After a somewhat traumatic airline experience, we’ve made it to the Henry’s Fork and Yellowstone Country. We typically make the drive from East Tennessee but this year we flew. Needless to say, it’s a pretty different experience. First and foremost, a drift boat doesn’t count as checked baggage so we’ll primarily be fishing from our […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-09-09
This beautiful smallmouth was just under 19" & ate a popper. Awesome… http://t.co/rmR9AvRm # TWRA proposes changes to fishing regulations. Includes new regs for trout streams in Cherokee National Forest http://t.co/HxfuxQDN # From our fishing report: Wrapping Up Summer in East Tennessee http://t.co/g6oIKGc1 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Wrapping Up Summer
September is well underway and we’re looking ahead to fall fishing. Things are pretty much what you typically find at this time of year. Water levels are pretty low in the Smokies and TVA tailwaters are running a bit on the high side as reservoirs are draining. Fishing was a little tough over the past […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-09-02
Tubing businesses on Little River in Townsend driving tourists away http://t.co/MW2y09Sz # Video: Pete & Linda Claussen describe Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge they helped create along the lower French Broad River… # From our fishing report: Typical late summer fishing conditions in East Tennessee & the Smokies http://t.co/MMKEHrzL # Video: Pete & Linda Claussen describe […]
Shocking Video of Trout in the Smokies
Well, more like a video of biologists shocking trout in the Smokies… Whatever makes you click the link, right? We volunteer to help fisheries biologists in the Smokies every year with these projects. Not only is it important work, it’s absolutely fascinating. We are particularly interested in this piece of water at Tremont near Townsend. […]
A Big Year for Black Bears
It’s not unusual for us to see black bears every week in the Smokies or even here at our home in Townsend, Tennessee. In fact, Ian went on a backpacking trip with our daughter in July and didn’t see any bears while one sauntered down our driveway that evening. We have a bounty of wild […]
Late Summer Conditions Prevail Across the Smokies and East Tennessee
There’s nothing out of the ordinary to report about fishing conditions across East Tennessee and the Smokies. Water conditions are relatively low but we’ll probably get some rain off of the periphery of tropical storm Isaac to bring them up a bit. After a pretty nice cool down we’re experiencing some hot days again, but […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-08-19
From our fishing report: It's cool and wet in East Tennessee. Not your typical August in the Smokies http://t.co/wbpspET5 # Just another day at the office http://t.co/xkhj6rJG # Cheers! Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. funds water quality monitoring in the French Broad River http://t.co/AZUDjFh9 # Latest video game craze Angry Fish? Researchers get bluegills to play […]
Smallmouth Bite Continues in the Streams
It’s starting to feel like fall around Townsend. There’s a slight chill in the air every morning and the days aren’t nearly so hot. Even though it’s still August we can tell that autumn is coming. Trout fishing will certainly improve as it always does, but right now we’re trying to stay on the smallies […]
Another Day at the Office
Things will usually start to slack off a bit for us as the calendar progresses into August. The kids are starting to head back to school, it’s hotter than whiz bang, and water levels aren’t at their best. That’s a normal year, but this year our schedule hasn’t let up much at all and we’re […]
