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  • Aug. 22, 2010 - Bruce Garner and his daughter Anna Beth caught a great mixture of channel cats and blue cats. width:673;;height:800
  • Aug. 22, 2010 - Bruce Garner and his daughter Anna Beth with a "double" on blue cats. width:800;;height:518
  • Aug. 22, 2010 - Bruce Garner with a bragging-sized blue. width:598;;height:800
  • Aug. 14, 2010 - Sharon Harlen shows off a bragging-sized channel catfish. width:537;;height:720
  • Aug. 14, 2010 - Herb and Sharon Harlen scored a nice "double" on blue cats. width:537;;height:720
  • Aug. 8, 2010 - Roy Thompson (a.k.a. Grumpy) and his grandson Peter enjoyed a fishing trip during a three-week, multi-state summer "Road Trip." width:635;;height:800
  • July 31, 2010 - Scott Miller, son Ben and girlfriend Kara. Ben caught the big fish of the day... a bragging-sized 16 lb. blue. He fought it like an expert on light tackle. width:800;;height:602
  • July 31, 2010 - Scott Miller, son Ben and girlfriend Kara. width:667;;height:800
  • July 31, 2010 - Scott Miller and girlfriend Kara. width:632;;height:800
  • July 31, 2010 - Scott Miller, son Ben and girlfriend Kara. width:800;;height:626
  • June 14 - Valerie Swinea shows off a 22 lb. blue cat she caught while fishing with her father, David. width:640;;height:480
  • June 14, 2010 - David Swinea shows off a bragging-sized blue cat. width:640;;height:480
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  • May 29, 2010 - Randy Johnson from McMinn County, Tenn. shows off a bragging-sized smallmouth taken from the tailwaters beneath Chickamauga Dam. width:483;;height:640
  • May 29, 2010 - Reed Johnson from McMinn County, Tenn. shows off a bragging-sized blue catfish taken from the tailwaters beneath Chickamauga Dam. width:481;;height:640
  • May 29, 2010 - Randy Johnson from McMinn County, Tenn. shows off a great "double" he and his father, Reed, caught in the tailwaters beneath Chickamauga Dam. width:427;;height:640
  • May 24, 2010 - Nicholas Gass and guide Richard Simms with a blue catfish and a channel catfish. width:640;;height:631
  • May 24, 2010 - Nicholas Gass couldn't hardly lift this one. width:450;;height:640
  • May 24, 2010 - Glenn Gass with son Nicholas width:486;;height:640
  • May 23, 2010 - Fishing Teaching Sam Simons with Ciara and Ja'Quayah width:640;;height:551
  • May 23, 2010 - Hayley was proud of this blue cat... but she didn't want to hold it width:427;;height:640
  • May 23, 2010 - Hayley poses with friend Anslee who caught a great smallmouth bass width:640;;height:452
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  • May 22, 2010 - Taylor Swift with a bragging-sized smallmouth bass width:568;;height:640
  • May 22, 2010 - Taylor Swift with a bragging-sized largemouth bass width:494;;height:640
  • May 22, 2010 - Kelly Swift with a bragging-sized blue cat width:482;;height:640
  • May 19, 2010 - John Hillman enjoyed a day with his grandsons, Hudson and Michael. width:602;;height:800
  • May 19, 2010 - Hudson Hillman shows off a bull bream. width:602;;height:800
  • May 16, 2010 - Bill Perry (left) fought this huge 52 lb. beast for about an hour on 10 lb. test line. Bill was so wore out his son, Chad, had to hold the monster blue catfish for the picture. I suspect this is a father-son experience that won't be soon forgotten. width:536;;height:640
  • May 16, 2010 - Chad Perry (left) jokes around a bit as his Dad fights a monster blue cat. Turns out the fish was just about as big as Chad was guessing. width:800;;height:602
  • May 16, 2010 - Bill Perry (left) fought this huge 52 lb. beast for about an hour on 10 lb. test line. Bill was so wore out his son, Chad, had to hold the monster blue catfish for the picture. I suspect this is a father-son experience that won't be soon forgotten. width:519;;height:640
