freestone river · smallmouth bass · largemouth bass · panfish

Harpeth River (McDaniel)

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

Right now

0cfs↗ risingcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.

Water temp80.6°F

Stage0.95 ft

Engine callOFF 0 cfs outside wade band 8–120

Gauge read 1:30 AM CDT · USGS 03432100. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Harpeth River (McDaniel) is a freestone river in Middle TN, fished for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, panfish. 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 basslargemouth basspanfish

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

Access

Williamson County Recreation Center Canoe Accesscarry
Ladd Park (Ladd Farms) Canoe Accesscarry
Eastern Flank Battlefield Canoe Accesscarry
Eastern Flank Battlefield Park Canoe Accesscarry
Pinkerton Park Canoe Accesscarry
Harlinsdale Farm Canoe Accesscarry
Bicentennial Park Canoe Accesscarry
Bicentennial Park River Accesswalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Harpeth 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:

USGS gauge ↗

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