Mid July smallmouth float trip

[Matthew Hagan]

New to the forum, already have seen a lot of great information. A friend and I are going to do a few days of kayak fishing in mid July somewhere in TN for smallmouth. Daytrips, not interested in overnight on the river. Holston and North Holston are on the list as possible choices. Anyone have any other places that we might think about? Or any other advice you may want to give as far as that is concerned. Thanks a lot

[Chris Catignani]

The Buffalo River.

[TnRiver46]

5 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

The Buffalo River.

Ain’t that in Arkansas ? All my friends want to do a 10 day float there 

7 hours ago, Matthew Hagan said:

New to the forum, already have seen a lot of great information. A friend and I are going to do a few days of kayak fishing in mid July somewhere in TN for smallmouth. Daytrips, not interested in overnight on the river. Holston and North Holston are on the list as possible choices. Anyone have any other places that we might think about? Or any other advice you may want to give as far as that is concerned. Thanks a lot

The possibilities are endless, don’t even know where to start

[VolFan]

The Obed was always my favorite, but it’s much smaller.

[Chris Catignani]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Ain’t that in Arkansas ? All my friends want to do a 10 day float there 

The possibilities are endless, don’t even know where to start

This is an amazing TN treasure...we fish it from Jon boat...but it just one way. Jet motor if you wanna go up.

Buffalo (tn.gov)

[Blue Raider Bob]

11 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Ain’t that in Arkansas ? All my friends want to do a 10 day float there 

The possibilities are endless, don’t even know where to start

We have a Buffalo in Middle Tennessee as well as the one you are thinking of in Arkansas.

I catch a few out of the Duck River as well.

[TnRiver46]

5 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

This is an amazing TN treasure...we fish it from Jon boat...but it just one way. Jet motor if you wanna go up.

Buffalo (tn.gov)

 

41 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

We have a Buffalo in Middle Tennessee as well as the one you are thinking of in Arkansas.

I catch a few out of the Duck River as well.

Ok I gotcha! I now recall the buffalo in TN, one of my game warden buddies I went to college with was telling me about it one time. He said that used a go devil motor to run up it 

[Blue Raider Bob]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

Ok I gotcha! I now recall the buffalo in TN, one of my game warden buddies I went to college with was telling me about it one time. He said that used a go devil motor to run up it 

Water clarity in the Buffalo River of Tennessee is much better than in the Duck River of Tennessee. That said, the Duck sometimes clears up quite nicely. I have a cabin on the Duck and fish it often. Unfortunately it rises suddenly with rainfall and fishing is impossible for days at a time. That's when the Rocks of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers eat my jigs!