Watauga Lake Fishing Guide

Watauga Lake is a man-made reservoir that's nestled in the Appalachian Mountains and the Cherokee National Forest in northeastern Tennessee is 6,430 acres, (10.05 square miles), 6.2 miles long, a maximum depth of 305 feet, 104 miles of shoreline at an elevation of 1,959 feet.

Watauga Lake offers great fishing for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, Rock Bass, Walleye, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Warmouth, Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish.

Watauga Lake Marinas

Directions to Watauga Lake, Tennessee