by Andy | Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Headland Alabama Wins High School Classic Tournament on Watts Bar Lake KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Mobility was the key for Gracie Herbold and Aaron Cherry of Headland Bass Team, who caught a five-bass limit that weighed 16 pounds, 9 ounces to win the Fishing Bassmaster High...
by Andy | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mahaffey Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Watts Bar Lake ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (March 4, 2019) – Boater Jeffrey Mahaffey of Bristol, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer...
by Andy | Feb 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Microplastics hit home: Tennessee River among the most plastic polluted in the world Andrew Capps, Knoxville News Sentinel Microplastics, or tiny pieces of various types of plastic less than 5 millimeters long, have long been accumulating in sources of freshwater and...
by Andy | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Bob Epstein Sure, it’s winter, but Watts Bar waterway never freezes. Many residents of Crossville take advantage of this big, deep water in the shadow of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Watts Bar Lake reservoir covers 39,000 acres, with some 780 miles of...
by Andy | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Eric Fleischauer Metro Editor Jan 27, 2019 Updated Jan 27, 2019 A cubic meter of Tennessee River water contains about 17,000 tiny plastic particles, and scientists’ increasing concern about the health effects of those microplastics when ingested by humans has added...
