Other licenses can be required for fishing on certain bodies of water, such as the Tellico River or the West Prong of the Pigeon River in Gatlinburg. Located amidst rolling farmland, this 30,300-acre reservoir boasts good fishing for a variety of species. Striped bass abound near the dam in summer months. In fall and spring, stripers run upstream to the John Sevier Steam Plant discharge. Jigs and crankbaits take largemouth bass from rock outcroppings during the winter when the water level drops as much as 28 feet.
Crappie fishing is excellent in the large creek embayments.
Nourished by three rivers, this 30,400-acre reservoir is the premier crappie lake in East Tennessee and is considered statewide to be second only to West Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake. Despite an average annual drawdown of 48 feet, fertile creek hollows and an ample supply of stump beds provide hot crappie fishing year-round. Bass fishing is best on the lake during the spring but is consistently good most of the time. The first reservoir constructed by TVA, this impoundment of the Powell and Clinch rivers was completed in 1936, creating a lake of 34,200 acres. The annual fluctuation can exceed 45 feet.