Got a couple nice ones yesterday, water temp 48 and super clear. Little bitty fluke on a 1/8oz head did the trick, we tried lots of other stuff to no avail 

Very nice 

good looking fish !! figured water would be warmer than that down there. nice catch

Nice smallie! Man I'd love some 48 degree water right now. Mine is thick enough to drive an 18 wheeler across it...

6 hours ago, lonnie g said:

good looking fish !! figured water would be warmer than that down there. nice catch

 

I was fishing a tributary lake, although the Tennessee river coming through Knoxville is about the same. Probably a little above 50 degree water temp in Chattanooga and I'm guessing a degree or two warmer down in Alabama. Some coves may be warming up quicker now. It snowed in some parts of East Tennessee Thursday and got town to about 24 degrees Friday morning, the elite series guys just caught the crap out of them anyway on cherokee lake. Of course today it was mid 70s, you know what they say about the weather