Crumpton Creek Fishing near Manchester, Tennessee

• Overview

  In Tennessee, Crumpton Creek falls inside Coffee County. It lies 886 feet above sea level. Manchester at 5.1 miles is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, Tullahoma at 5.8 miles and New Union at 8 miles. Round about: Anthony Branch out at 0.7 miles, Machine Falls Branch 2.2 miles, Copperas Branch out at 2.4 miles, Toliver Lake 3 miles and Ovoca Lake out at 3.1 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Crumpton Creek

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The outside of each bend cuts deepest and holds the better fish. Flow decides everything here: read the seams before you cast. Fish documented in Coffee County include blackside snubnose darter, fantail darter, bluegill and green sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Crumpton Creek where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 77°F and January at 36°F. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. On Crumpton Creek that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Anthony Branch is 0.7 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Crumpton Creek for certain.