South Toe River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked May to June in 2026: trout, 2 plants in all. The most-stocked water on the Yancey County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Yancey County · North Carolina · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 17 128 days ago

flow 119% of seasonal normal

best window 10:29 pm-12:29 am solunar major today

Water right now 0.88 ft gage height flow 83.4 cfs, 119% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 03463300 (SOUTH TOE RIVER NEAR CELO, NC) · read 8:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 27wk	Trout	catchable		stocked
Jun 17wk	Trout	catchable		stocked

When to fish South Toe River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:06 am-12:06 pm and 10:29 pm-12:29 am	4:23-5:23 am and 4:40-5:40 pm
Tomorrow	10:52 am-12:52 pm	5:28-6:28 am and 5:07-6:07 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Jun 17
Flow 119% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · North Carolina fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Cane Creek	4.8 mi	Oct 5
Big Rock Creek	6.7 mi	May 13
Grassy Creek	7.5 mi	May 13
Cane River	9.8 mi	May 13
North Toe River	9.8 mi	Oct 12

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Records from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Carolina fishing regulations.