South Holston Lake
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| Location | Abingdon, Virginia |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 1,600 acres (6 km²) |
South Holston Lake is located in Abingdon, Virginia, and Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee, and is a 7,580-acre (31 km²) impoundment operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Much of the reservoir is in Tennessee, but the Virginia portion of the reservoir offers anglers more than 1,600 acres (6 km²) of water. At this time there is no reciprocal license agreement between the two states, so anglers are required to have a Virginia fishing license when fishing in Virginia waters and a Tennessee license when fishing in Tennessee waters.
[edit] Fishing and area information
South Holston offers good fishing for a variety of species. Black bass, bluegill, crappie, walleye, sunfish, and catfish are a few of the most sought after species. Predatory fish have diverse and abundant forage in the form of alewives, gizzard shad, threadfin shad and shiners. The lake's shoreline habitats offer anglers a good diversity of structure including rock bluffs, shale banks and flat clay points. Anglers who prefer trolling will also find a good selection of open water structure ranging from mud flats to river channel drop-offs to submerged islands.
[edit] Events
Every year on the 4th of July, the area has a fireworks display in which the fireworks can be seen everywhere over the lake. There are also many fishing and boat racing events in the summer.
