We’ve picked 36 top fishing spots in Tennessee — three for each month — to help you plan for some great year-round fishing in 2008. Cold weather calls for deep tactics, and Cherokee Lake has the long winter points and humps to fit the bill in January. This lake has always been what anglers call a good “Buddy” lake and January is one of the best times to test the cold waters by jigging the long winter points with a Silver Buddy. There are many fishing traditions in Tennessee, and the springtime crappie action found at Reelfoot Lake is one of them. Unless times change, you can still keep 30 crappie per day at Reelfoot with no size limit, and that (and the good fishing) draws the crowds. Shallow Water Angler The nation’s only publication devoted to inshore fishing, covering waters from Texas to Maine. read more