This artificial lake was formed by the damming of the Tennessee River near Gilbertsville ... spot for sport fishing, including for largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish, catfish and walleye.
"It's just a freshwater fishing heaven, here in East Tennessee." All of the invasive species of carp are from the Yangtze and Amur River systems ... and commercial catfish ponds, TWRA said.
and Rio Grande river basins. Flathead catfish primarily populate the large lakes and rivers of the eastern U.S., including the Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, and Susquehanna rivers.