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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PG................... ARTICLE........................................................... AUTHOR
6...........................Summer Bass on Kentucky Lake.......................................Steve McCadams
12..........................TWRA News.......................................................................TWRA
16..........................Passing on the Farm..........................................................R. Chad Davis
22..........................Catfish in the Current.........................................................Steve McCadams
30..........................The Silent Majority: Silencers.............................................Lane Douglas
34..........................Hot Products and Places To Go.........................................STO
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54..........................Trophy Room......................................................................STO
From the Desk of the Editor
The Sportsmen’s Paradise they call Pickwick Lake
I was honored to attend the TOWA {Tennessee Out-
door Writers Association} annual conference and awards
banquet at Pickwick Lake last month and STO Magazine
walked away with two more plaques for excellence in craft
for our editorial content and color photography. I visited
with many old acquaintances from the past twenty plus
years and met many new friends as well.
The Hardin County Chamber of Commerce was the main
sponsor, along with the TWRA and several others. We
stayed at the Pickwick Lake State Park Inn and the view
from the room was breathtaking. Besides all of the great
meals we enjoyed, along with seminars on graph mapping
by Thomas Tow of Navionics, and one of the most rec-
ognized outdoor journalists of the past fifty years – John
Phillips, we also got to go fishing!
STO field staff editor, John Latham and I first crappie
fished with a fine southern gentleman farmer named John-
ny Pollard. His friendly nature and wealth of knowledge
of Pickwick Lake crappie made for a successful outing.
I mean this man is so ate up with crappie fishing that he
actually has five ponds that he raises minnows on!
Our second outing was with Phil King – who is rec-
ognized by many to be the King of Catfishermen and we
were joined by Joel Lucks of Full Spectrum Media. Phil,
who is a multi-tournament winner, put us on channel, blue
and flathead catfish. His boat was about the size of a small
house trailer and his equipment screamed “big cats.”
I have known Phil for some time and unlike some others,
who have risen to the top of their profession, Phil is one of
the most humble and gracious professionals I know.
We capped off our visit with a couple of ice cold beers
and a great meal at Viv’s Sports Bar & Grill in Counce,
Tennessee. We even attempted to sing Karaoke – which
after our performance may now be called “Scaraoke!”
If you want a slice of outdoor heaven, coupled with the
best in Southern Hospitality, visit Pickwick Lake. You’ll
be glad you did!
See ya,
- Rob Somerville
Johnny Pollard
Phil King

just isn’t there and other times it
shows up at midday when peak
power demands at TVA’s hydro
dams pull water through the sys-
tem.
Ledge fishing is not for the
faint of heart. While most of the
big summer stringers seem to
come from boaters “backing off
the banks”, the technique requires
some staying power. Often times,
anglers visit several different
drop-offs before finding fish. Ev-
ery door here doesn’t open with
one just knock.
Other times it’s the lure selec-
tion that tricks finicky fish into
biting when they take on a slug-
gish attitude. It’s not unusual to
see bass back out away from the
drop-off until some unknown fac-
tor kicks in the feeding spree.
Fish may go on a frenzy at cer-
tain times during the day, a sce-
nario triggered by current, cloud
cover, schools of baitfish moving
up on top of the sandbars, or just
the time of day.
Finding ledges with 8 to 10
feet of water on the top side with
an abrupt drop into 18 to 20 foot
depths is the common ground for
summer hot spots. Sometimes
the fish stage on the deep side
and ambush a school of bait fish,
pushing them over shallow water
for a quick feeding spree.
Some summer anglers key
on humps within the main river
channel itself, or feeder creeks
that emptied into the main river
long ago. Over the years it seems
a lot more bass have been taken
in deeper depths, as anglers have
learned to negotiate the hidden
venues where buried treasures
swim far out from shorelines.
Modern day technology has
greatly aided deep water bass
fishing, as side-scan units by
Lowrance and Hummingbird help
anglers find dormant schools of
bass relating to ledges. Not onlyome anglers back their boats
off the banks and target main lake
ledges. Others stay shallow and
work stickups where big clouds
of pin minnows lure bass to tree-
laps, outside of buck bushes and
bases of willow trees, in bays or
along island rims.
Both these types of bass fish-
ermen find success at times when
summer arrives, but there’s yet
another style of fishing that works
good also at Kentucky Lake when
springtime loses its grip and that’s
grassbed fishing. The aquatic veg-
etation really comes on in late
spring and early summer and shad
flock to the thick, shady mats of
lush hideouts.
Summer bass fishing on Ken-
tucky Lake comes in many forms.
That’s one of the drawing cards
for legions of anglers who love
this big body of water. A hefty
bass population awaits and that is
a plus too. Both numbers and size
continue to hold up well.
