Tyson Lake in Haywood County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Tyson Lake in the Haywood County part of Tennessee. Everything around it is pine and hardwood. This is a pocket water of some 6 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Haywood County are larger. The closest town, Bells, is 7.1 miles distant. Further out sit Brownsville (11 miles) and Alamo (12 miles). This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Tyson Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Open biodiversity records for Haywood County list bantam sunfish, bowfin, redfin pickerel, slough darter and yellow bullhead. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Tyson Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 80°F in July and bottoms out near 37°F in January. It fishes twelve months of the year. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. Tyson Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Cobb Creek Lake sits 5.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm before you fish Tyson Lake.