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Planning your next fishing trip in Clarksville, United States ? Today is a excellent 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.

Clarksville, Tennessee offers diverse freshwater fishing on the Cumberland River and its feeder creeks, giving anglers access to trophy smallmouth, quality largemouth bass, catfish, and panfish close to town. From bank fishing along the riverwalk to kayak and boat fishing on nearby impoundments, Clarksville provides year‑round opportunities for both casual anglers and serious bass fishermen. read more...

Some of the best fishing spots near Clarksville include: Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, Cumberland River, Cheatham Dam, Old Hickory Lake, Barkley Dam, Cheatham Lake, Red River, Paris Landing State Park, etc. see full list

Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 14:42 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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Next Full Moon in ~12 days on 29th June
  • Distance to earth:
    368,226 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 Clarksville
New Moon
Sun, 14 Jun
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun
New Moon
Tue, 14 Jul
Full Moon
Wed, 29 Jul

Solunar Bite Times

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All times are displayed in the America/Chicago timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -5 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waxing Crescent at 10% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a excellent 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 -5 hour and -26 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/Chicago • Wed, 17 Jun 17:28 • 36.53, -87.359
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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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Fishing Overview Clarksville

Clarksville fishing centers on the Cumberland River corridor, where current seams, rock piles, and creek confluences hold gamefish all year. Within a short drive you also have access to small lakes, farm ponds, and tailwater-style flows that give local anglers multiple patterns to work, whether you’re bank fishing, launching a bass boat, or fishing from a kayak.

Seasonal patterns in the Clarksville area follow classic mid-South timing. In late winter and early spring, sauger, walleye, and striped bass concentrate in deeper river holes and below dams, often on sharp drops from 15–30 feet. Vertical jigging 1/2–1 oz lead jigs tipped with soft plastics or minnows in the main channel can be highly productive. As water warms into the 50s, pre-spawn largemouth and smallmouth bass slide onto secondary points, riprap, and the first hard cover inside creek mouths. Medium-diving crankbaits, suspending jerkbaits, and Carolina rigs dragged slowly along rock transitions are key producers.

By late spring and early summer, current breaks along the main Cumberland River, eddies behind bridge pilings, and creek-mouth ledges come alive. This is prime time for smallmouth, spots, and schooling white and hybrid striped bass. Work topwaters at dawn—walking baits and poppers in shad colors—then switch to swimbaits, lipless crankbaits, or 3–4 inch soft plastics on ball-head jigs as the sun rises. For panfish and crappie, target submerged brush, laydowns, and dock pilings with small tube jigs, hair jigs, or live minnows under slip floats set just above the cover.

Summer in Clarksville favors low-light windows and current. Catfishing on the Cumberland is excellent at night; anchor upstream of deep bends, outside channel swings, or the downstream edge of sandbars. Use cut shad, skipjack, or chicken-based baits on 3-way or slip-sinker rigs with 5/0–8/0 circle hooks. Focus on depth ranges that match the flow—strong current pushes fish tighter to breaks and behind structure; lighter current lets them spread out along flats and shelves. For bass, probe ledges and shell beds in 10–20 feet with football jigs, big worms, and deep crankbaits.

Fall fishing can be outstanding as shad migrate into creeks and coves. Bass, white bass, and hybrids pin bait against banks and in the backs of pockets. Keep a small topwater, fluke-style soft jerkbait, and 1/4 oz underspin ready to fire into schooling activity. Work rocky banks with squarebill crankbaits and spinnerbaits when wind pushes bait against the shore. Crappie slide back to mid-depth brush; slowly vertical-jig or hover small plastics or minnows around any isolated cover you can find.

Key habitat types around Clarksville include riprap banks, bridge pilings, barge tie-offs, laydowns on outside bends, and creek confluences where stained tributary water meets clearer main-river flow. Reading current is crucial: look for subtle surface slicks, foam lines, and the downstream edge of seams—these edges concentrate bait and predators. Side-imaging sonar helps locate ledges, stump rows, and brush piles; mark productive spots and cycle through them as light and flow conditions change.

Tactically, keep your tackle versatile. A medium spinning combo for finesse plastics and crappie, a medium-heavy baitcaster for jigs and Texas rigs, and a cranking/topwater rod will cover most scenarios. Carry a mix of natural shad colors for clear water and brighter or darker patterns for the Cumberland’s frequent stain. Adjust weight to maintain bottom contact without constantly snagging—especially when fishing the rock and shell that make Clarksville’s river structure so productive.

The Best Fishing Spots around Clarksville

Kentucky Lake

One of the Southeast’s powerhouse fisheries, Kentucky Lake offers expansive habitat for largemouth and smallmouth bass, slab crappie, and big blue catfish; spring crappie and post-spawn bass patterns dominate, while summer ledge fishing and fall shad migrations keep action steady; winter brings strong stripe/white bass and catfish bites, with easy access via ramps and marinas near Paris Landing State Park and connections to Lake Barkley.

