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Cordell Hull Lake Fishing Report

Quiet Cumberland River largemouth lake with 5-pounders in its creeks
Tennessee~11,960 acresMAX DEPTH 90 FTCLARITY THE UPPER RIVER FROM GAINESBORO TO CELINA CARRIES STEADY, COOLER CURRENT FROM THE WOLF CREEK AND DALE HOLLOW RELEASES, WHILE LOWER-LAKE CREEKS SUCH AS DEFEATED, MARTIN AND INDIAN STAIN AFTER RAIN.IMPOUNDED 1973

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

TODAY'S BITE94GREATpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast
WATER TEMP61°Fsteady over 6 daysU.S. Geological Survey
POOL LEVEL−1.6 ftsteady over 7 daysbelow normal pool · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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 Cordell Hull Lake ranks in Tennessee today

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Cordell Hull Lake shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

largemouth bass · smallmouth bass · striped bass · white bass · white crappie · black crappie · sauger · walleye · channel catfish · flathead catfish · bluegill · redear sunfish · rock bass

On BassHawk

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

Sunk habitat

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

TYPESITESDEPTH
Artificial368–12 ft
Brush/Trees9—

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
Brimstone Boat Ramp
Buffalo Ramp
Butler's Landing Boat Ramp
Defeated Creek Campground Boat Ramp
Defeated Creek Marina Boat Ramp
Defeated Creek Recreation Area Boat Ramp
Hollemans Bend Boat Ramp
Salt Lick Park Ramp
Smith's Bend Boat Ramp
Wartrace Park Boat Ramp
DEFEATED CREEK MARINA (marina)
Wildwood Resort and Marina (marina)

Common questions

Is the bite good on Cordell Hull Lake today?

Today's bite outlook for Cordell Hull Lake peaks at 94 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 Cordell Hull Lake right now?

Cordell Hull Lake is reading about 61°F, from U.S. Geological Survey 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 Cordell Hull Lake?

Cordell Hull Lake is 1.6 ft below normal pool. The trend is steady over 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 Cordell Hull Lake?

Largemouth on Cordell Hull 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. Cordell Hull Lake is reading about 61°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 Cordell Hull Lake?

Cordell Hull Lake runs to about 90 ft at its deepest, across ~11,960 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 Cordell Hull Lake?

Cordell Hull Lake has 11 public boat ramps mapped on BassHawk plus 2 marinas. The ramps are Boat Ramp, Brimstone Boat Ramp, Buffalo Ramp, Butler's Landing Boat Ramp, Defeated Creek Campground Boat Ramp, and 6 more. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

Are there brush piles or fish attractors on Cordell Hull Lake?

Yes — 45 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Cordell Hull 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 Cordell Hull Lake?

largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striped bass, white bass, white crappie, black crappie, sauger, walleye, channel catfish, flathead catfish, bluegill, redear sunfish, rock bass. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Cordell Hull Lake.

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Cordell Hull Lake?

Yes. Cordell Hull 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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