I caught 10 all together, the first picture is of a smallie I caught on the Middle fork , then some people started swimming and ruined the fishing. So I decided to go back and fish the North for a while the second smallie I caught there . The picture of the River is the North fork near Hazard, It's has always been a productive stretch of water. The water has dropped about 4 inches from where it was last sunday ,if we don't get some rain soon I'm afraid the fishing will suffer even more than it has. But today if those people hadn't started swimming I do believe I could have caught a bunch on the middle because they were biting good .

Glad you had a half way decent fishing trip,.. thats some pretty water on the N. Fork

couldn't get up with BCO, so I went alone but had a good time .Did you notice that the water just disappers at one point in the picture? theres a good drop in the river at that point and below it is one of the nices looking holes of water in that area.

Yes I was looking at how pretty that stretch of water looks.

Sending you a PM about photo

fish man im so sorry i didnt make it...sorry to MJ as well. I had some semi-serious stuff come up this weekend and was home-bound. i tried calling you back fish but got no dial tone on the number you gave me (it shows up as unknown caller on my cell phone). i tried sending you a text message...wasnt sure if you got it because i didnt know if the number you gave me was even a cell #. sorry about that man. glad to see you caught some fish...that is beautiful water. we will go soon brother.

No problem , I figured something had come up .the number that I gave you is my home phone. I don't have a cell phone but I'm getting one because my wife is worried that some of these places that I fish she would never find if
I had my vehicle breakdown. I rode up the road by the middle fork about a mile and it goes on and on with all kinds of fishing holes. People were hauling their fourwheelers on trailers to go riding up in there. If you can find a trailer bring your four wheeler and the mule and we will go up in there and do some fishing (make a whole day of it.

sounds good. you wanna try this upcoming weekend?

that's fine with me. I just hope that we get some rain this week because like I said both rivers had dropped about four inches in only a week and if we don't get any rain this week the water levels will be even lower. May have to do some riding to get to some good fishing spots
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i think we are supposed to get some rain this week according to the weather...here anyway. starting tonight.

wish i could have gone fishing this weekend....those are some good looking smallies friend.

Yeah, I think I could have caught what I caught on the middle fork the week before if those people had not started swimming . But they have as much right to the river as me, and the road was a little to rough for my van so I decided to go back to the North. I hope your right about the rain it may make the fishing even better. Have you talked to MJ about how they did on the Holston, man I wanted to go just couldn't get things done that I nedded to get done.

not talked to him yet...boone on easttennesseefishing.com went to holston, said they did real, real good. 5 over 3lbs

Got to get down there boefore the fishing season is gone. If we can't arrange a trip with MJ we may try it ourselves. maybe campout and make a trip of it or go down the Holston one day and come back to the powell the next and fish it, what ever we can arrange.

yep, for sure. im hoping i can have this entire upcoming weekend to fish...we'll see...keep your fingers crossed.

powell is sooooo down right now, its really bad. im really hoping we get a ton of rain this week.

The islands are posted on the Holston. So I would not camp on them. We caught @ 65 on Saturday. Planning on wading again this Sat. Let me know if you want to go. I called and left BCO messages Th and Fr nite, and never heard from him..

thursday you did? those i didnt get i dont think. i apologize for not getting back with you MJ...had some stuff happen that pretty much left me unavailable all weekend. thats my bad for not calling you and letting you know though, it was just a horribly busy weekend.

65 huh? dang...everyone seemed to do great this weekend. any pics?

count me in for saturday...this time if something comes up ill holler and let you know brother.

MJ that sounds like a blast ,I can't go this weekend but like I said after july I can go any weekend , I'm looking forward to a trip down the Holston. I have to go to viriginia today and won't be back until tuesday night, so I'll talk to you guys later .

I didnt take any pics. Too busy catching. Caught them on about everything we threw. I know a guy who paid 300 bucks to catch 6 smallies and 2 carp. I nedd to go up on my prices Whenever you get ready , let me know.. Might have to go sore mouth a few this week in the Powell. Just got back from the dentist, and Im feeling alot better "know what I mean" Got to have some surgery, meds are dealing with the pain until then

whatever day you wanna go, lemme know.

Finally, had a pretty good rain last night, got the ground pretty wet. I don't think it was enough to raise the water levels any but it did help. Hope it improves the fishing for this weekend .

I was in the Painstville area today,..driving 23 is could see the Levisa at times thinking about fishing as I went,.... it was up some and a little milky,..but still in good shape.