It’s not unusual to see good
stringers taken in a variety of
techniques and all on the same
day! This great reservoir is known
for its diversity.
If an angler loves to fish top-
water and thrives on the thrill of
gushing surface strikes, then ear-
ly morning outings can be quite
productive. Finding clear water
and locating the baitfish will see
a surge of activity before the sun
rises high and bright light sends
the fish deeper or into thicker cov-
er.
Buzzbaits worked over shal-
low grass and floating “fluke
style” worms will trick a fish into
a breakfast bite as will assorted
jerk baits like floating Rapalas,
Storm’s Chugg-bug, Heddon’s
Zara Spook, Rebel’s Pop-R and
other similar style baits.
Mowing the grass with assorted
surface lures works good too and a
Texas rigged worm or a gold wil-
low leaf spinner bait are two baits
to keep in your arsenal. While
there are times in lowlight condi-
tions where various weedless lure
selections such as frogs, rats and
spoons produce, the spinnerbait
and rubber worm are considered
to be among the top choices, day
in and day out.
Hitting the parameters with
Rattle Traps, where submerged
patches of grass are present, is yet
another deadly technique. These
style baits {Strike King’s Red-
Eye shad is another good choice}
allow anglers to cover a lot of wa-
ter in pursuit of schooling fish that
might come and go at times.
Anglers hoping to win the tour-
nament or perhaps link up with
some bigger fish {isn’t everyone
fishing for a big one?} tend to
lean more toward main lake drop-
offs once summer sneaks into the
calendar. The belief is that bigger
fish stay close to deep water once
hot weather arrives, yet there al-
ways seems to be a few lunker
largemouth that defy the odds at
times here.
Current is a big factor for ledge
fishermen during summer and of-
ten times the current giveth and
it also taketh away. Fish can be
sluggish on the main lake ven-
ues when stagnant conditions are
present. On some days the current
Summer Bass On
Kentucky Lake
Underwater structure such as trees, bushes and logs located just off the shoreline can prove to hold a treasure trove of bass, especially
in the early morning or late evening hours of the early summer. - STO FILE PHOTO
continued on next page
S
By Steve McCadams
choose your weapons

can anglers discover structure, but
also schools of bait fish or bass
that are inactive for certain peri-
ods of the day.
Wise are the anglers who hang
in there and wait, or keep trying
different keys to unlock the door.
From big spoons to huge Texas
rigged worms, deep diving crank-
baits, Carolina rigs and Alabama
rigs; the summer bass fishermen’s
arsenal differs greatly from the
shallow fishermen’s tackle box.
Popular crankbait choices for
ledge fishermen are Rapala’s DT
series, Strike King’s XD series,
Norman’s NXS, and Bass Pro’s
XPS just to name a few. Color
choices always need have Ten-
nessee Shad or various chartreuse
shades, as all the companies offer
impressive color selections that
mimic bait fish in practically ev-
ery water color you’ll encounter.
Some hefty bass are taken ev-
ery summer on big Texas rigged
worms in the 10-inch length range
too. Armed with a hefty weight,
anglers can hop the big bait pre-
sentations along deep sides of
ledges and avoid catching a lot of
small fish. Their goal isn’t num-
bers; just a few big bites!
Berkley’s Power Bait and Yum
are two popular choices for big
worms, but other style baits such
as Zoom’s Brush Hog works great
for both Carolina and Texas rigged
presentations. Colors such as
green pumpkin pepper, red shad,
pumpkin, black/blue, June bug,
and cotton candy are a few popu-
lar choices of summer bassers at
Kentucky Lake.
So, several patterns await you as
the summer season rolls around.
You’ll likely find some fish play-
ing your game whether you thrive
on shallow structure, mid-range
grass beds, or dig deep on the
drop-offs. And, night fishing is
yet another approach that helps
beat the heat.
Rolling a big spinnerbait along
the banks or sloping gravel points
near the main river is another ar-
row in the summer bass angler’s
quiver.
Kentucky Lake’s mammoth size
can be intimidating, but the best
thing to do is lay out your battle
plan and stay with it. Don’t worry
about what everyone else is doing
or how they’re doing it is sound
advice at times, but then again,
don’t be afraid to try something
different!
This is a lake where just about
any style of fishing works at times
and summer is a prime example of
that here on the big pond we call
Kentucky Lake.
Several types of crankbaits can lure lunker bass into your boat at Kentucky
Lake. The author recommends them to be “Tennessee Shad” in color.