  • May 16, 2010 - Bill Perry shows off a "little" 19-pounder. His son Chad did catch fish today, but Dad got the big ones. width:640;;height:423
  • May 15, 2010 - Charlie Lowery shows off a respectable blue cat. width:640;;height:482
  • May 15, 2010 - 7-year-old Carly Lowery fought this hefty 24 lb. blue cat all by herself, but Dad Charlie had to hold it up for the picture. width:478;;height:640
  • May 15, 2010 - It wasn't long after sunrise when Carly Lowery caught this 19 lb. blue cat. Her Dad, Charlie, was as proud as Carly. width:640;;height:439
  • May 15, 2010 - Carly Lowery shows off her first ever catfish. Carly definitely "sized up" as the day went on. width:640;;height:463
  • May 9, 2010 - Joey Arender from Murfreesboro struggles to show off a pair of cats that weigh a combined total of 31 lbs. width:482;;height:640
  • May 9, 2010 - Joey Arender and son Brock from Murfreesboro show off a pair of white bass. width:455;;height:640
  • May 9, 2010 - Brock Arender from Murfreesboro had fun reeling in this small striper. width:640;;height:482
  • May 8, 2010 - Josh Griffith from Middle Tennessee can just barely "hold on" as he does battle with a hefty blue cat. width:640;;height:481
  • May 8, 2010 - Josh Griffith from Middle Tennessee won the battle in the previous picture and was rewarded with a 22 lb. blue. width:640;;height:553
  • May 8, 2010 - Dan Griffith from Middle Tennessee boated this 38 lb. blue cat... it was actually the very first fish of the day. width:640;;height:416
  • May 9, 2010 - Brock Arender from Murfreesboro with a hefty channel cat. width:640;;height:460
  • May 1, 2010 - Cody and Clint Bailey show off a 40 lb. blue cat Clint boated. This was the "big fish" of the day, but we had good numbers of quality fish... several over 20 lbs. and many more "smaller" fish. width:640;;height:378
  • May 1, 2010 - Cody and Clint Bailey show off an excellent "double." Cody's fish, his biggest of the day (and his life) was nearly 21 lbs. width:482;;height:640
  • May 1, 2010 - Clint Bailey illustrates the potential size of the fish Cody is concentrating on bringing to the boat. On light tackle it takes a LONG time and is LOTS of fun. width:595;;height:640
  • May 1, 2010 - Cody Bailey shows off a bragging-sized blue after a hard-fought battle, as bother Clint has a little fun in the background. width:640;;height:430
  • April 25, 2010 - Guide Richard Simms with a huge bull bream. We can expect great numbers of these in the coming weeks. width:564;;height:622
  • April 25, 2010 - Erik Almy shows off a 4 lb. smallmouth bass and a small striper taken back-to-back in the tailwaters beneath Chickamauga Dam. width:598;;height:594
  • April 25, 2010 - Erik Almy with a healthy 22 lb. blue cat. width:766;;height:456
  • April 21, 2010 - Joe Stephens from Cincinnati (l) and Bruce Gibson from Chattanooga show of a pair of quality blue cats they doubled up on. Sadly, on this particualr day, the "big ones" really did get away. width:477;;height:640
  • April 21, 2010 - Bruce Gibson from Chattanooga width:418;;height:640
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  • April 18, 2010 - Steve, Vicky and Bill Mausey traveled to Chattanooga from St. Louis and wanted to sample some Tennessee River catfish while they were here. width:482;;height:640
  • April 18, 2010 - Vicky Mausey from St. Louis shows off a hefty blue cat with husband Steve looking on. width:482;;height:640
  • April 17, 2010 - Lee Dunn (fighting fish) and his friend Justin from Knoxville absolutely smoked 'em today! We caught about 250 lbs. of catfish... Justin had the big fish, a 50-pounder. Lee wasn't far behind with a 44-pounder! All caught on light tackle... what fun! width:640;;height:521
