Each lake has it's "perks" and with time you can learn them.

Douglas... you can catch limits almost every day in the winter on the upper end. The bad... gets muddy rather quick after a rain... and it can become "combat" fishing with all the fishermen crowding you.

Tellico... not as easy to catch limits but, it's my "home lake" and I fish it A LOT. The scenery is pretty in most of the places and at most of the time I don't see hardly anyone.

Ft. Loudon... can be smoking hot at times in the spring but, I catch a lot of throw backs. Bad.... not as pretty of a place to fish.

Chickamuaga ... I've not fished it very much and done pretty good and the scenery isn't bad. I find that the "chick" has the healthiest looking fish around and they are thick.

At times some of the best fishing is right below Tellico dam. Also, don't forget the sauger bite below the dam. I've caught a limit of sauger and then a limit of crappie on the same day several times.