Brown troutWild brown trout, rainbowsFish on your own. Guide prices are optional; check licence, permit and access requirements before going.
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- Guide, per angler
- $288
- Public access
- Moderate
- Crowding
- Medium
Tennessee· Data built October 15, 2026
Tennessee trout water
Explore 146 trout waters in Tennessee’s Smokies and 728 TWRA stocking locations across the state, with nearby fishing access, public-land context and river gauges.
- Mapped waters / sites
- 874
- Nearby access facilities
Check before you fish. Access, stocking and regulations here come from Tennessee's own data and can be out of date. Posted signs and landowners' wishes come first, and private land needs permission. The rules that apply are in the Tennessee trout fishing and stocking information, and you need a valid fishing license.
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Filters
Filter streams
From Great Smoky Mountains species layers. Streams with no species on record are hidden while one is picked.
874 waters / sites
Map layers
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Layers
Smokies rainbow trout
Smokies brook trout
Smokies brown trout
TWRA stocking sites
Bold where the stream crosses public land; faint and dashed across private land. Gauges are measurement stations; a nearby gauge may be on a different stream.
Stream types · Tennessee
- Smokies rainbow trout
- Smokies brook trout
- Smokies brown trout
- TWRA stocking sites
- Public land
Bold where the stream crosses public land
Legend & map details
Smokies rainbow troutSmokies brook troutSmokies brown troutTWRA stocking sitesNot public landPublic landFishing accessLaunchRiver gauge, conditions today: good fair poor no verdict; a group takes its worst gauge's colorRiver gauge, flow for the date: low below normal above high no reading
Fly fishing destinations in Tennessee · guide rates, best months and access
Brown troutWild brown trout, rainbowsHow to read this map
Layers, public land, access and sources
Stream lines show historical National Park Service trout distribution in the Tennessee portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are a partial inventory, not current abundance or confirmation that a fishery is open. Follow current park fishing rules.
Dots are actual TWRA stocking-program locations, including seasonal ponds and tailwaters. They do not map trout habitat along an entire river or confirm a recent stocking. Site details link to current stocking information. The public-stretches filter applies to mapped stream lines and hides these stocking points.
Access sites come from TWRA facilities approved for publication as fishing sites, boat launches or paddling access. They are a partial inventory and may have seasonal restrictions. Confirm access, licenses, permits and tailwater generation schedules before visiting.
Highlighted banks adjoin mapped open-access public land, with a roughly 20-meter bank tolerance. Dimmed water has no adjacent open-access parcel recorded in this source. Neither determines legal entry, rights of way or permission to cross private land. Check signs, property rules and the current fishing regulations.
Access markers are source facility locations within about 800 meters of mapped water, not verified parking spaces or guaranteed entry to a particular reach. River-gauge readings describe the gauged location; a nearby gauge on another stream is shown as context.
Sources
- NPS Smokies trout-distribution GIS
- TWRA trout stocking-site GIS
- TWRA access-site GIS
- Great Smoky Mountains fishing rules
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1, fee-owned parcels marked open access. Counties: US Census TIGERweb. Gauges: USGS Water Data APIs.
- Downloaded October 15, 2026; underlying observations and geometry can be older. Map tiles: OpenFreeMap and OpenStreetMap contributors.