Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

Smallmouth fishing in east Tennessee in early fall can be a frustrating job. You run around the lake, casting and graphing, and the whole time you know there are 5-pound-class smallmouths somewhere right around you. Yet, they just don't seem to cooperate. That's because it's not quite "smallmouth season" in this part of the country until the baseball playoffs come to an end and deer hunting picks up.