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Best sauger lakes in Tennessee

12 Tennessee waters list sauger (official records or labelled estimates), 1 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The river-running cousin of the walleye. Built for current and muddy water — channel edges, wing dams and the deep holes below every dam.

1. Kentucky Lake — 75 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #1: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 44 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Lake Guntersville — 60 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, BluegillWhy #2: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 3 public access sites
3. Chickamauga Lake — 75 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #3: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 29 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
4. Pickwick Lake — 85 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #4: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 22 public access sites
5. Watts Bar Lake — 100 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #5: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 50 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
6. Mississippi River — Memphis — 135 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
7. Lake Barkley — 60 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, BluegillWhy #7: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 39 public access sites
8. Cordell Hull Lake — 75 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #8: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 14 public access sites
9. Douglas Lake — 140 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #9: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 12 public access sites
10. Old Hickory Lake — 60 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, SaugerWhy #10: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 36 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
11. Fort Loudoun Lake — 75 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #11: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 17 public access sites
12. Nickajack Lake — 55 ft · Approximated contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #12: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 6 public access sites

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When to fish sauger in Tennessee

• Spring 4–18 ft — The famous tailwater run — fish stack below dams and on gravel bars in current seams.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Main-channel ledges and deep sand/gravel flats with current.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Fish pod up tight on channel structure — find one and you've found fifty.
• Winter 15–45 ft — The deepest holes below dams hold winter sauger by the hundreds.

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