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Lake Junior again trout anglers’ weekend place to be

Luther Kocher of Chattanooga watches as his grandchildren, Corinne and Xander Stuarte, fish for rainbow trout from the shore at Lake Junior last weekend. Fishing is allowed there Fridays through Sundays through April.
Photo by Gary Petty
Luther Kocher of Chattanooga watches as his grandchildren, Corinne and Xander Stuarte, fish for rainbow trout from the shore at Lake Junior last weekend. Fishing is allowed there Fridays through Sundays through April. Photo by Gary Petty Luther Kocher of Chattanooga watches as his grandchildren, Corinne and Xander Stuarte, fish for rainbow trout from the shore at Lake Junior last weekend. Fishing is allowed there Fridays through Sundays through April. Photo by Gary Petty

Trout fishing again is under way in Chattanooga at TVA’s Lake Junior.

During daylight hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through April 30, fishermen will be standing or sitting on the shore, wading or paddling in the five-acre lake near Chickamauga Dam.

The lake is closed to fishing the rest of the year.

It was stocked with 3,000 rainbow trout on Jan. 6.

“The trout were reared at the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery in Celina, Tennessee, and ranged in size from 8 to 10 inches,” said David Young, a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency biologist.