tailwater · smallmouth bass · redeye bass · largemouth bass

Duck River At Columbia, Tn

Live conditions for Duck River At Columbia, Tn: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

170cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 170 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.

Water temp—

Stage1.47 ft

Engine callOFF 167 cfs outside wade band 230–700

Gauge read 7:00 AM CDT · USGS 03599500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Duck River At Columbia, Tn is a tailwater below Normandy Dam in Middle TN, fished for smallmouth bass, redeye bass, largemouth bass, catfish, carp. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

smallmouth bassredeye basslargemouth basscatfishcarp

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Leftwich Bridge (Sowell Mill Pike) Accesscarry
Howard Bridge Accessramp
Fountain Creek (Davis Ford) Accesscarry
Iron Bridge Accessramp
Old Columbia Dam Site (Riverside Dam)walk in
Riverside Access Arearamp
Riverwalk Parkwalk in
N. Garden Street Bridgebridge

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Duck River At Columbia, Tn.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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