- STO FILE PHOTO

Spinnerbaits ripped across grassbeds can bring in
Kentucky Lake’s other super species of bass; the
smallmouth. - STO FILE PHOTO
Editor’s Note: Steve McCadams is a longtime and experienced, professional guide and outdoor
writer from Paris, Tennessee. He can be reached at
stevemc@charter.net.
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and 4 (Anderson and Massengale areas) and open-
ing zones 6 (Braden Mountain area) and 7 (Tackett
Creek area).
Joy Sweaney, Wildlife Management Area Coordi-
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regarding changes to hunting seasons on WMAs.
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Some East Tennessee WMAs that are placing re-
strictions on quail and rabbit hunting while habitat
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of the proposed changes in regard to WMAs will be
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There were two proclamations brought forward
and passed by the full Commission that increased
hunting opportunities for Tennessee sportsmen.
Paint Rock Refuge was re-proclaimed as Paint Rock
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The Commission also proclaimed Happy Hollow
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Hickman County. Details on the new hunting op-
portunities will be available in the 2015-16 Hunting
Guide, which will be available in August.
The TFWC took action to restore Carroll Lake
since a June 2014 flood which caused damage to
the gates resulting in the lake being drained. Car-
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Carroll County located off of Highway 22 between
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in the family. It had been passed
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point. My advice: Sit your chil-
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out information. If it is too emo-
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ones.
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attended to. Depending on the
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able gift. It is imperative that you
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services of a trustee. This can be
an individual, corporate trustee or
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more than, say, your sister; how-
ever, corporate trustees also don’t
die. If you are considering a gen-
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come into play. Many corporate
trust departments are also experi-
enced in managing farms which
could be of benefit after you are
gone.
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in mind is that the farm might be
valuable enough to trigger Fed-
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is paid by your estate if the total
value of all of your assets when
you die exceeds the Federal estate
tax exemption. When I began my
or many farmers, land has been
passed down for generations.
“Tennessee Century Farms” is
a program administered by the
Center for Historic Preservation
through Middle Tennessee State
University and was created to rec-
ognize and document the dedica-
tion and contributions of families
who have farmed the same land
for at least 100 years. Since incep-
tion, the statewide and ongoing
program has 1,487 certified farms.
According to their website (www.
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ber, 52 farms were founded in, or
prior to, the year 1796.
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may want to pass your property
on to loved ones and see it stay
in the family for generations to
come. This article was written to
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knowledging some of the hurdles
associated with keeping it in the
family.
The first step is to communicate.
Do not assume that your children
have the same emotional connec-
tion that you do to the land. I have
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could own without paying estate
tax was $600,000.00. Anything
over that was severely taxed. If
you were to pass away in 2015,
the exemption is $5.4 million for
an individual and over $10 million
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lack crows cry from deep in
the woods. Their turk-turk-turk
calls signal summer is here. It’s
just one of the many signs that ole’
whiskers has vacated the rocky
banks and bluffs where spawning
took place a few weeks earlier.
From the crevices of
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submerged world and other such
shallow venues march the chan-
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phases are complete and surface
temperatures rise to the upper
70’s.
Once the doldrums descend and
warm summer days linger, cat-
fishermen flock to the Tennessee
River channel as that’s where the
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surface temperatures climb into
the mid 80’s by July and August
and while most anglers think the
cats prowl deep in search of cool-
er water, it’s the pursuit of forage
and the call of the current that
lures them to those deeper depths.
No doubt, dissolved oxygen
plays a vital role in their where-
abouts as well. Yet, most veteran
catfishermen have learned to tar-
get the irregular bends in
the river channel’s bank,
or stalk the spots where
deep feeder creeks once
emptied their contents into the
original Tennessee River channel
itself.
Other popular summer haunts
Divers making repairs at bridges along Kentucky Lake have been shocked at the size of the giant blue catfish that appear like sharks out of the
dark depths. There have even been times when some divers have refused to go back down, claiming these monsters to be the size of a car. - STO
FILE PHOTO
B
Catfish in the currentby Steve McCadams
Most veteran catfishermen have learned
to target the irregular bends in the river
channel’s bank
Channel cats are probably the most popular catfish to both catch and to eat. - STO FILE PHOTO

are hidden islands where the old
channel itself split, diverting its
path for a few yards. Such places
are indeed the cat’s meow for drag
testing strikes.
As most know, the Tennessee
River flows north so the down-
current sides of hidden islands, lip
or cuts within main channel bank,
and deep feeder creeks appeal to
lazy summer catfish that learn
early in life that current is their
lifeline.
Baitfish, namely big
schools of shad, are
pushed slowly downstream by the
current and they benefit from it as
well. Current brings life to a stag-
nant stream. Baitfish move about,
feasting on the zooplankton and
algae stirred up by the moving
water.
