The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has proposed new regulations for smallmouth bass fishing on Chickamauga, Nickajack and Guntersville.
According to an explanation on Channel 9’s website, there has been too much interbreeding between smallmouth bass and spotted bass. The new rule, if it takes affect, would lump smallmouth bass and striped bass together. There are not nearly as many pure smallmouth bass as there used to be in the affected bodies of water…