any nickajack fishermen out there?

I fish the dam often. Not as often as I want but we all have to make a living. One night me two of my buddies hit it at just the right time. We were using cut up blue gills for bait, the turbines were pumping a bunch of water as always. We couldnt buy a bite for nothing. We were just about ready to pack it up and go when they finally turned the turbines off at about 1 in the mourning.
I started us off right with a 35lb flat head. My buddy Keven scored next with a round about 50lb blue. He was totally stoked because that was his first monster cat, big differance to a bass or crappie. Jon scored next with 2 ten lb blues and Keven struck again with another monster 30lb blue.
We cought all 5 fish in less than 2 hours off the same peir. Just as quick as they turned on they turned off. Thats why I say it can be awsome. I have fished that peir many a night and went home with nothing but a little less stress.
Oh and can u belive I didnt have my trusty disposable camera in my tackle box! I am a photographer by trade and should know better cause hardly anybody belived us. Thats the way it goes I guess.

Cheez, there is a good hole about 400 feet in front of the turbins about midway. It is hard to find it but man there are some monsters down in that hole. I have only found it one time. They had just cut the turbins off and we were packing it in for the night and we went across the hole, it blew me away at all the big fish down there. If they have the turbins on you will have to have someone on the motor because the water is just too fast to hit the hole any other way.

Have you guys tried inside the old lock? Judy and I have caught a bunch of big ones in there here are a few of the cats we have caught there at the dam and in the old lock.

Well it looks like you can only post three pics at a time. Here is one last one.

Cheez, did you get that big blue near the old homeplace rock foundation in Mullins Cove? Since they built Nickajack, and the water level is higher, I would expect that to be completely underwater now. Also, there used to be an old wooden barge resting upside down in water just deep enough that the bottom was barely out of the water. If it still exists at all, it would be completely under now, too. (You may have already gathered that most of my experience fishing that area was before Nickajack was built.) Hales Bar Dam was replaced by Nickajack because too much water was leaking past. Not through---underneath. The water had washed out large caves under the dam, letting the water run through. Hales Bar Dam was dynamited in place, and except for the channel, the broken concrete all rests in place. If the idea of fishing concrete rubble with caves underneath doesn't get your interest, you need to switch over to fishing for killer whales from a float tube. Hot weather? Try anchoring over that concrete rubble at night using both fresh, bloody cut bait and live bream. Heavy tackle, and either tie rods to the boat or put them in a strong rodholder.