Smalljaw.com: This is a website with a large forum page where fishing and more fishing is the primary topic of discussion. It’s monitored, accurate,  and family oriented. It’s full of action as members discuss what’s going on bodies of water across Tennessee and sometimes even the country. Smallmouth is the beloved fish on this site, but discussions cover a wide variety of fish species. Owner of this site is Andrew Robertson, who sometimes sits in as a guest of Outdoors With Doug Markham. Click on the logo.

Tennessee Outdoor News: This is an excellent free magazine that can be found at numerous businesses across Middle Tennessee. It is a 100 percent hunting and fishing publication owned by Tony and Misty Smotherman. Many local writers and photographers contribute to TON magazine. You can also check out TON’s website by visiting www.tnoutdoornews.com  and if you are outside of the magazine’s delivery area, you can get a subscription to it. A monthly magazine, this publication helps keep you caught up on many  outdoors happenings and it is full of good photographs.

United States Geological Survey: Get real time updates on the strength of water flow in your favorite river or creek. Not every stream is listed here, but many are across the state. Know the flow before you go. Click on the logo.

U.S. Corps Of Engineers: A federal agency that in its Nashville District manages the Cumberland River flow and its tributaries. The Corps site is full of excellent information about recreation that includes camping and fishing. It issues regular press releases to keep you up to date on what it is doing with dam repair, camp openings and closings, water levels, water temperatures, and much more. Visit it and look for daily lake reports on Tennessee lakes that include Percy Priest, Old Hickory, Cheatham, Cordell  Hull, Center Hill, and and Dale Hollow reservoirs. Click on the logo to go to the home page of the Nashville District and then use the search box to help you find information. Click on the logo.

Tennessee Valley Authority: A federal agency that manages the water flow of Tennessee River and its tributaries. It also reports daily discharges below Tennessee and North Alabama dams, including those operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. It is the information from this website that that Doug reads every Saturday on radio so that anglers will know if their favorite reservoir is standing still, pushing, or pulling. It is how you can tell where you want to go trout fishing based on generation flow. Or, if the water below a dam is too perfect or too dangerous or rough for your kind of fishing. Click on the TVA logo to find the discharge site.

Tennessee Bass Guides: Rick McFerrin is the owner of this site and one of Middle Tennessee’s top fishing guides. What makes Rick’s website so valuable to sportsmen is his willingness to let readers know when the fish are biting (and not just bass). Rick is prompt with his information and updates his site regularly with fish reports and photographs from his on the water and from other guides who work with him. Rick sometimes sits in as a guest host on Outdoors With Doug Markham.

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Tennessee Wildcast: Host Jason Harmon works for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and produces Tennessee Wildcast for TWRA. It is excellent online video podcast where Jason pursues outdoors stories of special interest to Tennesseans. Whether talking to the agency’s director about the future of hunting and fishing, interviewing the head of the National Wild Turkey Federation, or covering a Archery in the Schools, or Scholastic Clay Target Program state championship shoot, Jason reveals much about what is happening in Tennessee of both state and national importance. Click on the logo.