The Tennessee River is known for its tremendous population of large blues and flatheads. The state record blue caught by a commercial fisherman was caught in Fort Loudon and weighed 130lbs! Now both Fort Loudon and Watts Bar are banned from commercial fishing and have potential of producing record class blues and flatheads.

Catfish trips are available all year!  Average size is 5 to 40 pounds with an occassional fish reaching 50+ pounds!

Catfish trips are taken on Fort Loudon and Watts Bar Lakes only.

Most Catfish trips are catch and release due to the Advisory of TVA stating not to eat the fish because of polution. Because of this, these trips are geared more toward catching the trophy fish and having a great time!