> Was reading your message about if there is any diving around Knoxville.
 > I know you wrote it in july but there is some good diving and visibilty
 > as far as freshwater goes in Norris Lake about 30 miles north of
 > town.  The best lake I believe in the area is over 100 miles away or so
 > and is named Dale Hollow Lake northwest of here. It seems to be the
 > clearest.  There is diving in some of the local quarrys but I,ve never
 > been scuba diving in any of them.  Cherokee Lake is also another lake
 > but not as clear.  There is some diving in the Smokeys at a place called
 > the Y.  Hope this little bit of information helps.
James,
I'm from Memphis and the best diving I have found in Tennessee has been 
Martha's Quarry, about 4 miles north of I-240, exit 232.
This past weekend was the last weekend the quarry was open until next year, 
except for January 1 when they have a special day for diving.
Feel free to write back if you want more info.  It's a quarry covering about 
35 acres, maximum depth of 58 feet.  Has many brim and bass (around 4 pounds) 
all over the place (no spearfishing).
Quite a few small sunken boats, rock crushing equipment, buildings, 
structures, truck, bus, and other things to explore.  My favorite has been 
the underwater tree forest on the far side of the quarry.
Beery
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