Fontana Lake offers great cold-weather fishing for tasty northern transplants.
Winter in the North Carolina mountains.
Cold.
It gets really cold, maybe snow.
But walleye fishing can be top-notch, and Fontana Reservoir in the Great Smoky Mountains is among the best spots in the southeast to catch a nice mess of tasty fish.
And there’s no one around!
“There’s no one fishing. You can have the lake all to yourself,” said Jim Mathis at Almond Boat Park near Bryson City. “But the walleyes are still there, and it’s a top time of the year to catch ’em. This is just what I do for the fun of it.
“You can always put coveralls on, sweaters. It’s a good time to be on the lake.”
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