freestone river · smallmouth bass · redeye bass · spotted bass

Duck River (below Manchester)

Live conditions for Duck River (below Manchester): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

17cfs↗ risingcaution

Low and skinny at 17 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.

Water temp—

Stage-0.06 ft

Engine callOFF 15 cfs outside wade band 20–140

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 03596000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Duck River (below Manchester) is a freestone river in Middle TN, fished for smallmouth bass, redeye bass, spotted bass, trout, largemouth bass — rainbow, brown. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

smallmouth bassredeye bassspotted basstroutlargemouth bassrainbow troutbrown trout

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

Access

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park - Entrance Boat Rampramp
Old Stone Fort - Powers Bridge Road / Confluence Trailheadwalk in
Big Falls Bank Access (Old Stone Fort SP)walk in
Blue Hole Falls Bank Access (Old Stone Fort SP)walk in
Old Stone Fort Campground Bridge Bank Accessbridge

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Duck River.

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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