Lake Barkley

A twin to Kentucky Lake but with more creek arms and timber, Lake Barkley is renowned for crappie (spring brush piles and stake beds), quality largemouth bass, and plentiful blue/channel catfish; summer ledges, fall flats, and winter river-channel edges produce, and the lake ties into excellent tailwater runs below Barkley Dam and the connection to Kentucky Lake.

Cumberland River

Flowing right through Clarksville, the Cumberland River yields strong runs of striped bass, seasonal sauger and white bass, plus year-round blue and channel catfish; current seams, outside bends, and riprap near city access points shine in spring and fall, with convenient shoreline access at places like the riverfront and marina and productive boat drifts toward Cheatham Lake.

Cheatham Dam

The Cheatham Dam tailwater on the Cumberland is a regional favorite for sauger and white bass in cold months, surging striped bass in spring and early summer, and steady catfish action; eddies, turbine boils, and rock bars fish well from shore or boat, with flows influencing bite windows and downstream drifts toward Cheatham Lake and Clarksville.

Old Hickory Lake

A popular impoundment east of Clarksville, Old Hickory Lake offers strong largemouth bass fishing around grass, docks, and ledges, reliable crappie on brush and bridges, and solid catfish along channel swings; spring spawn and shad-driven fall bites are prime, with numerous ramps and parks and proximity to the Cumberland River corridor.

Barkley Dam

Below Barkley Dam, the Cumberland River tailwater is famed for powerhouse currents that concentrate striped bass, white bass, and cold-season sauger, with abundant blue catfish year-round; anglers target turbine boils, wing walls, and current breaks, and can hop over to the nearby Kentucky Lake side via the canal for additional options.

Cheatham Lake

Stretching along the Cumberland between Ashland City and Nashville, Cheatham Lake fishes well for largemouth bass on laydowns and channel edges, crappie on brush and marinas, and dependable catfish in deeper bends; spring and fall shine, with convenient access points that connect easily from Clarksville and the Cheatham Dam tailwater.

Red River

A Cumberland tributary crossing the north side of Clarksville, the Red River offers accessible fishing for channel catfish, seasonal white bass runs, and shallow-water largemouth around wood and cut banks; spring rains spur flow-driven bites, summer evenings are productive for cats, and it pairs nicely with nearby access to the Cumberland River.

Paris Landing State Park

A prime hub on the eastern shore of Kentucky Lake, Paris Landing State Park provides easy bank and pier access plus ramp facilities for chasing crappie, largemouth bass, and open-water white/striped bass schools; spring and fall are marquee, and it’s a convenient launch point for exploring main-lake ledges and nearby Big Sandy and the Land Between the Lakes area.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Clarksville area

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Clarksville. 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.

Lake Barkley - 0.98752267476km , Red River - 1.39759108624km , West Fork Red River - 1.77351993434km , Seven Mile Island - 4.81106195027km , Donaldson Creek - 5.00593333612km , Rocky Ford Creek - 5.1937535015km , Little West Fork - 5.96239144555km , Wall Branch - 6.33150568929km , Big McAdoo Creek - 7.70279896779km , Sally Willis Branch - 8.26755648028km , Fletchers Fork - 9.69629236063km , Ussery Branch - 10.35996820427km , Little McAdoo Creek - 11.29436752113km , Antioch Creek - 11.77585909684km , Lake Taal Dam - 12.23134431561km , Dawson Creek - 12.3874436887km , Passenger Creek - 12.77422276859km , Budds Creek - 13.01383381285km , Lock B - 13.53976118019km , Vernon Creek - 13.64133172028km , Goldenhorn Creek - 13.64327091714km , Cunningham Broadbent Lake Dam - 14.42166389044km , Weaver Creek - 14.97371082394km , Deason Creek - 15.23771844367km , Lake Site Number Three Dam - 15.43397849055km , Outlaw Branch - 15.72550841476km , Noahs Spring Branch - 16.87165173446km , Blooming Grove Creek - 17.00794559139km , Jordan Creek - 18.68390268174km , Sulphur Fork Red River - 19.74652803609km , Bartons Creek - 19.76896394197km , Bascomb Eldrige Creek - 20.03760478896km , Louise Creek - 20.68420229835km , Burney Creek - 21.00819659947km , Hunley Branch - 21.06766821802km , Half Pone Creek - 21.37127117424km , Little Bartons Creek - 21.48075095655km , Sorghum Branch - 22.56465246963km , Mayberry Branch - 22.9720334366km , Harper Lake Dam - 23.60637782565km

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