Tennessee Fishing Reports

Tennessee River Catfish, Aug. 16th - Catfishing continues to be steady in the Tennessee River in Southeast Tennessee. While we've been catching mostly eater-sized blues between 2 and 8 lbs, the occasional trophy catfish turns up regularly. Most recently Ryan Edde from Murfreesboro, more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

World Record Blue Cat - It's been a good year for catfish on the Tennessee River in Southeast Tennessee. We perhaps have not caught the numbers as we've caught in years past, but there have been lots of trophy cats taken. Last week the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Tennessee River Report from The Scenic City - Crappie fishing remains excellent on Chickamauga Lake near Chattanooga, Tenn. Normally it should have slowed down by now, but great catches continue to be reported on a variety of patterns... jigging deep water docks and brush while some folks trolli more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Scenic City Crappie on Fire - Larry and Shirley Gorham came to Chattanooga, Tenn. from Franklin, Kentucky to sample the waters of Chickamauga Lake with me this weekend. Thier hope for the two-day trip was to carry some enough crappie home for a big fish fry. We succeeded. DAY more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Chickamauga Cats & Crappie - Good fishing on Chickamauga Lake in Chattanooga these days. Pre-spawn crappie are starting to move into the creeks. Caught our limit Feb. 7... The majority came from 9 to 13 feet of water on a flat adjacent to the creek channel. Trolling 16th more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Winter Crappie and Bass - The wintertime crappie bite on Chickamauga Lake near Chattanooga, Tenn. has been awesome in recent years. This year is no different. It is finesse fishing... 1/32nd oz. jigs fished 15-25 feet deep on deep river channels. But if you've got the touch more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Scenic City Fishing in October - The catfish bite on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. is staying pretty consistent. We are catching good numbers of 5-10 lb. fish, and 15-20 lb. fish show up with regularity. The water is cooling off... we're in the low 70's now... whi more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Scenic City Fishing - Weekend of the Blues - SATURDAY Louis Stern from Orlando, Fla. has relatives in Chattanooga. He fished with me on New Years Day this year and busted a couple of trophy smallmouth. He called and wanted to try the smallmouth again. But I talked him into catfishing... I assu more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Girls Rule - Tammy White and her boyfriend Jared came down from Michigan to visit her Dad up in Bradley County, Tenn. Jared is a pretty hardcore angler, but had never had a taste of Southern Hospitality. He got some today... but the truth is, as Tammy said, Girl more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga

Scenic City Cats - Catfish action is strong on the Tennessee River right now. Wayne Rich, a wildlife officer from Jefferson County, Tenn. came down and fished with me Saturday. He and his three sons, Hunter, Chase and Wesley. Hunter caught a 25-pound blue for the b more...
Capt. Richard Simms - Chattanooga