The entire food chain is active
when moving water enters the
equation. The big cats know it too
and they move to ambush points
on the down current sides of sub-
merged sandbars, bluffs, points or
deep snags that might break the
current and create underwater ed-
dies.
Lazy summer cats know the
spots where a buffet will soon
wash their way, courtesy of slow
moving water. They hide and
wait. No need to fight the current
and wear themselves out. Finding
spots such as a bend along the me-
andering channel that pushes bait-
fish to a certain zone can be the
ticket to success.
Most anglers allow their boat
to drift slowly with the current,
touching the trolling motor now
and then to manipulate the rig and
keep them on the edge of the river
bank or over newly discovered
hot spots.
Bumping bottom with a single or
double hook rig has withstood the
test of time here, although there
are times when the fish might ac-
tually be suspended. Allowing the
big sinkers to help transmit the
feel of the lake’s bottom, or aid in
locating submerged structure such
as logs or snags of unknown ori-
gin, really helps anglers put their
bait in the strike zone.
Consulting a topographical map
is well worth the effort. Studying
potential summer havens can be
done before you ever hit the water.
Watch for protruding lips or
ditches that once joined the main
channel or secondary sloughs that
might appeal. The maps will help
you garner a general idea of the
depth of a likely spot and it’s wise
to make a few marks and fine tune
your search with sonar once you
hit the lake.
History repeats itself and so do
patterns of summer cat-
fish. They frequent the
same spots every year
when similar conditions return. It
might be the bend in the channel
where water current hits the over-
bank, pushing baitfish against an
underwater wall, or a spot where
the flow washes over a shallow
spot with an abrupt drop-off.
It’s a tailor-made spot when
fish have a deep hideaway adja-
cent to shallow sandbars. These
two depth extremes located close
together offer the fish the best of
both worlds.
Monitoring a depth finder is
mandatory for consistency. An-
glers need to know what’s below,
so to speak. You need to watch for
A flathead catfish perfectly describes its shape. It is generally long and has a much wider brow than its cat cousins. - STO FILE PHOTO
baitfish activ-
ity, structure,
and of course
mark fish at
times as those
arches on the
screen are rea-
sons to remain
on high alert.
Next comes
the bait selec-
tion, as sum-
mer cats can
be finicky at
times. Some
anglers swear
by their choice
of chicken or
turkey livers.
Others rely on
the old stand-
bys of night-
crawlers or cut
shad.
Big live minnows have a good
reputation as well. And, there’s
the use of leeches that some an-
glers find productive when other
bait presentations fall short.
Summer’s bait menu also has
the catalpa worm rating high on
the list of some fishermen as this
natural bait appears on the big
green leaves of trees during sum-
mers in the South.
Commercial stink baits have
their time and place too. These
powerful concoctions may smell
rank to the user, but seem quite
a delight to Tennessee River cats
at times. If you encounter an an-
gler using such choices you never
have to ask what bait he’s using;
the noxious odor will reveal his
choice of ammunition for the bat-
tle!
Popular venues, such as the
piers at Paris Landing Bridge are
productive as the narrowing of
the river channel always seems
to concentrate catfish during the
summer months. Most of the big
bays such as Byrd, Hughes, Cy-
press, Standing Rock, Leather-
wood and White Oak are just a
few examples where creeks meet
the main river channel to provide
good spots.
Even the best spots can be in-
effective if current is not pres-
ent. There are times during the
day when a stagnant scenario just
doesn’t stimulate the bite. Fish
may take on a dormant mood until
current enters the picture, which
can occur on up in the day when
TVA generates more water during
peak power demands.
There is no doubt that anglers
target the banks and bends of the
main channel but all the catfish in
Kentucky Lake don’t swim down
same street at the same time.
Other techniques such as jug
fishing have long been a popular
technique, allowing an armada of
baits to drift about. Sooner or later
one encounters a hungry cat and
the dancing float signals success.
Kicking back beneath the shade of
a pontoon’s canopy while watch-
ing for a jug to dance across the
water and submerge isn’t all bad!
Big cats bite all summer long
and stories surface of monsters
in the 40 to 50 pound range quite
often. Everyone knows the gi-
ant cats are there and that’s what
keeps them coming back!
Editor’s Note: Steve McCadams is
a professional guide and outdoor
writer from Paris, Tennessee. He
can be reached at stevemc@char-
ter.net.
