The waters are falling fast up here in E Tn. Last week the bass eat me up in this creek, but the water level was over the waterfall in the background of the first pic.
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First fish of the evening a 1.5lb Smallie, add another quarter pound of mud on me, the fish, and my rod. When the water falls fast the newly exposed bank is super muddy. One small Gill was caught.
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The next several fish were of 1 of 2 species, and I forgot again to look at the tooth patch of these temperate Bass. I have trouble identifying these when they are small, so I may be wrong here but I think most were White Bass, about this size.
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However, I caught some of these long skinny ones, all small also.
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These are the ones I have trouble with. They look like Rockfish, or Stripers, but could be the Hybrid Cherokee Bass that is named for this lake. Help me out here, and one of these days I am going to remember to look at and photograph the tooth patches so I will have a reference photo for identification. All fish released, and GO VOLS. Sweet 16 bound.


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