South Holston Spring Sport Fish Survey Results

 20092007200620042003
Hours electrofished 6 6 6 6 6
Total number of black bass 95 242 146 86 107
Percent harvestable (over 10 inches) 90.16% 86.73 73.6 66.7 67.2
Number of largemouth bass 55 98 80 48 45
Number of smallmouth bass 34 144 66 38 62
Number of spotted bass 0 0 0 0 0
Number of crappie 84 76 55 25 9
Number of white crappie 0 1 0 0 0
Number of black crappie 84 75 55 25 9
Electrofishing catch rate (per hour) 15.8 40.3 24.3 14.3 17.8
Average weight (pounds) 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.1
Largest black bass (pounds) 6.7 6 5.6 4.3 5.3
Disease/parasites 5.30% 11.20% 4.1% 8.1% 5.6%
Number weighing more than 5 pounds 3 4 2 0 2
Number weighing more than 4 pounds 11 6 6 1 7
Number weighing more than 3 pounds 25 26 21 5 NA