The Mississippi river flows 167 miles along Tennessee Fishing immediately downstream
of dikes and revetments can be productive for include catfish, striped bass, white
bass, and sauger. Side channel sloughs and backwater areas that are connected to the
main channel are also good fishing areas for catfish, bass and panfish.
Since 1999 TWRA biologists have been sampling the river to describe the
fisheries
resources in the river. Biologists use bottom trawls, seines and electrofishing boats
to inventory fish species
