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I am definately going to be in east TN then to try to grab some wild creek trout that is something I have always wanted to do but unfortunately thats not really florida fishing 
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It's funny - I travel down to Florida every year or two so I can fish saltwater, because that's "not Tennessee fishing."
Mostly I fish the flats around Tampa Bay out of my Gheenoe.
The music scene in Nashville is definitely impressive. Lots of talent here. There's nothing quite like bouncing from club to club down Broadway on a weekend night and seeing the level of skill even among the guys who are just busking for tips.
As far as the stripers and blue cats go, options from the bank are limited. There are times when you can get to the bigger stripers and occasonally the catfish from the tailwaters below the dams. Cordell Hull tailwater has some stripers in the spring that are accessible from the bank, and I've seen people catch pretty big catfish below Old Hickory Dam and below Nickajack Dam near Chattanooga. Bank fishing in the tailwaters is pretty technical though and it's not easy to get the hang of fishing the heavy weighted rigs you have to use in the fast current. You lose a lot of tackle in the rocks and it can get expensive.
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