Fort Patrick Henry Dam Generation question kayak fishing.

[ogie]

Hey all,

I'm in the tri-cities this week visiting a friend and had a question about taking a kayak below the Fort Patrick Henry Dam. I know there's generally only about a two hour window to fish between generations, is it even viable to fish the river when the dam is generating from a kayak in Kingsport? Is there anywhere further down river that I would have a little more time between dam generations to safely fish the river? I've been coming down here for awhile but I usually fish the lakes and I would love to hit the river for some smallies. Thanks in advance and tight lines!

 

[sll]

Below the PH dam you are mainly in trout water for the biggest part. There are smallmouth there , of course, but the good SM fishing starts below the Eastman for the most part.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

some smallies in the sluice around the island... used to know a guy that floated that during duck season. aint been down it myself yet. bass like to hang around at outfalls from the plant on town side of main river.