Darrin “Dude” Fletcher of Kingsport has been fishing for walleye out of Fish Springs Dock on Watauga Lake recently.The Dude abides.Fishing under the full moon, Fletcher and fishing partner Harry ...

Researchers have discovered two new species of a bizarre, tiny parasite infecting smallmouth bass in the Watauga River.. The parasites, called myxozoans (Greek for “slime animal”), are related ...