One final hotspot that offers a slightly different style of fishing is Melton Hill Lake, back in the eastern portion of the state near Knoxville. While this lake is not as big as some of the other mainstream TVA lakes we’ve covered, the lake packs plenty of bream power. The lake has a total of 5,690 surface acres of water and a shoreline of 173 miles. It has long been noted as a prime area for big bream, and many of them.

Located on the Clinch River and fed by waters from Norris Lake, the water here is usually clearer than on some of the other lakes. However, there are plenty of outstanding bream-holding structures around the lake. In addition, shoreline fishing opportunities are good on this lake, particularly during late April and throughout May.

You’ll sometimes need to fish slightly deeper here and may have to cast a longer distance to not spook fish if the water is clear. However, typically, the spring rains will usually have the lake is very good condition for shallow-water fishing throughout the month of May.

Certainly, these lakes are among the best in the state for prime bream fishing during May and throughout the summer. But bream fishing is generally good at most of our lakes during this time of the year. If you want the opportunity to catch numerous bream in good sizes, give these places a try. There’s some excellent bream fishing not far from where you live on one of these lakes.