Place is crawling with walleye. I've watched them spawn a lot. I think the fluctuations in the lake kill the eggs. I firmly believe they would reproduce if the lake didn't fluctuate 10' right after they spawn.
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Setterman
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EWC likely knows better than me, but I think the walleye spawn
Biggun4214
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The hoop nets on the Clinch may have a bearing on walleye reproduction.
PickettSFHunter
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One of the hardest parts of catching walleye here is to not be directly upstream of a net stretched from bank to bank. It's a big deal, they'll have scouts on the roads watching for the wardens and assembly lines to run all the fish up the hill fast. You basically just have to let all those guys fill their freezers and be done with it then the legal fisherman can catch what's left. TWRA tries enforcement but you can't beat the locals teamed up together, they'll have grandma and grandpa watching the roads and the kids helping haul, just how it is.
Walleye spawn on the upper Clinch and Powell. Above 34 on the Clinch and above 17 on Powell.
Check water flow. That's the key.
Above 2,000 cfs on either catch rates went to zero.
Clinch @ Tazewell
Powell @Arthur
Put in at Beech Grove on Clinch
Earls Hollow on Powell
I was the last to net on the clinch. You're completely out of the loop. TWRA asked me to shock instead of netting. Get better info. TWRA actually cares about this fishery.
PickettSFHunter
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Wooden Arrow
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they try. i've caught walleye up past Kyles Ford on the Clinch.
Wrong. Walleye reproduce robustly.
Rockfish need 3-4 days of flowing water to reproduce. That doesn't happen. Zero reproduction of Striped Bass.
Wooden Arrow
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i used to think that the Holston might hit that mark, but they've started filling Cherokee Lake up earlier & earlier each year. last two years, there were boats trolling where i used to wade below the steam plant after turkey season... gotta keep boaters happy. used to see jet boats bottomed out on gravel bars below the "bridge that aint" trying to get upstream early on. steam plant boat ramp back open now though.
