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Kentucky Lake (TN), TN

Reservoir spanning Benton/Henry/Humphreys/Decatur counties, Tennessee. The Tennessee side of TVA's largest reservoir, a premier crappie fishery (white and black) plus largemouth and smallmouth bass, blue/channel/flathead catfish, sauger, and white bass. Spring crappie spawn and the ledge bass bite in early summer are the marquee seasons.

52

Overall bite score

Scored 3 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled53
Pressure trendNOAAfalling60
SolunarComputedmoon 45% lit44
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed50
WindNOAA50
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA70

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

10 tracked species in Kentucky Lake (TN), with the months each fishes best.

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

Water facts

TypeReservoir
CountyBenton/Henry/Humphreys/Decatur
StateTennessee
WaterFreshwater

TVA reservoir (no live USGS water-temp gauge; bite score uses seasonal baseline). Statewide crappie limit applies (15/day, 10 in min); the West TN 30/day no-size crappie rule is for certain rivers, not this lake. Ramps: Paris Landing State Park, New Johnsonville, Birdsong Resort.

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