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Post by ibugly on May 21, 2010 19:11:35 GMT -6
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Post by caretaker on May 21, 2010 19:45:37 GMT -6
Don`t see what all the fuss is about. Ain`t nuthin but stripe in that lake anyway
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Post by ibugly on May 21, 2010 20:17:25 GMT -6
Stripes and Carp. I think they need a Bounty on Carp and need to focus serious efforts in riding the lake of them. A large Carp can cut the Game Fish food supply down real fast. Norris hasn't been a good fishing lake since the mid 1960's. That was about the time Stripes showed up too. I think some of it has to do with the lake itself also and year round oxygen levels. It's about the deepest lake in East Tennessee. Douglas and Cherokee are more spread out too plus Norris has a deeper channel. I've measured 200 feet around Bear Hole Bend.
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Post by caretaker on May 21, 2010 20:52:29 GMT -6
Lakes usually go through a cycle. Most are productive when they are new and peak out. Norris has done that. It is a beautiful lake and an excellent family lake. I do not consider it a tournament bass lake. Maybe in a few years if the slot limit works. It is a good stripe tournament lake. I just don`t see it as having the natural resources to produce a large quanty of large bass.
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Post by ibugly on May 21, 2010 21:01:46 GMT -6
The only area large bass could prosper in is Loyston Sea and maybe parts of Sharps Chapel. That's where most are caught. I read a long time ago that Norris is almost considered a mountain lake because of the make up of it. Granted Douglas get true high mountain streams feeding it but it's flatter and wider. Norris is deep and narrow except at Loyston Sea.
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