Published Apr 25, 10:30am
Lake levels have fallen from a high last week of over 360ft, but TVA has pulled the water back to around 358ft. Normally TVA will start filling the lake from winter pool starting April 1st, and have the water level at 359ft by May 1st. Due to abnormally high rain amounts over the spring, we reached higher levels earlier this year, but TVA will continue to try and keep lake levels where they should be. We saw low to mid 60’s early last week, which caused some fish to enter the shallows beginning the spawn, only to see a cold front come through and cool water temps back into the upper 50’s, putting a halt to the spawn. With temps late last week well above normal, combined with strong winds, water temps are now in the mid 60’s and the spawn should be happening. TVA did pull the water levels back, but now have stabilized around 358ft.