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Planning your next fishing trip in Chattanooga, United States ? Today is a average day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar tables, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar tables and the best moon phases.
  • Use the forecast calendar section to sync bite times with major weather changes.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Fishing in Chattanooga, Tennessee centers around the Tennessee River and the famous Chickamauga Lake, nationally known for trophy largemouth bass and diverse multi-species action. Anglers here tap into a mix of big-river current, deep reservoirs, and feeder creeks to target bass, catfish, panfish, and seasonal migratory species almost year-round. read more...

Some of the best fishing spots near Chattanooga include: Chickamauga Lake, Tennessee River, Chickamauga Dam, Nickajack Lake, Nickajack Dam, Harrison Bay, South Chickamauga Creek, Suck Creek, etc. see full list

Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 14:32 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
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  • Waxing Gibbous - 95% illuminated Waxing Gibbous
Next New Moon in ~16 days on 14th July
  • Distance to earth:
    405,140 km
    Proximity:
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We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Chattanooga
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun
New Moon
Tue, 14 Jul
Full Moon
Wed, 29 Jul

Solunar Bite Times

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    03:12 am - 05:12 am
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    06:32 pm - 08:32 pm
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    11:19 pm - 01:19 am
All times are displayed in the America/New_York timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -4 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waxing Gibbous at 95% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a average day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -3 hour and -25 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/New_York • Sat, 27 Jun 20:53 • 35.046, -85.31
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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
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*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Chattanooga

Chattanooga fishing revolves around the Tennessee River corridor, Chickamauga Lake, and Nickajack Lake, giving anglers a mix of big reservoir structure, heavy river current, and shallow backwater habitat. The area is especially known for trophy largemouth bass, but also produces strong catfish, crappie, and striped bass fishing within a short drive of downtown.

Seasonal patterns are key. In late winter and early spring, focus on pre-spawn bass and crappie staging on river-channel swings, secondary points, and the first drops outside spawning pockets on Chickamauga. Slow-roll Alabama rigs, lipless crankbaits, and jigs along these breaks, and tight-line minnows or jigs for crappie just off the bottom. As water temps climb into the 60s, both bass and panfish push shallow into coves, pockets, and flooded shoreline grass; weightless soft plastics, floating worms, and small swim jigs excel for bass, while tiny jigs under fixed bobbers score for bedding bluegill and shellcracker.

Summer on Chattanooga’s stretches of the Tennessee River means current. When the dams at Chickamauga and Nickajack are generating, bass, stripers, and catfish stack on main-river ledges, humps, and hard-bottom breaks. Use your electronics to locate schools on offshore structure. For bass, drag football jigs, Carolina rigs, and big worms along the edges of shell beds and drops. Striped and hybrid bass respond well to swimbaits, heavy jigging spoons, and live shad drifted through current seams below the dams. Catfish anglers do best anchoring or controlled-drifting cut shad or skipjack along channel edges, especially around depth changes and outside bends.

In fall, baitfish migrate into creeks and pockets feeding Chickamauga and Nickajack. Follow the shad: target the backs of creeks, riprap causeways, and shallow flats where baitfish flicker on the surface. Medium-diving crankbaits, squarebills, and spinnerbaits in shad patterns become high-percentage baits. On bluebird post-front days, shift to finesse presentations—drop-shots and shaky heads—on secondary points and brush piles. Crappie suspend around mid-depth brush and docks; use small plastics on 1/16–1/32 oz heads and experiment with counting down to the right depth.

Winter fishing in Chattanooga rewards anglers who slow down and fish vertically. Concentrate on the main river channel, deep bluff walls, and the tailrace areas below both dams. Vertical jigging spoons, blade baits, and tight-lined jigs produce bass, sauger, and the occasional walleye in 20–40 feet. Catfish stack in deeper wintering holes; present fresh cut bait slowly along the bottom, focusing on the upstream side of holes where fish first intercept food.

Tactical location tips: In and around downtown Chattanooga, the river offers riprap banks, bridge pilings, and barge tie-offs that hold bass and stripers—target current breaks with crankbaits, swimbaits, and jerkbaits. On Chickamauga, key zones include grass edges, stump fields off creek channels, and any intersection of rock and shell on ledges. Nickajack fishes more like a river: focus on eddies behind islands, wing dikes, and the first deep water below shoals. Across the system, let your electronics, current flow, and baitfish activity dictate where you set up, and adjust lure size and profile to match the dominant forage.

The Best Fishing Spots around Chattanooga

Chickamauga Lake

The sprawling Chickamauga Lake is Chattanooga’s flagship fishery, famous for trophy largemouth bass and strong numbers of spotted bass, crappie, and blue catfish; spring brings shallow bass and crappie spawns, summer favors deep ledges and night catfishing, fall shad migrations ignite power-fishing, and winter shines for sauger and striped bass near current seams—patterns similar to Watts Bar Lake but with even more tournament pressure.

