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Fishing near Nashville, TN

On the Cumberland River in Middle Tennessee. J. Percy Priest Lake sits just east; Kentucky Lake is west on the Tennessee River.

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J. Percy Priest Lake

10 mi · ~15 min drive · Davidson Co., TN
86/100

Top today: Channel Catfish — drop everything — ideal day for channel catfish.

Caney Fork River

55 mi · ~1 hr 19 min drive · DeKalb Co., TN
68/100

Top today: Rainbow Trout — workable day for rainbow trout.

Tims Ford Lake

73 mi · ~1 hr 46 min drive · Franklin Co., TN
82/100

Top today: Striped Bass — great day to fish for striped bass.

Kentucky Lake

74 mi · ~1 hr 46 min drive · Benton Co., TN
72/100

Top today: Smallmouth Bass — great day to fish for smallmouth bass.

Lake Barkley

85 mi · ~2 hr 2 min drive · Trigg Co., KY
58/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — workable day for largemouth bass.

Kentucky Lake

85 mi · ~2 hr 3 min drive · Trigg Co., KY
64/100

Top today: Smallmouth Bass — workable day for smallmouth bass.

Dale Hollow Lake

87 mi · ~2 hr 5 min drive · Clay Co., TN
68/100

Top today: Smallmouth Bass — workable day for smallmouth bass.

Cumberland River (Wolf Creek tailwater)

103 mi · ~2 hr 29 min drive · Russell Co., KY
68/100

Top today: Brown Trout — workable day for brown trout.

Lake Cumberland

105 mi · ~2 hr 31 min drive · Russell Co., KY
88/100

Top today: Striped Bass — drop everything — ideal day for striped bass.

Chickamauga Lake

108 mi · ~2 hr 36 min drive · Hamilton Co., TN
82/100

Top today: Striped Bass — great day to fish for striped bass.

Wheeler Lake

109 mi · ~2 hr 37 min drive · Morgan Co., AL
68/100

Top today: Largemouth Bass — workable day for largemouth bass.

Pickwick Lake

116 mi · ~2 hr 47 min drive · Colbert Co., AL
68/100

Top today: Smallmouth Bass — workable day for smallmouth bass.

Distances are straight-line from Nashville; drive times are rough estimates and will vary with traffic.

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