My club (Wise Co. Bassmasters) held our open tournament on Cherokee Lake yesterday.  Had 17 boats entered.

Took 15 lbs. to win, 6 lbs. for big fish.  Same boat took both, pocketing $660 in the process.

My buddy and I took his boat out, spent most of the day in Poor Valley.  Caught 11 on everything from a green pumpkin senko to a junebug Ol Monster.  Only one keeper in the bunch though (2 lbs.) caught on a electric blue Baby Brushhog.

Water was around 80*, air temp 64* at launch, 85* at takeout.

It was my first time on Cherokee and I was impressed.  Blows all of the other NE TN lakes I've fished out of the water.

How many people are in Wise Co. Bassmasters, and is there an age limit?

Around 20-30 members.  If I'm not mistaken, the age limit is 16.

If you want to fish a tourney with me and meet some of the members, just give me a holler.  We have night tournaments coming up on 7/14 (Cherokee), 8/4 (Douglas), and 8/19 (Ft Pat).  You can fish one club tournament without joining.

Sweet, I have to wait a year and a half. Ive fished Cherokee 2 times when I was 4 off of a random dock for bluegill.

Man, I love poor valley, I go there when I want catch a lot of fish. I havn't caught a lot of size inside of poor vally, but outside of it on the main holston I've caught some decent keepers. If water can say full pool year round, i mean cherokee can be a fantastic place to powerfish with a jig and a flipping stick.

Man, I love poor valley, I go there when I want catch a lot of fish. I havn't caught a lot of size inside of poor vally, but outside of it on the main holston I've caught some decent keepers. If water can say full pool year round, i mean cherokee can be a fantastic place to powerfish with a jig and a flipping stick.

I know as we drove around the lake I couldn't believe the amount of cover that was 5-15' out of the water.

Yes sir! there a lot of nice cover that still on dry land. :-/. I found a cover back during drawdown that someone dump in water it was half cover with water, I troll over it pitched my jig next to it caught a nice keeper. Then it made me wonder how good cherokee could be if water can stay full pool year round. All them stumps, laydowns, islolated rocks, etc. There are even off-shores stumps in 20 feet of water. Cherokee has some remarkable covers if only water can stay full pool. But with water going up and down all the time, fish are alway off shore and it makes it harder for me. I'm working on getting a real good depth finder so I can find them off shore. ;D