03-30-2004, 05:04 AM
Tennessee
State record: 14 pounds 8 ounces, angler unknown, 10/17/54, Sugar Creek
Best water: Reelfoot Lake. “In terms of larger public water, it has a real stable bass population because the water level doesn’t fluctuate much, and the habitat has good cover for the big fish.” —Tim Churchill, statewide reservoir coordinator, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Contact: Reelfoot Lake State Park, 731-253-7756
Sleeper: Fort Loudon Reservoir. “This is next to Oak River, and it’s seldom fished because of the contamination warnings. But the fishing is good.”
Contact: TWRA, 423-587-7037
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State record: 14 pounds 8 ounces, angler unknown, 10/17/54, Sugar Creek
Best water: Reelfoot Lake. “In terms of larger public water, it has a real stable bass population because the water level doesn’t fluctuate much, and the habitat has good cover for the big fish.” —Tim Churchill, statewide reservoir coordinator, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Contact: Reelfoot Lake State Park, 731-253-7756
Sleeper: Fort Loudon Reservoir. “This is next to Oak River, and it’s seldom fished because of the contamination warnings. But the fishing is good.”
Contact: TWRA, 423-587-7037
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