Sport Fish Survey Schedule

2013 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 2013 survey from March 12 through May 9.

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 2013 survey is below.

2013 Spring Sportfish Survey Schedule

Reservoir	Date	Site	Ramp
Wilson	March 12	Wilson Dam	Fleet Hollow
	March 13	Shoals Creek	Lock Six
Nickajack	March 14	Marion County Park	Marion County Park
Chickamauga	March 19	Harrison Bay/Wolftever*	Wolftever Ramp @ Hwy 58
	March 20	Skull Island	Skull Island
	March 21	Sale Creek	Possum Creek Day Use
Guntersville	March 26	Honeycomb Creek	Hwy 431 Bridge
	March 27	Short Creek*	Short Creek
	March 28	Waterfront Grocery	Waterfront Grocery
Wheeler	April 2	Second Creek*	Second Creek @ Hwy72
	April 3	First Creek	Joe Wheeler State Park
	April 4	Elk River	Elk River & Hwy 72
Pickwick	April 9	Pickwick Dam	Pickwick State Park
	April 11	Bear Creek Embayment	Rose Trail
Watts Bar	April 16	Watts Bar Dam	Watts Bar Dam
	April 17	Blue Springs	Blue Springs Marina
	April 18	Caney Creek	Caney Creek Ramp
Ft. Loudon	April 23	Yarberry Peninsula	Yarberry Peninsula
	April 24	Carl Cowan Park*	Carl Cowan Park
	April 25	Louisville	Louisville
Douglas	May 7	Douglas Dam	Douglas Dam
	May 8	Dandridge	Dandridge Bridge
	May 9	Swann's Bridge	Swann's Marina
* Media Days

Note: The schedule is subject to change.

Sport Fish Survey

View more information about the survey, including an overview of 2012 results.

Check out sport fish survey results for individual reservoirs.

For more information about the survey, call 800-882-5263 or submit questions here.