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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Tennessee

17 Tennessee waters list white bass & hybrids (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. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Kentucky Lake — 75 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 44 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
2. Chickamauga Lake — 75 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 29 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Pickwick Lake — 85 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, CrappieWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 22 public access sites
4. Watts Bar Lake — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 50 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
5. Lake Barkley — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, BluegillWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 39 public access sites
6. Cherokee Lake — 160 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 38 public access sites, 11 carry-in or shore-oriented
7. Douglas Lake — 140 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 12 public access sites
8. Old Hickory Lake — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, SaugerWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 36 public access sites, 4 carry-in or shore-oriented
9. Fort Loudoun Lake — 75 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 17 public access sites
10. Center Hill Lake — 190 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 13 public access sites
11. J. Percy Priest Lake — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, CrappieWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 33 public access sites, 7 carry-in or shore-oriented
12. Boone Lake — 120 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 9 public access sites
13. Nickajack Lake — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White BassWhy #13: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 6 public access sites
14. Normandy Lake — 85 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, CrappieWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
15. Woods Reservoir — 50 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, BluegillWhy #15: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 8 public access sites
16. Shellcracker Lake — 20 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, White Bass & HybridsWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

…plus 1 more Tennessee waters holding white bass & hybrids.

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When to fish white bass & hybrids in Tennessee

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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