by Andy | Oct 17, 2019 | Community, News
Age-old wisdom claims it takes a village to raise a child. As it turns out, the same could be said of the effort to rescue a river giant. Despite being one of the largest fish in the Tennessee River and boasting lifespans that can stretch past 150 years, the Lake...
by Andy | Oct 11, 2019 | Invasive Species, News
Kingston tackles the Silver Carp Issue by Hugh Willett The Kingston City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution in support of efforts to stop the migration of Silver Carp toward Watts Bar Lake. “This is something simple that we can do to help,” said...
by Andy | Sep 27, 2019 | Events, fishing, News
The Rhea Alliance will be hosting its fifth annual scholarship bass tournament on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 with $8,500 in scholarships to be awarded in the two-day tournament. The bass tournament is open to Rhea County residents who are in the sixth- through twelfth-grade...
by Andy | Sep 27, 2019 | fishing, News
The Lenoir City High School Bass Club kicked off the 2019-20 fishing season with a bang Saturday when three duos finished in the top 20 in the Tennessee Bass Nation Southeast Region tournament on Watts Bar Lake. “It went pretty well,” Allen Woods, Bass Club coach,...
by Andy | Sep 20, 2019 | Events, News
Loudon County Visitors Bureau and River Sports Outfitters are teaming up to hold a county-wide paddle Sept. 29 that will allow participants to explore Loudon County down the Tennessee River. The idea sprung up last summer when RSO opened a location at Lenoir City...
by Andy | Sep 17, 2019 | fishing, News
September 16, 2019 by FLW Communications ROCKWOOD, Tenn. – Boater John Murray of Spring City, Tennessee, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 28 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division...