Stretching for 50 miles from the Pickwick Landing Dam in Tennessee to the Wilson Dam in Florence, Pickwick Lake is a reservoir created by the Pickwick Landing Dam, and it is renowned for its excellent sport fishing areas.

The 490-mile winding shoreline plays host to two state parks, namely Tennessee's Pickwick Landing State Park, and Mississippi's J P Coleman State Park, while the 47,500 acres of water surface provide outstanding fishing, particularly for smallmouth bass, and other water-based recreational activities.

One of the lake’s most popular areas for smallmouth bass fishing areas is known as the “Shoals” section, which is located directly downstream of Wilson Dam at the end of Seven-Mile Island. The lake is also home to Yellow Creek Cove and the beautiful Yellow Creek waterfall, which has a rope swing off the top of the waterfall that beckons the brave to try.

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