Beautiful country, beautiful fishing, beautiful fishing! Thanks for taking me fishing! I appreciate it more than you will ever know! Thank you!

THIS is a freaking awesome video. John was having so much fun catching those jumbo perch.

Great video! Trout fishing is closed in the streams this time of year here- have to wait until May! Thanks for the entertainment!

Hey dude love your vids!! Keep it up bro.. Just a little tip, keep a set of hemostats on a lanyard you can hook to your jacket... You won't even have to touch the trout after you catch em! Just grab the hook with your hemos turn it and let em drop back in the water.. It's faster and easier on the fish as well.. Yellow and black colored rooster tails with gold blades have caught me thousands of trout over the yrs.. And trout love helgermites but we call an grampeses up here in upper East tn.. Come check out the holsten river up here some day! Best trout fishing in on the east coast..

I live about 30 minutes away from the Hiwassee. I catch a lot of crappie down in the Charleston end of it but suck at trout on the upper end. I was the first one there below the Dangerous water sign the other morning and ended up fishing both sides of the turbines and didn't catch a thing. Threw powerbait dough, red worms, spinners, spoons, and small crawfish crankbaits. The water is a lot higher right now than in your video...that wall below you was about a foot under water. I caught 1 trout at the boat ramp down from the powerhouse and a couple smallmouth. That was it for me. Tellico and Citico have been much easier to catch fish on for me.

A great day of fishing. Thanks for bringing us along.

That was a really nice amount of fish. Gorgeous looking trout and perch , crappie and bluegill .😊

Looks like you had a great day of fishing. Nice video John 👍🏻

Awesome video loving the cold weather vids. Went bream fishing didn't catch any, just got back to my house. Nice rainbow trout. Tight lines 🤘🎣🤙

Great day of fishing there John! Been a good while since I had a day that good!

Great day of fishing!!! Loved the perch, fun to watch!!!

Love it. Those yellow perch were amazing.

AMEN! A good day at work! Couple of those trout were really nice! Perch, red breast, and crappie all nice! Should have picked up a few of those big crawdads and boiled them!

Great day of fishing. Good informative video

I was watching CFA reruns when the notification came in , right on time .

You went there for the great trout fishing, and threw back the best perch fillets I've seen for quite some time! Pity you neither cook nor eat at least *some* of your catch, but I understand. We each have our likes and dislikes, and yet we should never forget-- we are *all* God's children.

Man that was a heck of a spot! You slayed them. I used to use all high dollar rods. Mostly Loomis, Falcon, and St Croix. They all break! Maybe I’m tough on rods but I have switched to all Ugly Stik Elites and love them! I’ve shut the car door on them several times and no broken tips. The gx2s are heavy but the Elites are perfect for what you do! IMO

Nice work on the trout and perch! In NJ, there's some water that's fly fishing only, if there's native trout catch and release only. Where you can keep them, 5 is the daily limit.

Good stuff brother! Keep up the fishin 🐠 God bless.

Had me over here salivating with all those delicious looking. Perch! Beautiful catches! #tightlines

Another successful fishing trip, keep it up!!!!

Yet another great video. thanks so much for sharing

Nice fishing video John. I especially liked the yellow perch you caught. This kind of video makes me want to grab my rod and reel and go fishing.......real bad!

In the hospital so loved this video posting. Beautiful fish John.

Great Video John !! Many Thanks !!

Man you were on them, nice size perch man. Like you said you can’t beat that kind of trip. Nice video

Nice vid thanks for catch n release I'll find a nice spot like that some day

Love the channel. *Would love to see a Tennessee/Alabama collaboration with you and Richard Gene the Fishing Machine! **And, a Catch and Cook!

Man, another great day of fishing! Been using the same combo of rod and reel for 39yrs now, Fenwick 6 1/2 ft med/light with a Penn reel with 4-8 lb test. Keep fishing and Ill keep watching

Looks like you had another great day of fishing 👍

Great video thanks for showing us the different lures you were using. Your videos are making me want to get out and fish!

Awesome river to fish.

Cant wait to get out and do some trout fishing soon, nice tips, great vid!

Love this episode. Good fish good times. Ooo i got one. I love it everytime.

Trout fishing is so fun!

