You don t need much equipment to fish these hotspots. Many are accessible only from the bank. Others require a set of waders. A lightweight, portable jon boat or canoe is a help in some. Check out golf course lakes, subdivision lakes and other seldom-fished waters near your home.
Flooding can caught vast surrounding areas to be inundated.
And while the water in the main channel and tributaries of the river system may be extremely muddy, surprisingly, the newly-flooded areas are often clear. Last spring the Nashville area was hammered by over 20 straight days of rain. The Cumberland River rose high enough to flood some low-lying areas. I decided to drive to nearby Ashland City, the site of the worst flooding, to photograph the spectacularly high water. I pulled into a launch area on the Cumberland, only to see the half-mile road leading to the ramp quickly disappear into the water.