  • April 17, 2010 - Lee Dunn (right) and his friend Justin from Knoxville absolutely smoked 'em today! They caught about 250 lbs. of catfish... Justin had the big fish, a 50-pounder. Lee wasn't far behind with a 44-pounder (pictured here)! All caught on light tackle... what fun! width:640;;height:455
  • April 17, 2010 - Lee Dunn shows off a 44-pound blue cat taken on spinning tackle... 10 lb. test line. A battle royale! width:482;;height:640
  • April 17, 2010 - Justin (right) caught this 50-pound monster blue cat, netted by his friend Lee Dunn. They caught about 250 lbs. of catfish total. All caught on light tackle... what fun! width:640;;height:389
  • April 15, 2010 - Gary Allen and daughter Kyla with a pair of very respectable blue cats. width:482;;height:640
  • April 15, 2010 - While we were chasing some bluegill, Kyla caught this hefty spotted bass. On ultralight gear, it gave her a great fight. width:640;;height:555
  • April 15, 2010 - We did find a few nice bluegill, although the spawn hasn't started with the big numbers of big "bull gills." They're not far away. width:482;;height:640
  • April 10, 2010 - Eric Maurer from Cleveland, Tenn. has more certificates from TWRA's official "Tennessee Angler Recognition Program (TARP)" for catfish than any other fisherman in the entire state. Here he shows off yet another TARP blue catfish taken from the Chickamauga Dam tailwaters. width:482;;height:640
  • April 11, 2010 - Edie Miller, a UTK student from Memphis shows off a slab Chickamauga Lake crappie as her boyfriend, Collin Fountain looks on. width:603;;height:640
  • April 11, 2010 - Collin caught his fair share of slabs as well. width:640;;height:482
  • Collin Fountain and Edie Miller headed back to Knoxville just after Noon with 30 slab crappie to clean. width:640;;height:503
  • April 9, 2010 - Hit Chickamauga Lake for just a couple of hours with my friend, Mark Pollard. Mark, as you can see, is a crappie master. width:602;;height:800
  • April 4, 2010 - Taylor Swift and his Dad, Kelley, from Nashville. The pre-spawn bite has slowed. Most crappie are moving shallow into spawning areas. And there are some monsters ready and waiting. width:800;;height:602
  • April 4, 2010 - Kelley Swift and his son, Taylor, from Nashville got stormed out of a trip the previous week... but we enjoyed some incredibly beautiful weather today. width:800;;height:602
  • April 3, 2010 - Gary Allen shows off a hefty black crappie, obviously in spawning colors. The pre-spawn bite I enjoy fishing is coming to an end. It's time to start searching for spawning crappie shallow. But on this day, neither of us was crazy about fishing in the rain, so we bailed out about the time we got on a few fish. width:602;;height:800
  • March 27, 2010 - Craig Beard and Tim Sullivan from Lyles, Tenn. have fished with me several times. But this was their first time to chase crappie. The pre-spawn bite is still hot. We had our limit of 45 legal-sixed crappie in a little less than six hours, and two or three times as many "throwbacks." width:544;;height:662
  • March 27, 2010 - Tim Sullivan from Lyles, Tenn. width:533;;height:637
  • March 27, 2010 - Craig Beard and Tim Sullivan from Lyles, Tenn. have fished with me several times. But this was their first time to chase crappie. The pre-spawn bite is still hot. We had our limit of 45 legal-sixed crappie in a little less than six hours, and two or three times as many "throwbacks." width:587;;height:569
  • It was a VERY cold day in January when Jim Miller tagged this hefty spotted bass using a "Float & Fly" on Carters Lake in North Georgia. width:480;;height:524
  • Richard Simms, Scenic Fishing Owner and Guide caught this bragging-sized striper on Carter's Lake in North Georgia. width:800;;height:533
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