Walleye on Clinch

[buckaroo]

I have a week off and thinking of trying some walleye fishing on Clinch river, I have never fished it and will try from bank, near Tazewell, anyone have some pointers?

 

[Tenntrapper]

Watching..
I would be interested in this as well, I'm just on the other side of the big hill.

 

[SES]

Chartreuse buck tail jig. 1/4-1/2 ounce.

 

[7mm08]

If you have a boat try WITH THE GENERATORS OFF ......Miller's Island to the Weir Dam. They were stacked in there last spring.

 

[Hduke86]

If you have a boat try WITH THE GENERATORS OFF ......Miller's Island to the Weir Dam. They were stacked in there last spring.

And don't go below Miller's Island and don't ask me how I know. 7mm08 gave me some advice back in August and for some reason I thought my aluminum boat would make it fine below Miller's with low water but not the case cause I believe my boat seat still has a imprint of my backside in it from centering a rock just below the surface and getting stuck sideways against the current. Should've paid better attention to his advice cause now I have a new battle scar and was never so happy to get my boat back to the ramp lol

 

[ewc]

Chartreuse buck tail jig. 1/4-1/2 ounce.

No. Not unless you bring a 100 and plan to use them all.

 

[ewc]

If you have a boat try WITH THE GENERATORS OFF ......Miller's Island to the Weir Dam. They were stacked in there last spring.

He's talking about the upper clinch above point 34.

 

[ewc]

If you have access to a boat, the last two weeks of March are prime. About a mile below 25 is a giant hole called the sand hole. Jig and a minnow.

If you come upstream from there, on your right hand side is some deeper water. Anchor 30 yards off shore and cast in jigging back in a 90 degree arc. Best spot I think.

Full moon- cast a clown colored shallow husky jerk from the bank. In a boat, troll upstream with the same.

Good luck. I did my Master's work there on walleye. Fantastic fishery.

 

[larry ipock]

You guys talking above the dam or below? Sorry for dumb question/ Trying to learn the upper part of Norris.

 

[7mm08]

He's talking about the upper clinch above point 34.

I don't know what the upper Clinch is but this the Miller Island boat ramp......: paddle, row like we did or motor to the weir.....WITH THE GENERATORS OFFFFFFFFFF

THEY were stacked up in between those two points last spring. We rowed past a guy in a kayak that had caught two. How I wished for a spinning rod and crank baits that day.

 

[7mm08]

You guys talking above the dam or below? Sorry for dumb question/ Trying to learn the upper part of Norris.

BELOW NORRIS. AGAIN FROM Miller's island to the weir dam and then back. There is no boat put in directly below the weir. The first put in us Miller's

 

[ewc]

The OP is asking about the upper Clinch River @ Hwy 25 near Tazewell.

Not Miller's island.

 

[ewc]

The original post is asking about a spot on the Upper Clinch river approximately 73 miles above Norris dam. Reading comprehension is important my friend.

 

[Luckybuck16]

I've got a jet boat and will provide everything including breakfast if someone would wanna show me where to go over that direction .. I catch them on the French broad and Douglas all spring

 

[ewc]

I can tell you exactly where to go and where you can't based on lake level and flow on either the Clinch or Powell rivers.

I spent 40-50 hours a week up there Jan 15-April 15 for three years checking angler explotation and catch rates and comparing those rates to what was there - I did a LOT of electrofishing.

Fun times in grad school. Have some fantastic stories.

Gill-netted the entire lake April-June those same years.

 

[Antler Daddy]

I can tell you exactly where to go and where you can't based on lake level and flow on either the Clinch or Powell rivers.

I spent 40-50 hours a week up there Jan 15-April 15 for three years checking angler explotation and catch rates and comparing those rates to what was there - I did a LOT of electrofishing.

Fun times in grad school. Have some fantastic stories.

Gill-netted the entire lake April-June those same years.

This guy!

 

[Chiflyguy]

Bumped this one.
I'm excited to try it this year.
Living 10 minutes away helps.

 

[RobDooley]

I fished the Clinch for years in a boat. It doesn't matter if they are generating or not you can still run up to the weir and drift downstream way past Miller Island all the way to Clinton.

 

[Chiflyguy]

I fished the Clinch for years in a boat. It doesn't matter if they are generating or not you can still run up to the weir and drift downstream way past Miller Island all the way to Clinton.

Gonna scout out some shore fishin spots tomorrow

 

[Setterman]

I fished the Clinch for years in a boat. It doesn't matter if they are generating or not you can still run up to the weir and drift downstream way past Miller Island all the way to Clinton.

This is really bad advice. With the generators off you're not floating anything other than maybe a kayak through miller's island. Sure you can drag a boat through, but you're not floating. Zero chance

Saying otherwise is potentially causing someone to try and get into a bad situation.

 

[Chiflyguy]

This is really bad advice. With the generators off you're not floating anything other than maybe a kayak through miller's island. Sure you can drag a boat through, but you're not floating. Zero chance

Saying otherwise is potentially causing someone to try and get into a bad situation.

Yeah, that's not the section I'm fishing.
I'm 10 minutes from where the Clinch crosses Hwy. 25 E at the Claiborne/Grainger county line.
I'll trout fish below Norris.
No boat,yet.

 

[RobDooley]

yes, the water has to be on to safely navigate by boat. I clearly misspoke. I have floated the Clinch hundreds of times. brain fart.

 

[ewc]

You guys are talking about two different places.

Might as well say I float the Clinch below Melton Hill Dam all the way to Thief Neck Island.

 

[Chiflyguy]

You guys are talking about two different places.

Might as well say I float the Clinch below Melton Hill Dam all the way to Thief Neck Island.

I'm talking about the warm water section
I don't know what those guys are talking about

 

[Sako]

This is really bad advice. With the generators off you're not floating anything other than maybe a kayak through miller's island. Sure you can drag a boat through, but you're not floating. Zero chance

Saying otherwise is potentially causing someone to try and get into a bad situation.

Keep in mind there are times they are releasing water and not generating... there is a big difference... if they are not releasing any water, the water below the weir dam is very shallow as you have said but there are times they are releasing water but not running a generator... when it is like this, there is plenty of water below to do what he was saying

 

[SES]

I'm talking about the warm water section
I don't know what those guys are talking about

You're not too far from the Powell either. Check out Lonesome Valley. I've caught some walleye over there from the bank in late winter, early spring before the water backs up near Earl's Hollow. Take a gun with you. Maybe two.

 

[Chiflyguy]

Guys
I'm talking about this area.
Between Tazewell and Thorn hill

 

[Chiflyguy]

You're not too far from the Powell either. Check out Lonesome Valley. I've caught some walleye over there from the bank in late winter, early spring before the water backs up near Earl's Hollow. Take a gun with you. Maybe two.

Like "Get a Glock if you see Tupac" bad?

 

[SES]

Like "Get a Glock if you see Tupac" bad?

It's been several years since I've been down there, but it was sketchy at best. Good fishing down there though.

 

[Bone_Chaser]

I've fished both the clinch and Powell sides from boat and could give some good advice either way on that front…used to do so a lot before life got in the way. From the bank I would have to do some digging to figure out how to access, but I have caught some walleye from places that are fairly accessible from the bank.

The best walleye trips I've ever had have all been on the Clinch side of Norris having fished all over Kentucky/Tennessee. Lots of double digit trips.