Interesting day on the trout river.

My nephew asked me to go along with him for a few hours of trout fishing today. The river we fished is not only an excellent trout stream it holds some serious size black nose crappie. But my nephew is only interested in catching trout and or smallmouth. The trout were not in a biting mood today. I did catch 8 trout but only got 2 in the boat. I was using a new lure today....a Jackall Timon Metal Kuroball 3.5 gram. The lure has a single barbless hook and most of the trout got off right at the boat......may have to order some barbed hooks from Chris to swap out. For those who read this and trout fish this lure is a must have in my opinion. I have used it several times at Normandy already and trout slam it. My nephew gave me 30 minutes before we left to fish the catch basin right below the dam. For those 30 minutes the action was nonstop. I used a Bison colored Trout Magnet to catch crappie and bluegill. While the bluegill were not very big they were chunky and were colored up nicely. It is odd to me that the bluegill in the lakes I fish lose their color in the winter yet the bluegill in the Caney Fork do not. The crappie have beautiful colors there also. The water there stays between 52-58 degrees all year long. I used the Finezza Prototype rod for the trout and the Ice Cube Rockin’ Finesse for the crappie and bluegill. The line on the Ice Cube was the Varivas ester 2.1# test. The catch basin is chock full of crappie.....bluegill....and while I didn’t catch any.....sturgeon in the 2 foot range are quite numerous. My son and I will be there early Thursday morning for sure. I hate to leave biting fish.....but had to go.

Regards


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Fun times for sure! Congrats on a good trip! Thanks for sharing

That is an interesting day , and whats really interesting is that yawl are allowed to go up in spillways right up to the dam.there are almost none in Texas that allows that anymore .
They put a stop to it years ago in these parts and it sure did make it tough on me as lots of my favorite spots were below the dam on numerous lakes .
Count your blessings some politician or law enforcement or government entity hasn't put up the buoy line way below where the fish are my friend .

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

That is an interesting day , and whats really interesting is that yawl are allowed to go up in spillways right up to the dam.there are almost none in Texas that allows that anymore .
They put a stop to it years ago in these parts and it sure did make it tough on me as lots of my favorite spots were below the dam on numerous lakes .
Count your blessings some politician or law enforcement or government entity hasn't put up the buoy line way below where the fish are my friend .

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Well.....they did put up buoy lines back around 2011 or so on the Corp of Engineers Dams. Then in 2013 Congress passed the “Freedom to Fish Act” and the buoys came down and all went back to what folks had been doing since the dams were created. This covered the tail waters in KY and TN on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. When the law first passed it was just a moratorium for 2 years...it has since become permanent.

Regards


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Awesome looking fish and photos

Definitely a mixed bag! Nicely done!

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

That is an interesting day , and whats really interesting is that yawl are allowed to go up in spillways right up to the dam.there are almost none in Texas that allows that anymore .
They put a stop to it years ago in these parts and it sure did make it tough on me as lots of my favorite spots were below the dam on numerous lakes .
Count your blessings some politician or law enforcement or government entity hasn't put up the buoy line way below where the fish are my friend .

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I was thinking the same thing. That is still a big no no below Arkansas USACE dams. Wish we could get closer. I have done some sampling in these areas and they are loaded with big fish. Go figure!


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Awesome day Randy! I wish we could get that close to the dams in Arkansas.


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You can. Just don't get caught.

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Nice catch, hope you whack them next week and do a video of the sore lipping!

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I was thinking the same thing. That is still a big no no below Arkansas USACE dams. Wish we could get closer. I have done some sampling in these areas and they are loaded with big fish. Go figure!


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Why does Arkansas say it is a NO NO.

Prob worried of someone doing harm to the dam (terrorism?)... just my thoughts... beautiful fish Randy! Lots of fun!

Awesome for sure.

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Why does Arkansas say it is a NO NO.

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I think is is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) decision. You are allowed to fish below AGFC lake dams. I’m not sure why USACE would have different rules in different states. Maybe the dams Randy fishes below are TVA?


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Looks like a really fun trip!


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I think is is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) decision. You are allowed to fish below AGFC lake dams. I’m not sure why USACE would have different rules in different states. Maybe the dams Randy fishes below are TVA?


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I have always heard there were 2 to 3 hundred pound catfish below the Dam on Greers Ferry Lake..... truth or fiction.

Great pics and a good adventure for you! Wish i5 were a little warmer up here.
Bob

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I think is is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) decision. You are allowed to fish below AGFC lake dams. I’m not sure why USACE would have different rules in different states. Maybe the dams Randy fishes below are TVA?


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They do have different rules in different districts....which means different rules for different states. There was a LT Colonel in the Nashville District Office that decided we needed protection from the hazards of fishing below Corp dams in KY and TN. Congress passed a law which put a stop to his idea. TVA never implemented any such rules below their dams.

Regards


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I have always heard there were 2 to 3 hundred pound catfish below the Dam on Greers Ferry Lake..... truth or fiction.

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Fiction. I have electrofished right below the dams of Greers Ferry, Norfork, and Bull Shoals. I have seen some massive Brown Trout, Longnose Gar, Hybrid Striped Bass, Blue Catfish (<50-lbs), Stripers, and Walleye. All but the trout come from the lake during spillway flood releases. They are that big when they go over the dam’s spillway. The water is too cold in the tailwater for the fish to grow that big (besides trout).


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Interesting about fish coming over the spill gates. The majority of the black nose crappie below Center Hill came though the spill gates. About 3 years back.....long before I started a YouTube channel......a nephew and I fished the same spot after an unusually wet winter and they had been spilling for weeks. We took home 2 limits of crappie....30 fish......with the smallest being 14 inches and many were 15-16 inches. They were stacked in there like cord wood. Both of us were fishing the Ice Cube Rockin’ Drift with 2# test line. I could miss my bet but I am thinking....hoping....my son and I will get them big time Thursday. We have had days where we limited out on big crappie and then hit those waterfalls and have fun catching around 100 brook trout in the 10-11 inch range before heading home. I would fish the Caney much more but it is a difficult place for me to launch a boat by myself. There have been past years where we got into some 10 inch bluegill in that cold water. You never know what you are going to hook into up there.....50 pound stripers cruise those waters in the winter on a regular basis.

Regards


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They do have different rules in different districts....which means different rules for different states. There was a LT Colonel in the Nashville District Office that decided we needed protection from the hazards of fishing below Corp dams in KY and TN. Congress passed a law which put a stop to his idea. TVA never implemented any such rules below their dams.

Regards


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Well, now I can't spread that rumor anymore. Thanks D10. =)

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Fiction. I have electrofished right below the dams of Greers Ferry, Norfork, and Bull Shoals. I have seen some massive Brown Trout, Longnose Gar, Hybrid Striped Bass, Blue Catfish (<50-lbs), Stripers, and Walleye. All but the trout come from the lake during spillway flood releases. They are that big when they go over the dam’s spillway. The water is too cold in the tailwater for the fish to grow that big (besides trout


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Meant this is the rumor I can't spread... Thanks again D10

Guys, let’s not derail the thread.

It’s a fishing report, not a discussion of regulations on fishing below dams. :)