Jason Creighton watches as 7-year-old East Brainerd Elementary School student Isabel Hernandez reels in a trout at TVA’s Lake Junior in this 2013 file photo.Local fishermen continue to take advantage of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s trout stocking program at TVA’s Lake Junior.
The small reservoir near the intersection of state Highway 158 and Amnicola Highway is open for trout fishing during daylight hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until April 30.
TWRA stocked the lake on Jan. 3 and plans to restock it again on Feb. 13. The anglers may find it easier to get their daily limit of seven trout this year.
“We had a little extra this year, so we put 4,500 in the lake. We usually put around 2,000,” said David Young, a fisheries biologist with the state agency.
“We want them caught before summer, if possible. The water will warm up and exceed the temperature that the trout can stand. Anything above 72 [degrees], they are not going to last very long.”