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questions. Are silencers legal, do
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What tends to surprise most
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It threads onto a barrel that has
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to my list, Yo-Yoing on Reelfoot
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New Tricks
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Between the stories, the won-
drous night sky that shined over
the lake, and the various lights
from the shoreline that peeked
out, I was reminded of past times
sitting around campfires. Frank-
lin pointed out the other lights of
fisherman checking yo-yos. This
generated new stories of how they
were in good places, or that they
had fished there before. I did note
that yo-yoing offered time to share
a lot of fishing tales, which as we
all know …. are always truthful,
even if slightly exaggerated. I also
realized how right Franklin was
when he told me, “You get much
more out of this than just the fish”.
It was time to make our next
check, so we said our goodbyes
and trolled off toward the shining
yo-yos. William Tyler said they
looked like Christmas ornaments
hanging down. We didn’t have the
luck we enjoyed on our first two
checks. The night had become
much cooler after sunset and we
figured that had contributed to the
activity slowing down. We took in
the yo-yos and motored back to
the boat ramp with a livewell full
of channel cats and a stringer full
of great memories.
I have become “hooked” on yo-
yoing. I would recommend for
anyone to add a yo-yoing trip on
Reelfoot Lake to their bucket list.
Thank you very much Franklin
and William Tyler for a great first
yo-yo trip and I hope we share
many more together.
Special note: Never leave yo-
yos out overnight or unattended.
Other wildlife can become tan-
gled or hooked.
box where he stored them. A fish-
ing yo-yo is a spring loaded reel,
which carries enough tension that
when triggered it automatically
sets the hook. It’s generally hung
from a suitable low-hanging and
semi-limber, tree limb. We pre-
pared two sets of twelve yo-yo’s
making sure they were in good
working order, had sharp hooks
attached, and there were no dam-
aged lines. While I bombarded
Franklin with questions about yo-
yoing, William Tyler was asking
about snack time. He wanted to be
sure it was in the plans.
When the yo-yos were ready,
we trolled up to the tree where
we would start the first set. While
hanging the yo-yo Franklin ex-
plained how he tied it in place on
the limb using a single loop, slip
knot. This knot held good and
was as easy as untying a shoe-
string when it was time to take the
yo-yos down. He tied the yo-yo
in place, baited it, pulled out the
string to the depth we were fish-
ing, set the trigger, and we were
good to go. Any type of live bait
works well including
redworms, nighcrawl-
ers or crickets. But,
panfish will often steal
this type of bait; so
many fishermen prefer
chicken liver, hot dog
chunks or commercial
stink bait.
We finished hang-
ing the first set, then
moved to the next lo-
cation and hung the
second. By pulling out
into the lake between
the two sets of yo-yo’s,
we were able to watch
both. We drifted for
about forty-five min-
utes before we made
our first check. The
sun was almost gone
and night was slipping
across the lake. Frank-
lin had put reflective
tape on each yo-yo
making it easy to lo-
cate them after dark
by shining a spotlight
on them. This also
helped indicate if a fish
had been caught. Four
nice channel catfish
were put in the livewell on our
first check. We made sure none of
the other yo-yos were sprung and
were still baited. We then motored
back out to our vantage point to
drift and watch.
Shortly after we had finished
our second check, which yielded
the same results, we were joined
by some fellow yo-yo fishermen,
who had pulled up alongside our
boat. I listened as the stories began
to be traded between fishermen. A dozen or more yo-yo’s hanging from the cypress trees at scenic Reelfoot Lake on a full moon
night can be fun, relaxing and can mean tasty dinner fillets of channel catfish. - STO FILE PHOTO
A fishing yo-yo is a mechanical, spring loaded device with a trigger. When the line is set and the fish takes your
bait, the trigger trips, allowing the tension in the spring to actually wear down a catfish and reel him up to the
surface. - Photo by Rob Somerville

The author’s son {4 ½ year old Andrew} stands next to Roland Criswell with a 75 pound catfish. Removing catfish, stripers (yellow bass) and
largemouth bass under 12” are an important component of Fyrne Lake’s management plan. - Photo courtesy of Fyrne Lake
Fish FactoriesBy Kevin Griffith
hat did I get myself into?
As I wrote about in last is-
sue, I had just finished surveying
my new lake with a consultant
and the bad news was in. There
was a HUGE amount of work to
do to get it back into shape. My
new playground was vastly over-
crowded with bass, had been
stocked years before with WAY
too many grass carp, was totally
devoid of baitfish, had very little
natural or artificial structure and
needed every possible catfish and
striper (yellow bass) removed. It
was 2005 and I was only at the
lake a few days to a week each
month. How was I going to get
all this done?
Luckily, I wasn’t the only one
who wanted to improve the fish-
ing on the lake. At the time, there
were close to 40 locals who were
members of the Fyrne Lake Fish-
ing Club, a club I inherited from
the previous owner when I pur-
chase the property. (It was formal-
ly called the Viar Lake Fishing
Club.) Under the guidance of my
lake consultant, I requested that
each member keep every striper,
catfish and grass carp they caught,
as well as every largemouth bass
under 12”. To make it easier on
the fishermen, we installed a hold-
ing pen/net at the landing for any
fish not wanted.