Those are nice yellows! Up here in CT, late fall and early spring are usually the best times to catch bigger yellows. Commonly caught through the ice too. Yellows love small minnow and large insect-profile soft plastics and crankbaits. They love feasting on juvenile bluegill during the fall. Drop offs with structure close to shore are common areas for them to hang out. Simply flipping a 2" panfish assassin on a 1/16 ounce jighead is perfect.

I learn something new every video. Thanks! Love your videos

What a fun day of fishing you had there sir.

Good video, if you're looking for a meal those yellow perch are probably the best tasting fish in the water.

Another amazing video, and some awesome catches... I need to get my vehicle running again so I can get out there and try to catch some fish too... Too bad about your rod. As far as the regulations up there, if I'm not mistaken, up at the powerhouse you are above the restricted section, so treble hooks should be okay. I believe the restrictions end at the big bend recreation area. Anyway, keep doing what you love, God bless, and tight lines.

In CT. we have "trophy trout" areas on a few rivers. There are like three pages of rules and regulations. I make sure I don't fish those areas. Too many rules. I go to the slower stretches of the river and catch smallmouth and northern pike instead.

Awesome day of catching perch. You will catch more trout on trout magnets if you use 2 lb main line and tie a 2 lb fluorocarbon leader the last 6 inches. Twitching in current you can put one or two small split shots above the leader or fish it under a float.

Love both those, pretty close to home for me. Nice video

You killed it dude.

Great any time i see your video over 12 to 15 min. I know its a great. One. May GOD BLESS

Great video man!🇦🇺

I love your enthusiasm!

Great vid! You got some nice fish! You should get those adhesive rulers you can stick on the fishing pole. After a catch, just hold the fish up next to rod and get a measurement. You can always resort to a tape measure for more accuracy if its close to TARP.

Great video beautiful river

Beautiful Perch and Crappies. I think I'm sending you Panko for Christmas.

Nice fish brother . Cool video 👊👊✌🤙

Dude that was an awesome video. 👍👍👍

I've jumped off that bridge more times than I can count back when i was in Scouts. Need to get up there and hit some trout like you. TWRA does a really good job stocking in the winter!

I have one of those Lew’s Xfinity rod combos for a year now. Mine is still going strong. I love the action on it. They sell the rod separately in Walmart now. It is a gray rod with the bright green Winn grips. It sells for a little less than the combo and the rod seems sturdier. You might want to check it out.

Nicely done!!

Here in Kentucky they stock FIN’s lake with trout catch them all the time. Not very big though.

great video Mr John!

Awesome. I’d love to fish that place! I do have a three day weekend...😉

I envy you being able to fish in winter. Here in Washington State most the fishing closes down October. Except for the snobby steelheaders and salmon if it’s allowed.

I love your vids man pls don't stop.

Now that was a great day of fishing

Great video brother. I love how you are switching up your videos between trout/perch and crappie/bass and mixing in a Spanish video, too. Well done!

A little tip on quick measurements. Start at handle in front of reel make first mark about 10 inches then mark every inch. I use finger nail polish. No more fumbling around trying to measure ur fish.

Love Crappie and Pearch.I catch a ton of them in MA where I live.Catching trout on the other hand is a struggle like no other.I’ve fished for almost 21 years and I’ve caught 2,one confirmed and one unconfirmed,trout.Took me 20 years,3 states,100’s of dollars in gear and licences and I finally got my first rainbow from a small reservoir 20 mins from my house early this year.

Just bought me the same light action rod and reel you have in your description, I love it. Thanks for the links

Great video once again! I practice catch and release except for trout. They are just way too tasty to throw back!

Some really nice Yellow Perch ! John, "Meps" has single hook spinners, ya might try them. I've used em and they work just fine. Also I know ya " like those rods but......" Get yer self an Shakespeare " Ugly Stik " they LAST ! Also they don't cost that much. Really good video, take care and God Bless. Tom Daytona Beach, FL.

Good day of fishin’!

That is an Outstanding day !!

Crab was like yes lunch. 😁

You’re livin the dream brother

Heck of a day!

Cool video we would love see u get on some fall winter catfish

Those perch are beautiful. I just caught my first this year

Joe's flies with the trebbile hook cut off work great also

After I catch 2 eater perch I usually start keeping them. Real fine table fare.

