Tennessee Fishing Lakes

Known for Clear Upper Cumberland Plateau reservoir with one of Tennessee's top striped bass fisheries, trophy smallmouth bass on deep rocky bluffs, and walleye near the Caney Fork River channel.

Known for a TVA Holston River reservoir northeast of Knoxville offering quality striped bass and walleye fishing, smallmouth bass on deep rocky structure, and productive crappie in dock and timber cover across four northeast Tennessee counties.

Known for 35,400-acre TVA reservoir on the Tennessee River in Rhea, Meigs, Bradley, and Polk counties TN near Chattanooga, consistent largemouth and smallmouth bass fishery including Tennessee state record largemouth bass 15 lbs 3 oz caught here in 2015, strong sauger and walleye fishery, TWRA 15-inch minimum 5-fish daily bass limit, 810 miles of shoreline.

Known for the world record smallmouth bass (11 lb 15 oz, 1955) and consistently exceptional clear-water smallmouth fishing in deep Obey River canyon structure, plus walleye and largemouth on the Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Known for 28,420-acre TVA reservoir on the French Broad River in Jefferson, Cocke, Sevier, and Hamblen counties TN near Dandridge, outstanding largemouth bass fishery with fast natural growth rates, exceptional late-winter sauger and walleye spawning run up the French Broad River, 44-foot seasonal TVA drawdown exposes flats that turbocharge spring bass and crappie reproduction, dam completed in 12 months 17 days in 1943 to power WWII aluminum production.

Known for First TVA reservoir ever constructed (1936), 34,000-acre clear mountain reservoir on the Clinch and Powell rivers north of Knoxville, famous for trophy smallmouth bass on deep rocky bluffs and excellent walleye fishing.

Known for TVA Cumberland River reservoir northeast of Nashville with excellent sauger fishing below Old Hickory Dam, strong crappie populations in tributary coves, and convenient access for the Nashville metro area.

Known for 14,200-acre USACE reservoir on the Stones River 10 miles east of downtown Nashville, one of the most accessible quality bass lakes in Middle Tennessee, consistent largemouth and smallmouth bass in clear rocky water, strong crappie fishery, TWRA-managed statewide regulations apply.

Known for world-class largemouth and smallmouth bass fishery, TVA Tennessee River reservoir, 43,100 acres spanning Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi, Bassmaster tournament lake, premier sauger and crappie fishing.

Known for a TVA Tennessee River reservoir between Chickamauga and Fort Loudoun lakes offering some of the best sauger fishing in Tennessee, productive landlocked striped bass, and strong largemouth and crappie populations across five mid-Tennessee counties.