Old Hickory Lake
Resource Manager's Office
No. 5 Power Plant Road
Hendersonville, TN  37075-3467
Phone: (615) 822-4846 or (615) 847-2395

Fishing Information by Phone: (615) 824-7766
THE SAFETY MESSAGE FOR TODAY: Always wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved flotation device.

 The headwater elevation is 444.4 feet above mean sea level, and the tail water is 401.2 feet above M.S.L. The lake water is cloudy. The morning surface water temperature at the Rockland fishing pier is around 45.8º F.

Fishing is good.

Bass and Crappie are beginning to move up shallow as the water warms and are being caught using minnows, crankbaits, and jigs.

Bream and Bluegill can be caught using worms, crickets and small lures off deep banks water.

Sauger are beginning to be caught around the steamplant and below the dam.

Normal summer pool and normal winter pool is 445.00 feet above mean sea level.
Generating Schedule
The generation schedule for February 9, 2012, calls for 2 units from 600-2400 hours. However, please remember that this schedule is subject to change at any time without notice or warning.

To access the TVA Generation Schedule, call 1-800-238-2264 (the project code for Old Hickory Lake is 38) or visit their Old Hickory web page.
 

SAFETY NOTICE 
Before making a decision concerning tailwater please watch the "Not by a Dam Site" video below.

Click here to view the Not by a Dam Site video.  This is a 14 minute video and is 167MB in size.  If you have a slow internet connection it is advised that you download the the video to your hard drive for later viewing. To download the video, right mouse click on the link above, and select Save Target As.
Events and Activities
Special Link:  A Virtual Field Trip: See how a lock works

 

Cody Britton - Park Ranger                                                               Date: 2/9/121121
                                                                                                                                                  


Schedules are subject to change without notice.
For TVA generating schedules, call: 1-800-238-2264 or visit their Old Hickory web page.

Campers may now make their reservations 240 days in advance and picnic shelter reservations 360 days in advance.
The National Recreation Reservation Service (NRRS) is taking reservations at this toll free telephone number, 1-877-444-6777 / 444-NRRS.  Campers can make reservations over the Web at http://www.Recreation.gov.  
Visit http://www.Recreation.gov now for more information.

Nashville District Lake Information Links

Old Hickory Lake Home Page

The POC for this page:

Cody Britton, CELRN-CO-OLD-R
(615) 822-4846
Hendersonville, TN
cody.a.britton@usace.army.mil

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