Plan your trip
10-day fishing forecast.
Best times to fish
| Spot | Score | Best Time | Best for | 10-Day Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk River below Tims Ford Dam | 90 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Beaverdam Creek | 89 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Holston River below Cherokee Dam | 89 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Holston River below Cherokee Dam (lower) | 89 | after dark | Sauger | |
| South Holston Tailwater | 89 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Abrams Creek (Smokies) | 88 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Citico Creek | 88 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Clinch River below Norris Dam | 88 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| French Broad below Douglas Dam | 88 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown) | 87 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Caney Fork at Betties Bend (lower) | 87 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Hiwassee River below Apalachia | 87 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Roan Creek | 87 | last light | Rainbow Trout | |
| Big Creek | 86 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Caney Fork at Happy Hollow | 86 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Obey River below Dale Hollow Dam | 86 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Clinch River below Melton Hill Dam | 85 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cumberland River below Old Hickory | 85 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Laurel Fork | 85 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Big Soddy Creek Delayed Harvest | 84 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Caney Fork at River Mill | 84 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Cumberland River below Cordell Hull | 84 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Cumberland River below Cordell Hull (upper) | 84 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Hiwassee River at Ladd Springs | 84 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Mossy Creek | 84 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Old Hickory Reservoir | 84 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Doe River | 83 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Hiwassee River at Reliance | 83 | last light | Rainbow Trout | |
| North River | 83 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Woods Reservoir | 83 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Cheatham Reservoir | 82 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Chickamauga Reservoir | 82 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cordell Hull Reservoir | 82 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cosby Creek | 82 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Mona's Boat Ramp | 82 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Tellico River Delayed Harvest | 82 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Tellico River near Tellico Plains | 82 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Duck River at Shelbyville | 81 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Frozen Head streams | 81 | last light | Rainbow Trout | |
| Little River (Elkmont section) | 81 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Middle Prong of Little River | 81 | last light | Rainbow Trout | |
| Mississippi River (Meeman-Shelby) | 81 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Nickajack Reservoir | 81 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Pickwick Lake (TN portion) | 81 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Caney Fork at Stonewall Bridge | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Cumberland River below Cordell Hull (lower) | 80 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Douglas Reservoir | 80 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Greenbrier (Middle Prong Pigeon) | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Little River (Townsend) | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Little TN River below Chilhowee | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Paint Creek | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Piney River Delayed Harvest | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| West Prong of Little River | 80 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Cherokee Reservoir | 79 | after dark | Sauger | |
| J. Percy Priest Lake (Cedar Creek spring) | 79 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Mississippi River near Memphis | 79 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cane Hollow Recreation Area | 78 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Center Hill Lake (Fall Creek) | 78 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Collins River | 78 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Watauga River below Wilbur Dam | 78 | after dark | Rainbow Trout | |
| Rock Island State Park | 77 | after dark | Muskellunge | |
| Stones River below Priest Dam | 77 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Watts Bar Lake (TN River pool) | 77 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Cherokee Lake (German Creek) | 76 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Clinch River at Clinton | 76 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Apalachia Reservoir | 75 | last light | Walleye | |
| Caney Fork upper (above Rock Island) | 75 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Center Hill Lake (Cane Creek arm) | 75 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Duck River at Columbia | 75 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Elk River at Prospect | 75 | after dark | Sauger | |
| South Fork Holston upper | 75 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Tims Ford Reservoir | 75 | after dark | Striped Bass | |
| Watts Bar Reservoir | 75 | last light | Sauger | |
| Big Sandy River | 74 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Center Hill Lake | 74 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Dale Hollow Lake (Willow Grove) | 74 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Douglas Lake (headwaters) | 74 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Norris Lake (Loyston Sea) | 74 | after dark | Striped Bass | |
| Watauga Reservoir | 74 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Watts Bar Lake (Piney Creek) | 74 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Elk River at Fayetteville | 73 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Fort Loudoun Lake (Lenoir City) | 73 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Fort Loudoun Reservoir | 73 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Melton Hill Reservoir | 73 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Sequatchie River | 73 | last light | Rock Bass | |
