How to catch smallmouth bass in the river (Nolichucky River)

[@CrayOutoors]

Excellent video! That valley is gorgeous! Making me miss Easter Tennessee! I know exactly where that spot is but the year I lived out there we had a lot of rain and the river was always muddy, so I never fished it at it’s full potential. Awesome to see just how productive it can be! You’re right that “Nolichucky” means river of death in Cherokee.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yeah, it’s such an awesome place. But it’s definitely tricky with the weather. I got very lucky over the weekend.

[@AHiggins87]

one of my favorite places to fish!! great catfish hole as well

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

That’s cool, always wanted to catch a catfish out of the Nolichucky.

[@richeaton7436]

Pretty work. My favorite place.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yeah, it’s a wonderful place

[@fishhardcharters]

What a beautfiul river. I remember seeing the Nolichucky in one of Ott Defoes vids.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

It’s incredibly beautiful. I can’t wait to explore more of it

[@DavidWilliams-tr1yx]

Fishing on the Erwin side of the river. Good fishing where the river comes from the gorge.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Thanks David

[@wanderingoglethorpe]

I've been meaning to check this river out for awhile. I have friends in the tri cities and usually visit twice a year. Usually end up on the lakes or trout fishing. Do you see many people running kayaks down it?

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

It’s a great place to catch a lot of fish. I don’t see many kayakers.

[@AppalachianWildmanOutdoors]

Been fishing that 7 mile stretch for 33 years bro! I buy NC and TN sportsman just for this area lol and BTW that spot is called the gulf hole! I have problems with rafters from USA raft on the regular up in there, not a year goes by I don't have problems with them brother, they have always thought they own the river through there. One of these days someone is gonna get their raft or kayak shot up for messing with fisherman like that. Glad you got to spend some time in there though and had fun, that's all that matters.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Man, that’s crazy that you’ve also had problems with them. Definitely an epic area

[@AppalachianWildmanOutdoors]

@@MichaelKaal-TriFisher yes sir it is! Don't know if that was part of USA raft group but definitely have run ins about every year lol they have pulled up on me up in there and have grabbed my line and smacked paddles and threw rocks in the water many many times. There are some trophy smallmouth up about 2-3 more miles, my biggest smallmouth I've ever caught was right up past mile marker 145, didn't weight it but it was 23 1/4 inches. Huge rainbow trout up in there too

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

@@AppalachianWildmanOutdoors Man, thats wild.

[@travisoverdorf9386]

I work for the rail road through there. It’s beautiful through there be careful with bears through there and trains. It’s technically trespassing to walk on the tracks also the nc border isn’t that far up the river

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yeah, we saw bear scat everywhere. We were also about a quarter of a mile from the border.

[@travisoverdorf9386]

@@MichaelKaal-TriFisher I went through there Monday morning and saw 2 they’re pretty thick up there.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

@@travisoverdorf9386 Wow, thats crazy. Very cool.

[@CT15MK18]

Was that up towards the gorge in erwin

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yep

[@CT15MK18]

@@MichaelKaal-TriFisher thought it looked familiar. Fished it a lot in my teens and twenties. Good video bro 👌

[@CT15MK18]

A lot of the rafters are disrespectful

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

@@CT15MK18 Thanks, great place to explore and fish.

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

@@CT15MK18 yeah, that one guy definitely did not have any respect.

[@BigBaitPosse]

ohh yeah, I would make a visit to that rafting company. I find it ironic that he would slap his paddle like that on the water considering the noise those rafters make + those trains coming through there like they do every day. Those fish are subjected to all kinds of noise and vibration daily..

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yeah, I really thought it was ridiculous For all the reasons you just stated. People are just crazy

[@justinmadden5546]

Where is that on the nolichueky river?

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Above Erwin

[@justinmadden5546]

@@MichaelKaal-TriFisher thank you

[@musicmanhunter1]

rafters are a pain they are a problem, maybe they will sink

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Yeah, that was definitely a crazy day. I didn’t even provoke the guy. He just did it

[@davidpyles8270]

What rafting company was that .

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

Hi David, I’ve Debated if I want to reveal the company name or not, at this point I’ve decided to keep a vague.

[@IrishRebel88]

that's angler harassment. against the law .

[@MichaelKaal-TriFisher]

The owner of the company reached out to me and made it right. It was definitely messed up.