Fishing near Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville belongs to Davidson County, Tennessee. Fishing here means leaving the streets behind first. Take them in turn: Cumberland River out at 0.7 miles to the north, Bush Lake out at 1.9 miles, Apple Lake out at 9.6 miles to the south, Island Branch out at 11 miles plus Marrowbone Lake out at 12 miles to the north-west. The rocky sides of Apple Lake give a shelf worth working along. No two of these fish quite the same way. Margins hold more than the middle ever will. Cold never closes these. Rain matters more to these than temperature. Across Davidson County, recorded fish include longear sunfish, fringed darter, stone darter and bluegill. What you have close by is mostly dammed water. Several are small enough to walk round in an hour. Some of these banks are steep, so watch your footing after rain. Between Nashville and Cumberland River there is nothing else worth stopping for....