Water temperatures in the area’s rivers and lakes are in the 80s.
Caney Fork: There are plenty of opportunities for waders with consistently low water levels. Trout are striking flies.
Cheatham: Largemouth bass bite is best in at least 22 feet of water using jerk and spinner baits.
Center Hill: Smallmouth bass bite has picked up again on jigs at night.
Cordell Hull: Largemouth bass are being caught in 15-18 feet of water on soft plastics and creature baits. Smallmouth bite is best on spinner baits. Crappie bite is decent in 12-15 feet of water on minnows.
Dale Hollow: Smallmouth bass bite is fair late in the afternoon and at night using jigs and swim baits in 12-25 feet of water. Largemouth are striking soft plastics in about 18 feet of water. Walleye bite is very good while trolling using crank baits in 30 feet of water.
Duck River: Trout fishing has slowed, but other species are biting.
Harpeth River: Smallmouth bass bite has improved.
Kentucky: Largemouth bass are being caught on the ledges and in the creeks on crank baits and Carolina rigs. Smallmouth are striking jerk and creature baits. Catfish bite is best in 30 feet of water on stink baits.
Old Hickory: Largemouth bass bite is best in shallow water using top-water lures. Some crappie are being caught in at least 10 feet of water on minnows.
Percy Priest: Crappie bite is very good in 12-15 feet of water on minnows and small jigs.
Tims Ford: Smallmouth bass are striking swim baits in about 15 feet of water.
Dumped fishing dhow still stuck in the sea The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi said rotting debris from the dhow at Mina fishing port was a cause for concern to marine life and the environment. Ravindranath K / The National ABU DHABI // A 50-foot fishing dhow that sunk in the harbour at Mina Zayed more than five months ago has still not been moved. Parts of the vessel were still sticking up on Wednesday even though it had sunk further into the sea. Its bow section is still a foot above water. The dhow is close to the Abu Dhabi Fishermen Cooperative Society office, which said last month said it was unaware of the craft. The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (Ead) said rotting debris from the dhow was a cause for concern to marine life and the environment, but it did not fall under the authority’s jurisdiction. “Ead is not in charge of port or waterway management,” said Ayesha Al Blooshi, terrestrial and marine biodiversity director at the authority. “Ead is only in charge of f...
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