1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

The biggest fish that I know of at Pickwick was caught a few years ago on a Friday

pre-fishing for a club tournament. The bass weighed 11.98 and was caught on an A-rig,

of course. But there is more to the story...

 

On Saturday, tournament day, the older gentleman was telling his story to his partner

when all of a sudden...WAM!  Exactly the same spot with the same rig and soft plastic.

Crazy.

 

Although several lakes around the state have produced double digits, Chick is probably

the only one capable of breaking it's own record. You guys stocked Florida strain bass

several years ago and it worked!

 

I believe the Florida strain fish are stocked into Pickwick as well 

You are correct:

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332545317_A_Statewide_Evaluation_of_Florida_Bass_Genetic_Introgression_in_Tennessee

Very nice bass you caught! I wish they grew that big up here...

Boom!

On 12/16/2020 at 4:33 PM, TnRiver46 said:

I believe the Florida strain fish are stocked into Pickwick as well 

I used to fish a trail that had their championship on the Chick, seems more than a few guys dragged fish back to their home lakes and released them there. Not sure how long it would take for 5 fish at a time to make an impact on the 830 billion gallons of water estimated at my lake. 

 

I guess those guys are like ...

Or maybe not .... ... ...

 

A second trend revealed in the Tennessee River system involves elevated levels of admixture detected in Nickajack and Norris reservoirs despite an absence of historical stocking. These elevated admixture levels could potentially be explained by angler‐mediated fish movements ......

1 hour ago, BassNJake said:

Or maybe not .... ... ...

 

A second trend revealed in the Tennessee River system involves elevated levels of admixture detected in Nickajack and Norris reservoirs despite an absence of historical stocking. These elevated admixture levels could potentially be explained by angler‐mediated fish movements ......

Imagine all the sweaters and wool socks a Florida bass would have to wear on Norris lake