With a guide
Guides and charters near Second Creek
Captains who run Old Hickory Lake, with their own phone numbers. You call and book with them directly.
Nashville Fishing Charters
Stripers, hybrids, crappie, largemouth, smallmouthCall 615-812-2091nashvillefishingcharters.com
Fish Nashville
Striper, hybrid, catfish, crappie, bass, troutCall 615-200-0618fishnashville.com
Crappie Guide Service
White and black crappieCall 615-542-9800crappieguideservice.com
What to bring
Tackle for Second Creek
Three picks from the largemouth bass checklist that work for the fish here. Affiliate links: buying through them pays this site a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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How to get there
Getting to Second Creek
Second Creek is a public boat launch on Old Hickory Lake in Trousdale County, Tennessee, run by the county.
TWRA holds no written directions for Second Creek. Use the coordinates below, which come straight from the state’s access record and drop you on the access point itself rather than on the nearest town.
Second Creek is 13 miles north of Lebanon, the nearest town with its own page here. The closest other public access is Taylor’s Landing, 2.5 miles to the south-east on the same water. For bait, Walmart Supercenter in Hartsville is about 2 miles away.
Coordinates 36.38830, -86.20860
What you can catch
Fish you can catch at Second Creek
Old Hickory Lake holds these, according to the county research behind this site and TWRA’s own species notes.
The Cumberland forms Wilson County’s northern border with Trousdale and Sumner and that reach is Old Hickory; the Wilson side is the Cedar Creek and Hunters Point country, and TWRA rates the lake a world-class trophy striped bass fishery with regular catches over 50 lb.
What you can keep
Fishing limits at Second Creek
What you can keep from Old Hickory Lake at Second Creek. TWRA sets 3 rules just for Old Hickory Lake. They replace the statewide limit for those fish. Everything else follows the statewide limit.
| Fish | Daily limit | Length | Where or when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | 5 black bass combined | 14 in minimum | Old Hickory Lake rule |
| Smallmouth bass | 5 black bass combined | 18 in minimum | Old Hickory Lake rule |
| Crappie | 30 | 10 in minimum | Old Hickory Lake rule |
| Striped bass | 2 striped and hybrid combined | 15 in minimum | Statewide |
| White bass | 15 | No minimum | Statewide |
| Walleye | 5 | 16 in minimum | Statewide |
| Sauger | 10 | 15 in minimum | Statewide |
| Channel catfish | No limit under 34 in | Only one over 34 in | Statewide |
From the 2026–27 Tennessee Fishing Guide (TWRA), in effect 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027, checked 25 September 2026. Rules change, so check the guide before you keep a fish.
3 public boat launches in Trousdale County, counted from TWRA’s own access database.
What it looks like
Old Hickory Lake around Second Creek
What the water at Second Creek actually looks like. Drag or swipe through. Every picture opens that water’s own page.
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More Old Hickory Lake access near Second Creek
The closest other public access points on Old Hickory Lake, measured straight line from Second Creek. Each one opens its own page with directions.
Second Creek water holds largemouth bass, crappie, white bass, sauger.
Other water close by
Other fishing near Second Creek
Public access on other water within 20 miles of Second Creek, including Goose Creek, Cumberland River and Cordell Hull Lake. Handy when the wind is wrong on Old Hickory Lake or the ramp is busy.
Bait on the way
Bait and tackle near Second Creek
The closest shops to Second Creek that this site has checked. Walmart Supercenter in Hartsville is nearest, about 2 miles away. Call ahead in winter, when smaller shops cut their hours.
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Around Second Creek
Second Creek is one access point. These pages cover the rest of the water and the rest of the county.