Tennessee River

Flowing through downtown Chattanooga, the Tennessee River offers easy-access shorelines and expansive boat water for striped bass, smallmouth, spotted bass, catfish, and seasonal skipjack; current breaks around bridges and island eddies shine in spring and fall, summer nights deliver steady catfish action, and winter’s cooler flows concentrate bass on bluff walls—comparable to urban stretches in Knoxville.

Chickamauga Dam

Below Chickamauga Dam, the tailwater is a year‑round hotspot where turbines create feeding lanes for stripers, sauger, white bass, and hefty blue catfish; casting jigs for sauger in winter, live bait for stripes during spring runs, and drifting cut bait for cats in summer are classic plays—an energetic scene much like Pickwick Dam.

Nickajack Lake

Downstream of Chattanooga, Nickajack Lake mixes riverine current with broad flats that hold smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie on brush, and roaming stripers; spring transitions bring bass to gravel pockets, summer topwater shines at dawn over shoals, and fall schooling fish blitz shad—akin to stretches near Guntersville but with less vegetation.

Nickajack Dam

The Nickajack Dam tailwater is prized for powerful current lines that stack striped bass, sauger, and white bass, plus big blue and flathead catfish; anglers rip jigs on the bottom in winter, work swimbaits and spoons through boils in spring, and drift cut bait through summer seams—mirroring the productive tailraces at Wilson Dam.

Harrison Bay

A protected arm of Chickamauga Lake, Harrison Bay features grass edges, docks, and creek channels that hold largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, and channel cats; prespawn bass prowl warming flats in late winter, crappie stack on brush in spring, and summer shade lines and deep timber continue to produce—comparable to coves on Old Hickory Lake.

South Chickamauga Creek

This Tennessee River tributary fishes well for spotted bass, redeye and largemouth, plus seasonal drum and catfish near the mouth; spring shines with moving-water bass on eddies and laydowns, summer wading or kayaking targets shade and riffle transitions, and fall sees baitfish pushes toward the confluence—echoing creek tactics on Hiwassee River side channels.

Suck Creek

Entering the Tennessee River at the north end of Signal Mountain, Suck Creek’s confluence creates current breaks that hold smallmouth, stripers, white bass, and lively skipjack; spring and early summer see bait runs that fire up predators, while cooler months gather fish along bluff eddies—resembling river confluences near Bridgeport on the same system.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Chattanooga area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 1 beaches and bays in this area.

Baylor Lake - 5.35977773726km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 2 main harbours in this area.

Lakeshore - 10.95893857466km, Gold Point Marina - 12.21414032242km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Chattanooga. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Maclellan Island - 1.43868074172km , Citico Creek - 2.07750546012km , Dobbs Branch - 2.62391172391km , Ross Second Island (historical) - 3.08167795732km , Chattanooga Creek - 3.68434487479km , Lookout Creek - 3.8583031042km , Tannery Branch - 4.17060519239km , McCallie Lake - 4.67389792309km , Lake Lookout Dam - 4.89023307065km , Pan Gap Dam - 4.92440403037km , Chattanooga Creek - 5.07168850656km , Stringers Branch - 5.12693033302km , Williams Island - 5.21846346033km , Baylor Lake - 5.35977773726km , South Chickamauga Creek - 6.12117010603km , Pan Gap Branch - 7.75151723178km , Raccoon Mountain Pumped Station Dam - 8.21702245904km , Isbill Branch - 8.36473283437km , Blue Hole - 8.7017044238km , Laurel Branch (historical) - 8.89983961031km , Obar Branch - 9.33937813995km , Lake Junior - 9.42013656597km , Friar Branch - 9.50437018868km , Friars Island (historical) - 9.62307721212km , Chickamauga Dam - 9.77178466302km , North Chickamauga Creek - 9.81253877547km , Chickamauga Boat Harbor - 9.96706118368km , Blowing Springs Branch - 10.11051665039km , John McNabb Branch - 10.21088803081km , Chickamauga Island (historical) - 10.53110832698km , Rainbow Lake - 10.56283984299km , Cummings Lake - 10.77394811437km , Lakeshore - 10.95893857466km , Savannah Towhead - 10.97099674244km , West Chickamauga Creek - 11.00097274866km , Alex McNabb Branch - 11.09875937162km , Suck Creek - 11.27608619564km , Hogpen Branch - 11.3230264523km , Wauhatchie Branch - 11.57614083072km , Gold Point Marina - 12.21414032242km

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