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Chickamauga Lake, TN

Reservoir spanning Hamilton/Rhea/Meigs counties, Tennessee. 36,240-acre TVA reservoir on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga. A nationally ranked trophy largemouth fishery (Florida-strain stocked), plus white and black crappie, smallmouth and spotted bass, and trophy catfish. Best bass action March-May and in the fall shad migration.

51

Overall bite score

Scored 19 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled26
Pressure trendNOAArising60
SolunarComputedmoon 58% lit46
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed100
WindNOAA50
Cloud coverNOAA85
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

9 tracked species in Chickamauga Lake, with the months each fishes best.

Black Crappieabundant
Bluegillabundant
Channel Catfishabundant
Largemouth Bassabundant
White Crappieabundant
Blue Catfishcommon
Flathead Catfishcommon
Smallmouth Basscommon
Spotted Basscommon

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountyHamilton/Rhea/Meigs
StateTennessee
WaterFreshwater

TVA reservoir (no live USGS water-temp gauge; bite score uses seasonal baseline). Special black-bass slot limit in effect, verify current numbers on the TWRA exceptions page. Ramps: Chester Frost Park, Dayton boat ramp, Sale Creek.

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