Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: fishing in tennessee
well guys im going fishing this weekend with a couple of guys but where im going has some history to it. its the nolichuckey river dam and this dam was built in 1901 to 1902 and when the dam was built they sent divers into the bottom of the dam to check for cracks. when they went down there one of the divers came back out to the water and said hey guys you should look at this the thing they found down there which was at the crease of the bottom of the dam and the bottom of the river was a space in height about 15 foot long and they said they saw a 10 foot long catfish that weighed a 190 pounds man what a catfish.
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Joined: Feb 05, 2006 Posts: 1853 Location: Tennessee, USA XP: 834
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:07 am Post subject:
dude i have heard that same story tied to all tennessee dams. not just the nolichuckey river dam.
but to the Fort Loudoun Dam, and the Tellico Dam. i have heard stories of catfish being as big as a 1950s ford truck at the Tellico Dam.
so dont get your hopes up lol. several UT professors and scientist and several TVA scientist have looked into the 10 foot catfish story, and have never found any proof lol.
wikipedia wrote:
Nolichucky Dam is a dam on the Nolichucky River near Greenville, Tennessee, maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).[1] The dam impounds Davy Crockett Lake,[1][2] which extends 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream from the dam.[2]
Nolichucky Dam was built in 1912-1913 for hydroelectricity generation.[1][2] The dam is 94 feet (29 m) high and 482 feet (147 m) long.[2] TVA used it for power generation until 1972, when sediment buildup in Davy Crockett Lake made continued electricity generation impractical.[2] The dam and reservoir are now used for flood control and recreation;[1] the reservoir is a wildlife management area.[2]
Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1626 Location: Big Stone Gap, VA USA XP: 50,172
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:30 am Post subject:
I live in Southwest VA about 45 minutes from TN and I've also heard the same stories. I've also seen some monster ass catfish but nothing that big. The biggest one that I've seen was a 88 LB blue channel catfish that was huge. _________________________________________________________
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