It comes as no surprise that the first week of the archery season has gotten off to a slow start. Record high temperatures combined with very dry conditions in the area have not worked in favor of deer hunters thus far.

Bet you thought fall weather would never arrive. You weren’t alone in your thoughts as Kentucky Lake anglers have been sweating it out for weeks now, anxiously awaiting a weather change.

The 2019 deer archery-only hunting season opens statewide in Tennessee on Saturday. The archery season dates in five of the state’s deer hunting units are the same. The dates are Saturday through Oct. 25 and Oct. 28-Nov. 8.

Long before winter’s bone chilling winds and cold rains arrive, duck hunters across Tennessee get an early shot at the hunting season.

Anglers and recreational boaters had best pay close attention to channel markers as the TVA has Kentucky Lake elevation down several feet from summer pool elevation. For the next several months, boaters don’t want to take those shortcuts across main lake sandbars or cut corners entering bays…

Holly Fork Shooting Complex, the Henry County Sheriff’s Department and Tosh Farms have teamed up to host the first dove hunt to benefit the Henry County Youth Shooting Sports program. The hunt is scheduled for Saturday and the event kicks off with a big lunch beginning at 11 a.m.

Every year, the first day of September has special significance on the sportsmen’s calendar. It signals the opening day of Tennessee’s three-segment dove season, which is indeed a Southern tradition.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Fisheries Division presented its proposed 2020-22 fishing regulation proposals during the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission’s  August meeting in Greeneville.

You know fall is fast approaching when squirrel seasons are on the threshold. The clock is indeed ticking, and late summer sort of opens the door to fall hunting opportunities.

Late summer is a great time to be a Tennessee sportsman.

BY STEVE McCADAMS

Most wars are won fighting one battle at a time. Those on the front lines in the war on Asian carp are hoping a new weapon about to be introduced will turn the tide in their favor. So far, slugging it out in the trenches with a variety of attempts and a lack of funding has proven to be prett…

The first Saturday in August is a special day across Tennessee for duck hunters. It signals the arrival of the annual duck blind drawings at a few select wildlife management areas under the umbrella of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Thumbs up to the weatherman this week. After enduring weeks of hot and humid weather, Kentucky Lake anglers woke up to cool, crisp mornings this week, reminiscent of mid-October when jacket mornings and shirt sleeve afternoons are the norm.

Weathermen across the region seem to be singing the same song this week; rising temperatures as the weekend approaches with the possibility of three-digit readings in some areas. That’s not what Kentucky Lake anglers wanted to hear for the mid-July fishing scene.

The Woodlands Nature Station at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is asking for help from the public in naming some of their animal ambassadors.

BY STEVE McCADAMS

To their long list of accolades add another trophy and title for Henry County’s shooting program.

BY STEVE McCADAMS

After a week of high winds and above normal lake levels, fishermen are hoping things settle down here on Kentucky Lake.

BY STEVE McCADAMS

Tennessee boaters have the month of June to renew their boat registration before the first fee increase in 12 years goes into effect on July 1, pending approval by the Government Operations Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly.

Still challenged by the current status of the Kentucky Lake fishing scene are bass and crappie anglers who have played cat and mouse with their favorite species as of late.

The FLW Bass Fishing League tournament season continues June 15-16 with back-to-back T-H Marine FLW LBL Division tournaments on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Up to 400 boaters and co-anglers will be competing for top awards of up to $8,000 and $3,000, respectively, in each tournament. Takeoffs…

Saturday is Free Fishing Day in Tennessee. You can’t beat the price.

BY STEVE McCADAMS

Above-average temperatures have hung around for about a week now and Kentucky Lake anglers have found themselves transitioning toward summer fishing patterns a bit earlier than anticipated.

It’s the weekend boaters have been waiting for since many of them went into hibernation just after Labor Day.Labeled as the official start to the summer boating season, Memorial Day weekend kicks off a recreational barrage for boaters, fishermen, campers, skiers, tubers and all lake dwellers.

Kentucky Lake’s fishing scene was pretty good this week for catfishermen, who continue to land decent stringers from rocky banks and also throughout the secondary bays where spawning continues.

Every year, hundreds of people lose their lives in boating incidents. U.S. Coast Guard statistics show that drowning was the reported cause of death in four of five recreational boating fatalities, and that 83 percent of those who drowned were not wearing life jackets. 

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

What started way back in late March is now drawing to a close. Tennessee’s spring turkey season will see the curtain fall Sunday as the statewide season ends.

Still on the prowl this week are spawning catfish along the rocky banks of Kentucky Lake. Several nice ones have been taken in the backs of small coves and pockets just off the main lake, too, as the fish move up to search for spawning territory plus feast on bluegill beds.

Water temperatures have warmed this week as April faded into May and that signals a transition time for a lot of fishermen on Kentucky Lake.

Kentucky Lake levels aren’t supposed to reach summer pool elevation until May 1 on TVA’s curve for reservoir filling, but things jumped ahead of schedule last weekend.

Among the popular events during the World’s Biggest Fish Fry is the Junior Fishing Rodeo and it’s fast approaching.