Boone Lake Fishing Report

Two-arm lake where largemouth and smallmouth bite in near-equal numbers
Tennessee~4,520 acresMAX DEPTH 129 FTCLARITY GENERALLY CLEAR TO LIGHTLY STAINED ON THE LOWER LAKE NEAR THE DAM, WITH THE UPPER WATAUGA AND SOUTH FORK HOLSTON ARMS DINGIER AFTER RAIN.IMPOUNDED 1952

Today's fishing report for Boone Lake, Tennessee: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Boone Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day — areas, baits, and an hour-by-hour game plan.

TODAY'S BITE88GREATpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast
WATER TEMP63°Fsteady over 6 dayssatellite imagery
POOL LEVEL−9.0 ft−1.3 ft in 7 daysbelow normal pool · Tennessee Valley Authority
Measured Thursday, October 29, 2026 · refreshed daily · where our data comes from · bite score modeled from today's forecast — the hour it peaks, and the week ahead, are in the app · the guide report reads these for you

How the bite score is built · Where Boone Lake ranks in Tennessee today

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Boone Lake shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

largemouth bass · smallmouth bass · spotted bass · striped bass · hybrid striped bass · white bass · blue catfish · channel catfish · black crappie · white crappie · rainbow trout · brown trout · bluegill

On BassHawk

Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Boone Lake.

Sunk habitat

20 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Boone Lake, marked on the map with the depth each sits in.

TYPESITESDEPTH
Brush/Trees2010–20 ft

Exact coordinates for every site are in the app.

Mapped on BassHawk

Traced from pre-dam survey sheets — the roads, foundations and creek beds that were there before the water. Creek channels marked USGS NHD come from the national stream map, not our tracing.

Getting on the water

Boat Ramp

Common questions

Is the bite good on Boone Lake today?

Today's bite outlook for Boone Lake peaks at 88 out of 100 — great. That score weighs water temperature, barometric pressure and its trend, wind, cloud cover, solunar windows and the pool trend against bass-behavior research. The hour it peaks, how the rest of the day scores, and the seven-day outlook with the best window flagged are in the BassHawk app.

What is the water temperature on Boone Lake right now?

Boone Lake is reading about 63°F, from satellite imagery data as of Thursday, October 29, 2026. The trend is steady over 6 days — which is usually the number that matters more than the reading. BassHawk refreshes it every day.

What is the lake level on Boone Lake?

Boone Lake is 9.0 ft below normal pool. The trend is −1.3 ft in 7 days. Falling water pulls bass off the flats and onto the first drop; rising water pushes them into flooded cover. The daily guide report factors the trend into where it sends you.

When do bass spawn on Boone Lake?

Largemouth on Boone Lake spawn by water temperature, not the calendar: they stage around 50–58°F, move up between 58 and 62°F, and bed through roughly 62–70°F, with the north banks and pockets warming first. Boone Lake is reading about 63°F today, and BassHawk tracks it daily with its two-week trend. The full temperature-by-phase table is in BassHawk's guide to bass spawning water temperature.

How deep is Boone Lake?

Boone Lake runs to about 129 ft at its deepest, across ~4,520 acres. BassHawk maps the shoreline, the structure and the access, and depth work on this lake is in progress.

Where can you launch a boat on Boone Lake?

Boone Lake has 1 public boat ramp mapped on BassHawk. The ramps are Boat Ramp. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

Are there brush piles or fish attractors on Boone Lake?

Yes — 20 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Boone Lake, each one marked on the BassHawk map with the depth it sits in. The counts and depth bands are on this page; the exact coordinates are in the app.

What fish are in Boone Lake?

largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, hybrid striped bass, white bass, blue catfish, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, rainbow trout, brown trout, bluegill. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Boone Lake.

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Boone Lake?

Yes. Boone Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day: a headline read on the lake, an hour-by-hour game plan, the areas to run with the depth and structure to look for, what to throw, and how to work it. Today's is in the app, free to start.

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