Sport Fish Survey Schedule

2011 Spring Sport Fish Survey

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As part of the spring sport fish survey, fish collected by TVA crew members are weighed, measured, and released unharmed.

TVA will conduct the 2011 survey from March 15 through May 17.

The results of the survey, which employs a boat-mounted electrofishing technique, are used by state agencies to protect and improve sport fisheries. TVA biologists use electrofishing equipment to sample fish at selected locations. In that process an electric current is used to temporarily stun the fish so they float to the top. They’re collected with nets, counted, weighed, measured, and released unharmed.

The schedule for the 2011 survey is as follows:

2011 Spring Sportfish Survey Schedule

Reservoir	Date	Site	Ramp
Wilson	March 15	Wilson Dam	Fleet Hollow
	March 16	Shoals Creek	Lock Six
Normandy	March 17	Normandy*	Barton Springs
Chickamauga	March 22	Harrison Bay/Wolftever*	Wolftever Ramp @ Hwy 58
	March 23	Skull Island	Skull Island
	March 24	Sale Creek	Possum Creek Day Use
Nickajack	March 25	Marion County Park	Marion County Park
Guntersville	March 29	Honeycomb Creek	Hwy 431 bridge
	March 30	Short Creek*	Short Creek bridge
	March 31	Waterfront Grocery	Waterfront Grocery
Wheeler	April 5	Second Creek*	Second Creek @ Hwy 72
	April 6	First Creek	Joe Wheeler State Park
	April 7	Elk River	Elk River @ Hwy 72
Pickwick	April 12	Bear Creek Embayment	Rose Trail
Watts Bar	April 19	Watts Bar Dam	Watts Bar Dam
	April 20	Blue Springs	Blue Springs Marina
	April 21	Caney Creek*	Caney Creek Ramp
Ft. Loudoun	April 26	Yarberry Peninsula	Yarberry Peninsula
	April 27	Carl Cowan Park*	Carl Cowan Park
	April 28	Louisville	Louisville Park
Douglas	May 10	Douglas Dam	Douglas Dam
	May 11	Dandridge Bridge	Dandridge Bridge
	May 12	Swann's Bridge	Swann's Marina
Great Falls	May 17	Great Falls	Kings Landing Ramp
* Media days

Note: The schedule is subject to change.

Sport Fish Survey

View more information about the survey, including an overview of 2010 results.

Check out sport fish survey results for individual reservoirs.

For more information or to sign up as a participant in the survey, call 800-882-5263 or submit questions here.