before our bass club broke up in 1999 we always scheduled night tournaments on cherokee and dale hollow. i think the club was probably started in 1981.so for about 18 years in a row we night fished both lakes.cherokee was always in july and dale hollow was in august.my favorite places on cherokee were around gilmore boat dock,across the lake from gilmore dock behind the islands(spinnerbait for smallmouth)fish all the points close to german creek boat dock and always fish around #19 island.late in the evening and early morning always throw the big spook.we didnt always catch big stringers at these locations but we were heros more than zeros coming in at weigh in time.also if you have the chance go to dale hollow for night fishing.i probably like it more than cherokee.