With a guide
Guides and charters near Maple View Day Use Area
Captains who run Nickajack Lake, with their own phone numbers. You call and book with them directly.
Paul Johnson Guide Service
Largemouth, spotted, smallmouthCall 423-598-9083pauljohnsonguideservice.com
Chattanooga Fishing Guides
Scenic City Fishing Charters
Trophy catfish, walleye, crappie, bass, striper, saugersceniccityfishing.com
What to bring
Tackle for Maple View Day Use Area
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 Maple View Day Use Area
Maple View Day Use Area is a public boat launch on Nickajack Lake in Marion County, Tennessee, run by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
TWRA holds no written directions for Maple View Day Use Area. 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.
Maple View Day Use Area is 17 miles west of Chattanooga, the nearest town with its own page here. The closest other public access is Macedonia Church, 0.8 miles to the east on the same water. For bait, The Hatch Outfitters in Chattanooga is about 17 miles away.
Coordinates 34.99330, -85.61270
What you can catch
Fish you can catch at Maple View Day Use Area
Nickajack Lake holds these, according to the county research behind this site and TWRA’s own species notes.
Held at full pool 633.5 ft year-round with no meaningful winter drawdown, which is genuinely distinctive among TVA lakes; the upper two-thirds is riverine with riprap both banks, and the black bass and crappie fishing concentrates in the coves at the lower end through the Tennessee River Gorge.
What you can keep
Fishing limits at Maple View Day Use Area
What you can keep from Nickajack Lake at Maple View Day Use Area. TWRA sets 2 rules just for Nickajack 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 | 15 in minimum | Nickajack Lake rule |
| Smallmouth bass | 5 black bass combined | No minimum, only one over 16 in | Same rule for spotted, Alabama and hybrid bass |
| Crappie | 15 | 10 in minimum | Statewide |
| Bluegill | No limit | No minimum | Statewide |
| Redear sunfish | 20 | No minimum | Statewide |
| Striped bass | 2 striped and hybrid combined | 15 in minimum | Statewide |
| White bass | 15 | No 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.
11 public boat launches in Marion County, counted from TWRA’s own access database.
What it looks like
Nickajack Lake around Maple View Day Use Area
What the water at Maple View Day Use Area actually looks like. Drag or swipe through. Every picture opens that water’s own page.
Nickajack LakeOpen the Nickajack Lake page →Bryce Edwards from San Jose, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0
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Nickajack LakeOpen the Nickajack Lake page →Brian Stansberry / CC BY 4.0
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More Nickajack Lake access near Maple View Day Use Area
The closest other public access points on Nickajack Lake, measured straight line from Maple View Day Use Area. Each one opens its own page with directions.
Maple View Day Use Area water holds largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie, bluegill.
Other water close by
Other fishing near Maple View Day Use Area
Public access on other water within 20 miles of Maple View Day Use Area, including Guntersville Lake and Grundy Lake #4. Handy when the wind is wrong on Nickajack Lake or the ramp is busy.
Bait on the way
Bait and tackle near Maple View Day Use Area
The closest shops to Maple View Day Use Area that this site has checked. The Hatch Outfitters in Chattanooga is nearest, about 17 miles away. Call ahead in winter, when smaller shops cut their hours.
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Around Maple View Day Use Area
Maple View Day Use Area is one access point. These pages cover the rest of the water and the rest of the county.