Nickajack Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jun 20, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

27 Fishing Reports

226 Followers

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Nickajack Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Summer

Drop Shot
2
Bladed Jigs
1
Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)
1
Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
1
Soft Jerkbaits
1

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Top Species Reported for Summer

Largemouth Bass7 Reports
Spotted Bass1 Report
Drum1 Report

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Fishing Reports

27 Reports on Nickajack Lake

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NWG Wolverine
Silver Ambassador
7/16/24
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Texas Rigs (Worming)
- Structure
  Ledges
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  80°
Fishing ledges on mid lake area Rankin's cove. Bite came in 10 ft of water just off grass bed line. Fish were feeding on shad along ledge. Only one in the morning. Did get a hook up with alabama rig later in day but fish got off at boat. Also fished grass beds near Hales bar marina no hits.
Brian Wileman
Gold Ambassador
6/10/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Standing Timber
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  83°
With the Big Bass Splash happening on Guntersville, I decided to go hit Nickajack up. I started scanning around and found a few schools. They were really weird. It seemed that you would catch one fish and then they would shut down. Never really could get them to fire. Best pattern seemed to be on stumps or standing timber with a drop shot for me. I had some catfish bites on spoons and it was a constant bite. Bass would leave when the spoon came down (saw on Active Target). I hit a standing tree that I found last year and caught a good number off it. With some bigs getting off at the boat or breaking me off by wrapping around the tree. I seemed to get better bites on the worms I soaked in bait fuel the night before. (Tip: Put a 10 or so worms in a zip lock and marinate in Bait Fuel overnight. Restocking you get low as the day goes) Bite did get better when Nickajack dam started pulling water around 1pm.
Bass Bandit
Gold Ambassador
7/22/23
- Species
  Drum
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Spoons
- Structure
  Dam
- Forage
  Minnows
The Nickajack dam was rolling pretty hard. Threw this spoon by the wall into the harder part of the current and the drums were hungry.