| South Holston Reservoir | 73 | after dark | Walleye | |
| South Holston near Bluff City | 73 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Watauga River at Elizabethton | 73 | after dark | Brown Trout | |
| Blue Basin TWRA refuge | 72 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Chickamauga Lake (Sale Creek arm) | 72 | after dark | Striped Bass | |
| Kentucky Lake (TN portion) | 72 | after dark | Sauger | |
| Tennessee River at Loudoun lake area | 72 | last light | Sauger | |
| Boone Lake (Fall Branch arm) | 71 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Boone Reservoir | 71 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Dale Hollow Lake (Pleasant Grove) | 71 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Dale Hollow Reservoir | 71 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Eagle Lake | 71 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Kentucky Lake at Paris Landing | 71 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Roaring River Park & The Boils | 71 | last light | White Bass | |
| Rocky River | 71 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Tellico Lake (Monroe arm) | 71 | last light | Striped Bass | |
| Lake Isom NWR | 70 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Reelfoot Lake | 70 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Tellico Reservoir | 70 | after dark | Striped Bass | |
| Wolf River at Collierville | 70 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Blackburn Fork | 69 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Buffalo River at Flatwoods | 69 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Buffalo River at Linden | 69 | last light | Rock Bass | |
| Herb Parsons Lake | 69 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Humboldt Lake | 69 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Lake Graham | 69 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Loosahatchie River | 69 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Marrowbone Lake | 69 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Norris Lake (Coal Creek) | 69 | after dark | Striped Bass | |
| Norris Reservoir | 69 | after dark | White Bass | |
| Reelfoot Lake (Blue Basin) | 69 | after dark | Crappie | |
| White Oak Creek | 69 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Whiteville Lake | 69 | last light | Crappie | |
| Cummins Falls State Park | 68 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Forked Deer River | 68 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Hatchie River at Bolivar | 68 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Hatchie River at Brownsville | 68 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Natchez Trace SP Cub Lake | 68 | last light | Crappie | |
| North Fork Forked Deer River | 68 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Reelfoot Lake (Buck Basin) | 68 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Garrett Lake | 67 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Mill Creek (Nashville) | 67 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Nolichucky River near Erwin | 67 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Normandy Reservoir | 67 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Richland Creek (Nashville) | 67 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Standing Stone SP lake (rec area) | 67 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Three Rivers WMA lakes | 67 | last light | Crappie | |
| Burgess Falls | 66 | after dark | Walleye | |
| Calfkiller River | 66 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Chickasaw State Park Lake | 66 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Daddys Creek | 66 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Mill Creek (Standing Stone tributary) | 66 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Natchez Trace SP Pin Oak Lake | 66 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Standing Stone Lake | 66 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Stewarts Creek | 66 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Wolf River at Rossville | 66 | last light | Largemouth Bass | |
| Big Harpeth at Franklin | 65 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Falling Water River | 65 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Harpeth River at Pinkerton | 65 | last light | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Powell River near Norris | 65 | last light | Rock Bass | |
| Cane Creek Lake (Cookeville) | 64 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Carroll Lake | 64 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Clear Creek | 64 | last light | Rock Bass | |
| East Fork Stones River | 64 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Harpeth River at Kingston Springs | 64 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Obed Wild and Scenic River | 64 | last light | Rock Bass | |
| Caney Creek (Marshall Co) | 63 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Emory River near Harriman | 63 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Ocoee Lake | 62 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Bedford Lake | 61 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Caney Creek & Calfkiller River | 61 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Henry Horton State Park lake | 61 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Mousetail Landing State Park lake | 61 | last light | Crappie | |
| Nickajack (Marion County access) | 61 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Pigeon River near Hartford | 61 | after dark | Rock Bass | |
| Cane Creek Falls Lake (FCF) | 60 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Chickamauga Lake (Soddy arm) | 60 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Fall Creek Falls Lake | 60 | after dark | Crappie | |
| Cumberland Mtn State Park Lake | 59 | last light | Crappie | |
| Lake McKamy | 59 | last light | Largemouth Bass | |
| Manson Pike Trailhead | 59 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| West Fork Recreation Area | 59 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Johnsonville WMA lake | 58 | last light | Largemouth Bass | |
| Nice Mill | 58 | after dark | Channel Catfish | |
| Parksville Reservoir (Ocoee No.1) | 58 | after dark | Largemouth Bass | |
| Caney Fork Creek (middle) | 57 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Pickett State Park Lake | 57 | last light | Crappie | |
| Duck River at Centerville | 54 | after dark | Smallmouth Bass | |
| Caney Fork (Buffalo Valley → Betties Is.) | 50 | after dark | Brown Trout |