Waters · Lakes · TN · Mon, Aug 24

How's the bite at Nickajack Lake today? Picky — mid-morning is your stretch.

Work for it.

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

5/10
Picky

Today's bite windows

12 AM6 AMNoon6 PM11 PM
Minor
1:58 AM–2:58 AM
Moonset
Major
9:03 AM–11:03 AM
Moon underfoot
Minor
5:02 PM–6:02 PM
Moonrise
Major
9:28 PM–11:28 PM
Moon overhead

Sunrise 6:09 AM · sunset 7:19 PM · tomorrow's first major 9:52 AM–11:52 AM · windows on every water

Solunar · computed updated 3:37 AM

Conditions right now

Water level
633.54ft
+0.73 ft in 24h
NOAA NWPS NKJT1 updated 3:00 AM
Pressure
30.02inHg
rising · +1.02 hPa/12h
NOAA KCHA updated 3:20 AM
Wind
0mph N
NOAA KCHA updated 3:20 AM
Moon
88% waxing
Solunar · computed updated 3:37 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.

Nickajack Lake water level today

633.54 ft up 0.73 ft in 24 hours

That sits 67% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 632.39 and 634.11 ft. Over the week it is down0.20ft.

08-16 632.39–634.11 ft 08-24
NOAA NWPS NKJT1 updated 3:00 AM

The week ahead

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

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 Nickajack 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 Nickajack Lake.

Is it worth fishing Nickajack Lake today?
5 out of 10 — picky. Work for it. The strongest stretch is 9:03 AM–11:03 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
What time should you fish Nickajack Lake?
Today's major windows run 9:03 AM–11:03 AM and 9:28 PM–11:28 PM, with minor windows at 1:58 AM–2:58 AM and 5:02 PM–6:02 PM. Sunrise is 6:09 AM and sunset 7:19 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
What is the water temperature at Nickajack Lake?
No gauge on Nickajack 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 Nickajack Lake right now?
633.54 ft, read at 3:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station NKJT1. Over 24 hours it is up 0.73 ft.
Can you eat the fish you catch in Nickajack 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 Nickajack 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

The Tennessee River above Nickajack Dam near Jasper, read by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. This is the pool below Chickamauga Dam — a few miles upstream, CKDT1 reads Chickamauga Lake at roughly 682 ft, a different water entirely. No temperature sensor at the gauge.

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