My love of Reelfoot Lake is rooted in summertime bluegill fishing, but now having duck hunted there, I have come to appreciate this special outdoor destination has year-round appeal. The winter ...

Tennessee's largest natural lake was born from a powerful earthquake and now offers peaceful waters with cypress trees, ...

When it comes to earthquakes in the U.S., you probably think of California. But the New Madrid fault in West Tennessee rocked the state with a series of earthquakes between 1811 and 1812, producing ...

When I was a kid, fantasies about the places I’d hunt and fish when I grew up were gleaned from the pages of the popular outdoor magazines. Every once in a while a tale would became snagged in my ...

Bluegill fishing at Reelfoot Lake, fishing largemouth bass at Simpson Lake, and more. It’s time for bluegill fishing at Reelfoot Lake, and then on to Simpson Lake in search of largemouth bass. Then we ...

Fifty years ago, when face-furrowed Benny Smith was learning to be a Reelfoot Lake fishing guide at the age of 12, the days could be brutal. “We used to leave at 3:30 a.m. just to row the 8 to 10 ...

Years ago after a particularly challenging personal time in my life, an out-of-town friend privately pre-arranged with my Jackson employer for me to take a day off from work so we could spend the ...

Call someone a “yo-yo” around Reelfoot Lake and you’re not necessarily insulting him. You might be acknowledging his prowess with a wonderful catfishing device that can put hundreds of pounds of fish ...

I marked an item off my bucket list last week when I visited Reelfoot Lake in Northwest Tennessee. Only about 20 minutes from the Arkansas state line, Reelfoot Lake encompasses 15,000 acres in Lake ...

My love of Reelfoot Lake is rooted in summertime bluegill fishing, but now having duck hunted there, I have come to appreciate this special outdoor destination has year-round appeal. The winter ...