Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Project Reports
Outdoor Reports
Humphreys Co. Outdoor Report for week of May 30th
We had a busy Memorial Day weekend, the warm weather brought a lot of boaters out to the lake. A few rain storms in the area slowed up some activity, but passed quickly, and the [...]
Humphreys Co. outdoor report for week of May 22nd
TVA has been reducing the flow rate from where it has been all winter/spring. Flow rates on Kentucky Lake were over 450,000cfs (cubic feet per second), to less than 20,000cfs last week. With some rainfall [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for the week of May 9th
It seems like a broken record – rain, wind, followed by cold weather. With the unpredictability in the weather lately, fishing has been tough. With many years of fishing, I’ve found that the best fishing [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor Report for week of April 27
Kentucky lake continues to fall, both in level as well as temperature. We saw the lake in out area reach just over 361ft last week, with lake temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Then [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for week of April 20th
This week has brought some cooler weather in the picture. Some may call it ‘Dogwood winter’, but most would agree we would love to see some warmer weather come back. The cooler weather has slowed [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for week of April 9th
The fishing season has arrived! Lake levels are back to normal, with Kentucky lake at New Johnsonville holding at 357.7ft for the next few days. Water surface temperatures are staying around 65 degrees. Flow rates [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for week of March 23rd
With all the rainfall through the last few months, TVA is predicting the Tennessee River to flood again. Add in the excessive flow rates (350,000cfs coming in and 180,000cfs being let out of the Kentucky [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for week of March 8th
Lake levels continue to fall back to normal levels, with TVA predicting a stable level of 355.5 over the next few days. Water temps remain in the low to mid 50s with flow rates on [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor report for February 24th
With all the rain, the area rivers are up, but predicted to fall later this week, the Tennessee river at New Johnsonville was at 361ft. on Monday, with a flow rate of just under 300,000cfs. [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor Report Aug 30, 2019
TVA is prediction for the lake at New Johnsonville to go below the 356 ft mark by mid week, current lake levels are 356ft with flow rates bumped up to around 40.000cfs. water temps remain [...]
Humphreys Co. Outdoor Report Aug 26, 2019
Fishing continues to improve slowly, with the hot temperatures beginning to give way to somewhat cooler temps, fishing will improve. Hot water can be stressful on fish, due to the waters lower capacity to hold [...]
Humphreys Co. Fishing report for week of August 18th
This has been a week of excuses, hot temps, warm water, too much current , no current, etc. Most fishermen have been unsuccessful at catching any species of fish. As fishing goes, summer can be [...]
Humphreys Co. outdoors
Lake levels have remained stable this past week, and TVA is predicting the same for the upcoming week. Lake levels at NewJohnsonville have been around 357.5ft, and will only fall back to the 357ft mark [...]
Kentucky lake fishing report for week of August 4th
Not much has been happening on the fishing front this week, Hot temperatures, rain fronts and school beginning, not many fishermen have been braving the conditions, instead patiently awaiting the arrival of fall weather. A [...]
Humphreys Co Fishing report for the week of July 28th
TVA has began the normal draw-down this fall, bringing Kentucky Lake down to the mid to low 357ft mark. TVA normally starts dropping the lake levels just after the 4th of July weekend, and will [...]
Humphreys Co fishing report for the week on July 19th
Lake levels rebounded somewhat this week, with levels at NewJohnsonville at the 359ft mark. Normally we should be around 358ft, but no doubt the added rainfall across the TN river valley has added some to [...]
Fishing report for week of July 15th
Water levels in the NewJohnsonville area have been 358.8ft, with TVA predicting a slight fall to 358.0ft by next weekend. Water temps have been around the 90 degree mark, with flow rates averaging 50,000cfs this [...]
fishing report for June 28th
The big news on the fishing front has been the sudden rise in the lake level for Kentucky lake. Lake levels at NewJohnsonville started last weekend at normal summer pool, at a level of 359ft. [...]
Fishing report for week of June 21st
Kentucky lake levels have been 'up and down' this week, with levels today(Friday), at 358.9ft. with TVA predicting a rise this week to a crest of just under 360ft by next Thursday. Flow rates have [...]
Humphreys Co. fishing report for week of June 14th, 2019
Current Kentucky lake level at NewJohnsonville is at 360.34ft. lake levels are reported to rise over the weekend to a crest of 360.8ft with an average flow rate of 30,000cfs. Kentucky dam is predicted to [...]
Humphreys Co. fishing/lake report
lake levels are on the rise, current levels in the NewJohnsonville area are at 358.8ft with a slight rise and fall over the week, but remaining somewhat stable for the week. flow rates have been [...]
Kentucky Lake Report–May 15, 2019
Water temp’s mid 70’s Flow rates have been around 70.000cfs but predicted to slow by this weekend Water levels 359.7ft, predicted to fall over the week to 359ft Fishing Report for Kentucky lake and duck [...]