It worked! The fisherman started
removing hundreds of small bass,
stripers and the occasional catfish
or grass carp. The members left in
the net what they didn’t want to
take home themselves, while oth-
ers removed what was there to add
to their catch. While in Tennessee
I even harvested from the net to
provide meals for myself and my
family. However, even with hun-
dreds of fish being removed, the
process wasn’t going as quickly
as I wanted. There needed to be a
faster way.
There actually was a faster way!
The lake consultant said the fast-
est and easiest
way to fix the
lake was to DE-
STROY IT! By
destroy it, he
meant to treat
the lake with
chemicals to kill
ALL the fish. I
wasn’t willing to
do that! For one,
it would take
several years
before the fish-
ing would come
close to what it
was, even con-
sidering its
current off bal-
ance condition.
I also had the
club members
to consider.
Suspension of
the fishing club
would be nec-
essary for at
least 3 years,
maybe more. The reality of the
situation was that I had just been
blessed with the privilege of car-
ing for this place, a dream of
a lifetime! And I didn’t have a
peace about intentionally killing
hundreds of thousands of fish not
to mention the countless number
of other aquatic creatures in the
lake, just to improve the fishing.
At that very moment, I made a
commitment to myself to work
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chain had been broken. There
wasn’t a single baitfish to be seen.
But what species should I stock?
Through my research, I discov-
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sidering for Fyrne Lake’s needs:
fathead minnows, golden shiners,
threadfin shad and tilapia ... yes,
tilapia!
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probably seen on restaurant
menus and maybe even enjoyed.
It’s a great tasting mild fish. What
you probably didn’t realize is
that its offspring make great bait-
fish! And, do they ever produce
offspring! During the warmer
months tilapias spawn every
month, producing thousands and
thousands of baitfish. They’re also
plant eaters, like grass carp. Tila-
pia don’t compete with your game
fish for food. They actually pro-
vide your bass and crappie with a
tasty snack and nourishing meal
- tilapia fingerlings. Since tilapia
are such prolific breeders, there
is a danger of them overpopulat-
ing a pond or lake in warmer cli-
mates. However, being a tropical
fish originally farmed for food in
ancient Egypt, they are vulnerable
to cold water temperatures and
become sluggish as the water ap-
proaches 55F and eventually die
by the time the water reaches 45F.
As their metabolism slows down
these fish become easy prey for
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with what God
had blessed me
with and build
upon the qual-
ity of the cur-
rent fishery.
So, I wasn’t
going to kill all
the life in the
lake and start
over. But, that
didn’t mean I
wouldn’t ag-
g r e s s i v e l y
explore oth-
er ways to
achieve my
goal. I had an
idea! The lake
consultant had
used an elec-
tro-shock boat
to survey the
lake. That’s a
boat that uses
a combination
of a genera-
tor, transformer
box and elec-
trodes to create
an electrical
field to tempo-
rarily stun fish
without harm-
ing them. Dur-
ing the survey
we had shocked
up over a 100
small bass,
a catfish and
a grass carp.
What if I
bought one to
help remove
unwanted fish
from the lake!
I could remove thousands of fish!
Not to mention the fact that shock-
ing fish was just plain COOL! It’s
the only guaranteed way to catch
fish EVERYTIME! But, how was
I going to obtain one? Was it even
legal for a civilian to own one?
Was it fair to the fish? Well, us-
ing it for pleasure fishing really
isn’t fair. Shocking takes all the
sport out of the hunt. But was it
legal? I needed to do quite a bit
of research before I purchased an
electro-shock boat. I placed it on
my wish list.
Removing unwanted fish was
only part of my three prong plan
to improve the fishing in Fyrne
Lake. The other two prongs in-
volved pumping up the food chain
and adding substantial quantities
of fish structure. The food chain
in Fyrne Lake had been decimat-
ed by the overpopulation of large-
mouth bass. They had eaten and
were continuing to eat EVERY
living thing they could fit in their
oversized mouths. Standing on
the shoreline of the lake you could
see small bass lined up waiting
for something to move. I would
throw small stones in the lake and
rather than swimming away, the
bass raced toward the splash in
the hopes they would be the first
to eat whatever had fallen into the
lake. No wonder fishermen com-
plained about not being able to get
their bait past the bass to catch the
bream and crappie!
