Waters · Lakes · TN · Mon, Aug 17

How's the bite at Chickamauga Lake today? Biting — save your energy for the evening.

Worth a cast.

Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.

7/10
Biting

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Major
4:17 AM–6:17 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
11:43 AM–12:43 PM
Moonrise
Major
4:40 PM–6:40 PM
Moon overhead
Minor
10:30 PM–11:30 PM
Moonset

Sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 8:26 PM · tomorrow's first major 5:03 AM–7:03 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 11:21 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
682.24ft
-0.02 ft in 24h
NOAA NWPS CKDT1 updated 10:00 AM
Pressure
30.04inHg
falling · -1.02 hPa/12h
NOAA KCHA updated 10:55 AM
Wind
6mph S
NOAA KCHA updated 10:55 AM
Moon
27% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 11:21 AM

What this means

Largemouth bass, Crappie, Catfish
This gauge reports level but no water temperature, so depth calls stay open. Read the windows and the pressure trend instead.

Chickamauga Lake water level today

682.24 ft down 0.02 ft in 24 hours

That sits 38% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 681.86 and 682.87 ft. Over the week it is down0.46ft.

08-09 681.86–682.87 ft 08-17
NOAA NWPS CKDT1 updated 10:00 AM

The week ahead

Tue 6 Biting
Wed 6 Biting
Thu 6 Biting
Fri 6 Biting
Sat 6 Biting
Sun 5 Picky
Mon 6 Biting

Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.

Before you go

A Tennessee fishing license covers this water — $33 a year for residents. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What it costs, and who is exempt →

Nearby waters today

Questions people ask about Chickamauga Lake

Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Chickamauga Lake.

Is it worth fishing Chickamauga Lake today?
7 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 4:17 AM–6:17 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Chickamauga Lake?
Today's major windows run 4:17 AM–6:17 AM and 4:40 PM–6:40 PM, with minor windows at 11:43 AM–12:43 PM and 10:30 PM–11:30 PM. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 8:26 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Chickamauga Lake?
No gauge on Chickamauga Lake measures water temperature. US reservoir gauges report height, not temperature — so rather than estimate it, this page leaves it out and leans on the windows and the pressure trend instead.
What is the water level at Chickamauga Lake right now?
682.24 ft, read at 10:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station CKDT1. Over 24 hours it is down 0.02 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Chickamauga Lake?
That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. TN publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.
Do you need a licence to fish Chickamauga Lake?
Yes. A Tennessee fishing license covers this water, required from age 13. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Tennessee license costs, and who is exempt

Where these numbers come from

Read above Chickamauga Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. Summer pool is 682.5 ft. The gauge at Chattanooga a few miles downstream reads about 636 ft — that is Nickajack Lake below the dam, not this water.

No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.