• Little River Fishing Report - TN

    Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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  • Charles is a native of New Carlisle, Ohio and graduated from Bethel High School in 1977. He began his career with TWRA as a Fisheries Technician I at the Tellico Trout Hatchery in 2002. He transferred to the Reservoir Fisheries Unit in 2005 to work as a creel clerk on Fort Loudoun, Melton Hill, and Tellico Reservoirs. Charles is married and has two children. He enjoys fishing and working on automobiles in his spare t

  • Little River Fishing Report - TN

    Water Conditions
    The river flow is up and down due to the much needed rain.
    The water temperature is about 72 degrees.
    Flow is down to 79 cfs above Townsend and 136 cfs below Maryville.

    Summary
    Corn and Powerbait are two good bait choices, but a small piece of redworm or nightcrawler is doing very well. The anglers have reported catching a few smallmouth bass along with a few trout, both rainbows and a few browns. The trout seem to be hitting small dry fly offerings, while the smallmouth prefer little inline spinners. Gold blade panther martins and rooster tail type spinners are good choices.

    Bass
    Moderating
    Smallmouth bass are chasing after shiny flashy spinners like panther martins with gold blades in number 2 or 3 size. Rooster tails are another good lure choice with gold or silver blades.

    Trout
    Moderating
    Dry flies are catching some nice rainbows below the spillways and around the fast moving water. There are a few stacking up in the deeper pools and around other structure like bridges and rocks. Bright colored power bait is a good choice, but just about anything brightly colored will get their attention. Live worms are always a great choice and a plain #3 or smaller hook with a small piece of redworm or nightcrawler is very hard for a trout or bass to pass up.
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