Eventually we would remove
enough of the small bass to make
a difference (especially if I end-
ed up getting a shock boat). But,
that wouldn’t repair the damage
the overpopulation of bass had
Tilapia come in many colors. Here is one out of our delivery that was completely white. -
Photo courtesy of Fyrne Lake
The fathead minnow is native to North America, used as live bait throughout the US and
is ideal for stocking new ponds BEFORE predator fish are introduced. - Photo courtesy of
Wikipedia
The golden shiner is native to eastern North America and is an ideal minnow to stock for
fattening up your bass. - Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

more interested in the tilapia’s
offspring filling the bellies of our
starving game fish. I placed my
order right away!
Fathead minnows could also
fill an important place in the eco-
system of Fyrne Lake. Otherwise
known as tuffies (olive grey) or
rosy reds (golden/red strain),
these baitfish are very slender and
average between 2 and 3 inches in
length making them an ideal crap-
pie bait and they are actually sold
throughout the US for that exact
purpose. In a new pond or lake (or
one recently “cleansed”), you’ll
want to stock baitfish a season or
two BEFORE stocking your game
fish, to allow the baitfish to be-
come established. Otherwise, all
your breeder baitfish could be con-
sumed before they have a chance
to spawn. That’s especially true
for fatheads. They’re slow mov-
ing and an easy target for a hun-
gry bass or crappie. Since I wasn’t
starting the lake’s fish population
over from scratch, I had to find a
way to give the fatheads a fight-
ing chance to spawn, and I found
it. Fatheads need dense structure
to hide in… massive amounts to
have a chance for enough of them
to survive the numerous lurking
mouths. I wanted these baitfish
established, so I placed my order
and immediately started placing
all the brush we could round up
along the edge of the cove next
to our release point, to provide
immediate cover and spawning
structure.
Fatheads are fine for crappie and
juvenile bass. However, to reach
lunker size, bass require a greater
ratio of protein versus expended
acquisition energy than these fat-
head minnows could provide. The
established bream in the lake were
doing their best to provide that
protein, they just couldn’t keep
up with the demand. They need-
ed help. The tilapia would serve
as a stop gap measure, providing
baitfish during the warm months,
but they’d all die out by winter. I
wanted to permanently establish
a baitfish that in conjunction with
a revitalized bream population,
could provide what our bass need-
ed to become monsters. Golden
shiners filled the bill. Adult gold-
en shiners average between 3”
and 5” with a much beefier build
than fatheads, providing the de-
sired protein ratio. I added them
to my order!
My plan was coming together!
The fatheads were the first to ar-
rive and as hoped, many made
their way to the structure we
placed in a nearby cove and soon
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began to spawn. When the golden
shiners arrived, rather than just
release all of them at the landing,
I wanted to transport a portion of
my purchase by boat a mile away
to the very top of the lake. I be-
lieved that by spreading them out,
I would double my chances of
getting these fish established in
Fyrne Lake on the first attempt.
The challenge was to transport a
sufficient quantity from the land-
ing on the boat without overstress-
ing (killing) the shiners.
Jenny Fagin, from Greenwater
Fish Farm, came up with the an-
swer.
I had found Jenny online while
looking for a baitfish source. Lo-
cated in Milan, Tennessee, Green-
water Fish Farm supplies a variety
of baitfish and game fish as well as
grass carp and tilapia. Jenny and
her husband, Dan, founded Green-
water in 1997. Both with degrees
in aquaculture from Auburn, they
have grown a successful business
serving several adjoining states
providing sport fish for privately
owned ponds and lakes. With
her dad, Ed Davis, they supply
baitfish across the mid-south,
food size tilapia to local grocery
stores and fingerlings across the
nation. When I discussed my plan
of moving a large quantity of the
golden shiners to the far end of
the lake, she immediately shared
the solution. Jenny explained how
she transports fish by truck for
long distances by feeding pure
oxygen into water through stones
(like a fish tank pump) or pipes
with numerous small holes. This
process provides ample oxygen to
densely pack a container with fish,
especially for the relatively short
distance we were going to travel
by boat up the lake. We now had
a plan!
On the day Jenny brought the
shiners, she released most of the
fish from the landing, while the
rest we gently placed in a 55 gallon
drum in our boat. Oxygen pump-
ing full blast, we quickly started
our trek to the top of the lake. It
seemed like it took forever! The
extra weight of the water in the
drum (400+ lbs.) made the boat
ride low in the water and slowed
our progress. I kept checking on
the fish, making sure they weren’t
gasping for oxygen at the surface.
So far, so good! We finally made it
to the top and started the release.
Almost every fish made the jour-
ney! Only a couple floated limp
in the water. It was normal to lose
a small percentage on a transport
and considering that we had just
moved several hundred, losing
a small percentage of 1% was a
success. Now, all that was left was
to stock the tilapia I had ordered.
