nice cats at that!

          Pulling For Summertime Stripers On Percy Priest


Eric Anderson does his normal excellent job interviewing and editing a fishing feature with Billy Flatt, one of the best striper anglers in Tennessee. The feature is on Percy Priest and shot just recently in the heat. Thanks also to Matt Brian and Ed Gover for their help catching fish and shooting video. Pay close attention and you will learn a lot. Thanks, to Billy, too!

          Don’t Let No Generation Get You Down Because Walleye, Stripers, White Bass, and Sauger Got To Eat


Doug and Vernon take a look at the water below Cordell Hull Dam, think the fishing is going to be tough, and find out that they are about as wrong as they can be. Walleye are biting, but so are a lot of other fish on the Cumberland because TWRA put them there with an aggressive stocking program.

Tributaries Of Our Bigger Rivers Are Flush With Water, Batifish, And Hungry Stripe, Stripers, And Hybrids


March and early April are great times to pursue big white bass in Tennessee, whether you are on the Tennessee River, or Cumberland River watersheds. This particular feature is Doug and Vernon fishing a tributary of a tributary of the Cumberland River. It’s a small body of water full of baitfish, stripes (white bass), stripers and hybrids. Take a plastic grub and a lead head jig and find explore many lively tributaries full of water and life.

Goggle Eye, Red Eye, Rockbass--All The Same Fish And All Very Special


Watch Mike Dial catch these special creek fish using plastic baits. April is a great time to catch these aggressive panfish, but they bite all spring and summer if you fish the right holes.

Dale Hollow Pockets, Coves, Fat Females, And Alewife


This is a live bait feature that is fun for many reasons, from catching bait to catching big fat female smallmouth. Also, we’re using a topnotch rod with action perfect for our day on the water. Even if you never entertain the thought of using livebait, you will learn much about fishing Dale Hollow in the spring. Guide David Duval and Rod Maker Wally Kilpatrick are featured.

Tims Ford, Rounds, Spinnerbaits, And Smallmouth


The photo is of Doug Markham, but this feature is all about Rick McFerrin catching smallmouth on spinnerbaits. You will learn much about Tims Ford and fishing the rounds as Rick McFerrin puts on a clinic in early spring. Doug was along for the ride and got to video a special day on a special lake.

Dale Hollow Shellcrackers Great Fun In Spring


Darren Shell knows that Dale Hollow is an excellent shellcracker Lake. He also knows the techniques used on this Tennessee lake will work anywhere. Enjoy Darren’s tips and go catch you some shellcrackers this spring.