Tennessee Fishing Reports Cherokee Lake

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Date	31-Dec-08
Water Condition
Water Temperature

Conditions : Cherokee: WATER CONDITIONS:
The water level is rising with the surface temperature at 38.8 degrees. The water is muddy colored on the upper end of the lake and murky in the main body of the lake.

SUMMARY:
Bass fishing is slow.

Crappie can be found around brush piles, rocky points and around submerged trees along bluffs. Fish with live minnows, small flies, pink, purple, or light green colors. Large crappie are being caught at Poor Valley, Three Springs, German, and Ray creeks.

Catfish are being caught along bluffs and in creek areas. Fish 5 to 20 feet deep with night crawlers or shad.

A few walleye have been caught on the upper end of the lake. Trolling with night crawlers or June bug spinner in the river channel close to the bottom.

Reported by: Tennessee W.R.A

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About: - Cherokee Lake covers 30,300 acres and 463 miles of shoreline. Its watershed covers 3,428 square feet. The backdrop of gently rolling hills and farmlands make for a heavenly country retreat. It lies in Hawkins, Grainger, Hamblen and Jefferson counties. The lake provides enough activities to attract millions of recreational visitors each year. Activities at Cherokee Lake include boating, fishing, camping and swimming. Public access areas, county & municipal parks, commercial boat docks & resorts, Panther Creek State Park, state wildlife management area and campgrounds will have everyone ready to take a trip to the Cherokee Lake area. Game fish range from black bass, sauger, walleye, crappie and sunfish to the usual rough-fish species.

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