Jenny checked the water tempera-
ture and confirmed that we needed
to wait another month until the
lake would be warm enough.
May came and so did the tilapia!
I was amazed to see the variety of
colors ranging from dark brown,
orange, pure white and every mix-
ture in between. The ones Jenny
delivered that day were about the
size and shape of a mature bream,
with a slightly longer & thicker
body. These tough looking little
fish quickly spread throughout the
lake and did what they do best,
spawn! In fact, I was amazed to
see a cloud of fish fry along the
shoreline that very same day! How
could that be? I Googled tilapia
and discovered that some variet-
ies are mouth brooders. After the
laid eggs are fertilized by the male
tilapia, the female fish will scoop
them up in her mouth, incubat-
ing them until the hatchlings are
ready to swim out on their own.
At least one of my stocked fish
had a mouthful of fry!
Boy, this effort at bringing Fyrne
Lake’s fishery back was becoming
quite an adventure and learning
experience. My efforts so far of
removing unwanted fish, flooding
the lake with hundreds of thou-
sands of tilapia fry through stock-
ing breeder tilapia, and establish-
ing baitfish back into the food
chain was beginning to turn the
lake around. However, there was
still much more to do! The low-
est rung of the food chain, plank-
ton, needed to be pumped up to
maximize Fyrne Lake’s potential.
That would involve fertilizing the
lake… a potentially dangerous
proposition! Done incorrectly,
a fish kill can result. There was
also one more baitfish I wanted
to investigate, threadfin shad. I’ll
cover both of these subjects in my
next article.
Jenny Fagin, from Greenwater Fish Farm, is shown releasing fat-
head minnows at Fyrne Lake. - Photo courtesy of Fyrne Lake

ello once again to all you
great readers of STO Magazine.
I hope life has been good to you
and yours. One of our local coon
hunters (Jason Crum) hit the jack-
pot this past February with his
Walker hound, PCH On Tapp.
The prize was a new Chevy truck,
for winning the Senior Showdown
at Lula, Mississippi at the Isle of
Capri Casino. Not too shabby for
a coon hunter who has only been
in the game for six years. Let us
hear the story from Jason in his
own words.
STO: Tell us about your first coon
hunt?
Jason: Well Shawn, the first time
I went coon hunting I went with
Zac Moon (Half owner of Tapp
at the time of the big win) and I
got hooked. I have always owned
dogs that I thought had something
a little special. You know yourself
that if a dog is not a real quality
hound you will be embarrassed
around hunters who are the “real
deal.” I originally started off with
a female Walker named Magic. I
bought Tapp about two years ago
and the rest is history.
STO: Jason, I know you had to go
through several cast wins in order
to get to the final, so please tell the
readers how the final cast went.
Jason: Well Tapp struck in for
100 and treed in for 75 coon and
qualified for the next strike. The
strike points were open again and
he struck back in for 100. Tapp
Local Boy does goodBy Shawn Todd
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got treed deep and the coon was
found, so that gave him a 200 plus
score. I was winning the cast, but
another dog {Tiny} struck in for
100 and if she had a coon by her-
self she would have won. It was
nerve racking. It was a tremen-
dous hunt and a great cast.
STO: Jason, I appreciate you tak-
ing time out of your schedule to
give our fine readers some of the
story of the hunt. Is there anything
else you would like to add?
Jason: Yes, I want to thank my
wife (Emily) without her none of
this would have been possible.
I would also like to thank Zac
Moon, Steve Yant and Mark Hall.
Without each of them this journey
would have never been a success.
One last thing dear readers, I am
honored to announce that the Dyer
County Coon Hunters Associa-
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Children’s Hospital at our Parsons
hunt in April. Way to go gang!
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tilted the scales at over three pounds
and was caught from a private pond!
This monster non-typical buck came out of
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This beautiful ten-point buck
was harvested by Hunter Barker
in Carroll County, Tennessee.
Photo courtesy of Lankford
Taxidermy. This nice 5 pound largemouth bass
was caught in a private pond by Doc
Jackson.
Jimmy Siggers caught this
15 pound catfish in Carroll
County, Tennessee.
Photo courtesy of Lankford
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Drake Copeland {6 years old}
of Cat Corner killed his first
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juvenile hunt in Obion County.
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his 20 ga. Mossberg 500 pump.
Photo submitted by Annie
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the Tennessee River. It measured 48
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paid off as it really grew a nice rack as a 4 year-old.
Photo submitted by Larry Summers.
Dyersburg, Tennessee native - Jerry
Joiner - caught this huge bass in a
private pond.
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