Next time you try to make perch video, you go to this stream and you will for sure only get trouts! 😊 thx again for taking us out.

those are some HUGE daggum panfish today...unreal!

Put on your trout magnet and caught big perch and nice crappie think you are the king of the river now lol looked like fun

Awesome video and excellent catches and I noticed that there was a train trestle in the background where you're standing at and I was wondering if that Railroad track is still active and is still in service man I would love to fish that sometime

That was a great of fishing man, except for the fact that you broke your rod. I’ve got to come up there and try that spot sometime

Boy those perch are real pretty fish.. ooooH dang.. if your luck was like mine it was probably one of your favorite poles to.. But I still have one of my yellow eagle claw poles from the 70's I still use.. I have caught thousands of fish with her.. I retired it for awhile but had to bring her back because the action is so good on it.. I have been looking garage sales and other places for any other poles like this but alas. nothing Well thanks for a great day on the river John.. That was a nice bow you got there.. carry on brother..

Nice fish

Get you a daiwa laguna to replace that xfinity. You seemed to have liked the 6’ one I loaned you at chickamauga lol academy has them for like $29 and I believe they make it in a 6 or 6’6” ML. The one you used was a 6’ medium.

Fans sending in stuff coming in clutch

Perch bite in overcast like crazy. I used to fish in this reservoir a good bit that about 30 miles from my home out in the woods. Very deep lake called slope creek. there are not many places to access the water easily. The dam is the easiest place and the boat ramp is also at the damn. No gas motors allowed. We got out there and had the john boat on top of the car on boat racks. and before we got the boat in it started getting dark far off in the sky. We didn't have cell phones then to check the weather. So we settled for hitting the bank right there at the dam because it's a higher elevation area and you don't want to get out on the that lake to far away with out a gas motor. we had oars. We were not catching anything and as soon as the barometer pressure dropped and sky turned dark over our heads we just started slaying perch. Every cast, didn't matter what the bate was and close to shore. Of course a lot were small but we caught 5 or 6 really nice ones that were 10 inch or longer. the storm got bad and we had to evacuate but it was fun. The fish just seem to head for the bank like it's a magnet when it's overcast. they know the bugs are going to wash into the water.

I fish in Hiwassee, I haven’t seen anything in TWRA fishing guide saying you have to use a single hook during the winter harvest time. It only says artificial lures only ?

Cole & Jay would reach in there for those crawfish. Lol. Is the water pretty cold there yet?

xalent vid

When I was about 13, my friends and I would go down to the local lake and just catch yellow perch after yellow perch. So much fun.

Oh yeah Berkley lightning rods and Mitchell reals are hard to beat for the money!

You need to harvest a few of those fish!

Nice, I get a ton of snags using magnets w\o a float tho..

Recently had to replace one of my favorite ultra light rods was a lightning rod first series by Berkeley had for many years last day fishing with caught around 30 fish several species good send off replaced with a Lew's 5'6" power ultra light fast action excellent rod to replace my old pal

Awesome day you tore them up kept waiting for a big smallmouth to hammer the helgramite

I don't think I could have let the Perch go... one's that size are really good eating! The trout were nice sized also...about the same size I used to catch in Southern New Mexico. The big trout there are the Brown Trout...one of my old roommate's caught a 4lb. Brown out of the lake where we were camping. I caught my limit on 12-14 inch Rainbows using catfish stink bait. Another guy fishing at the lake told us if we used it we would catch our limit...and damned if he wasn't right!

Bass in the north and in California get huge because they eat trout and in Texas we don’t have trout except in the panhandle but the bass in Texas eat crappie and they get enormous from eating crappie. Bass probably have to get to around 3 pounds before they can even fit most crappie in their mouths but once they do get big enough to start eating crappie they go from about 3 pounds to 8+ in just a few years.

Yea, the lew’s combo seemed way overpriced when I saw it in the stores, But what isn’t overpriced anymore? Great video as usual. I would of been tempted to feed the crawfish, and watch them eat.

some nice trout and perch man, sucks you broke your rod

I’d contact lews about that rod and what’s been happening. Great catches today wish I could fish as good as you. Great videos too. Keep up the great work.