On a sunny and mild August day early in the morning Eric Lawson and I caught a few nice Cherokee Bass and some large yellow bass fishing in the river channel in around 80 to 100 feet of water just outside the Elm Hill Marina Cove on J Percy Priest Lake. We caught the Cherokee Bass on shiners and medium sized minnows at depths of 10-25 feet. The mistake we made was not getting there a few hours before dawn. The early morning action was great and then it died off when the sun rose around 8am. The picture shows 15 and 20 inch Cherokee Bass.
