Hello fellow posters! I will be venturing to Knoxville this weekend for the first time. I won't be bringing my jon boat with me, but I was wondering if there are any good places to catch fish from banks. My kids would love to get some fishing in. We'll be staying at the Strawberry Best Western off I-40. We love to fish for bream, crappie, catfish and bass

you can fish below most of the dams from the bank fishing is usually real good depends of if they are generating water what you will catch there is some fishing piers on loudon not sure how many i know for sure there is 1 at concord park where you are staying is in the middle of douglas loudon an cherokee lakes you can be to either one in 20 min if you need some more info let me know

Hey Primes,

All those places Sinkum mentioned are good ones. I have seen a lot of people fishing from the rocks at the bridge in Indian Creek on Douglas. I actually caught the biggest crappie of my life off those rocks a couple of years ago.
I have also seen quite a few people fishing from the bank near the ramp at Panther Creek State Park on Cherokee.
Hope you have a great visit to Knoxville and find some fish to catch with your children!

Now fishing below a Dam.. that's something that I know about.. how do I get to these dams? Thanks for the info.

Primes
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I didn't get to fish the Dam.. But while picnicking at a little park off the Holston River.. in a spot that I found out was actually a creek feeding tinto Holston.. Man, the fish were wonderful and the Place was beautiful! I saw a fella nailing Trout/ or Gizzard shads, whichever.. he was nailing Bream, and even a Striper (IN A CREEK). Man, I gotta come back up there, I know it's a 2:30 trip but it's worth it!