freestone river · musky · smallmouth bass · redeye bass

Collins River

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

Right now

141cfs→ lowcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · -3.4% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.67 ft

Engine callOFF 146 cfs outside wade band 200–800

Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 03421000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Collins River is a freestone river below Great Falls Dam (downstream impoundment; not flow-affecting for float) in Middle TN, fished for musky, smallmouth bass, redeye bass. 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.

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

Access

Highway 56 Bridge Accessramp
Wanamaker's Landingcarry
Kings Rampramp
Myers Cove (Turners Bend) Boat Rampramp
Shellsford Access (TWRA Boat Ramp)ramp
VFW Access (Highway 70 Bridge Ramp)ramp
Rock Island State Park / Collins River Mouthramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Collins 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 September:

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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:

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