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Summer Striper Fishing - Tennessee River

Summer striper fishing takes place on the Tennessee River on the west side of Knoxville. These fish will average 10 to 25 lbs with occaisional 30 lbers caught. Fishing is usually very consistent and numbers of fish ( 20 to sometimes 50+ per day) can be expected. I usually split the day and fish about 4 hours in the morning and 4 in the late afternoon your schedule permitting. Great trips for anybody and a short drive to the Smokey Mountain ( Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge).

Summer 2009 Highlights

NOTE : Most fish are released. This can be done successfully in the heat of summer due to the cooler and highly oxygenated water below dams. Take pictures quickly or release fish without removing from water. Most lakes are too hot for successful release of summer fish. The number of fish we caught is stated to reflect the consistency of my summer trips. You may have fished with another guide in the same area and caught more , less or bigger. We didn't pitch small baits to run this total up with 3 to 5 pound fish. In addition to a lot of 20 to 30 lb fish more than half of our summer catch was 12 to 18 lbs.

( (((( above photos) Matthew and his dad Jonathon (from GA) caught stripers up to 23 lbs. July 20 th, '09.

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Charles and Steve from South Carolina fished with me on July 21 st, '09 and boated 36 stripers with 4 fish weighing in at 20 to 25 lbs.

(( above photos ) Jan and John Sholtze from PA fished with me July 22,23, 24. Boated 86 stripers up to 27 lbs.

(( photo left ) Joe and Christine ( from NC ) fished with me on July 25th, '09 and caught and released 18 stripers up to 23 lbs.

( photo left ) Jim and his crew ( from New York ) fished with me on July 26 th and boated 18 stripers with 2 over 20 lbs.

( above photos ) Steve (white shirt), Winfred (orange shirt), Tyler ( short guy - blonde hair) and his brother Danion

( short guy - no front teeth) from North Carolina fished with me on July 27th caught 31 stripers with 2 over 20 lbs

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( photos above ) David and Jody ( from NC ) fished with me July 28, 29 and caught 52 stripers with 2 over 20 lbs.

( photo left ) Travis (pictured) and Tim from North Carolina fished with me July 30 and 31st and caught 98 fish with 4 over 20 lbs.

(( photo left ) Kevin (pictured ) and Jim from Florida fished with me August 1st and 2nd and boated 85 stripers with 5 fish over 20 lbs.

( above photos ) Jerry and Marie from North Carolina fished with me August 4th and 5th and boated 46 stripers with 2 over 20 .

( photo above ) Cory, long time friend and client Paul Freer and Tom fished with me on August 6th. Paul was top dog this day with back to back 20 lb + fish but Cory was quick to remind him of the 41 lb striper he caught with me on a past trip.

( photos above ) Todd and his dad traveled from Georgia and celebrated his dad's 70 th birthday with a striper fishing trip. Bite was slow on my last day of summer guiding but they still landed 14 stripers with 6 weighing between 18 and 22 lbs.