Tennessee Trout Stocking Schedule 2026

TWRA publishes the year's whole trout schedule, winter program included; December dates firm up around Thanksgiving.

Data checked 2026-08-28 · source: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

769 stocking records 2026

184 waters

5,570,587 fish reported

50 upcoming stops listed

Upcoming stockings

Dates the agency has announced but not yet completed. A date marked wk means the agency schedules that stop by week, not by day.

Date	Water	County	Species
Sep 3	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Sep 10	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Sep 17	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Sep 24	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Sep 27wk	Dillard Ponds	Greene	Rainbow trout
Sep 27wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Sep 27wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Oct 1	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 4wk	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Oct 4wk	Doe River	Carter	Rainbow trout
Oct 4wk	Mantooth Pond	Hancock	Rainbow trout
Oct 4wk	Paint Creek	Greene	Rainbow trout
Oct 8	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 11wk	Fishery Park Pond	Unicoi	Rainbow trout
Oct 11wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Oct 11wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Oct 15	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 18wk	Dillard Ponds	Greene	Rainbow trout
Oct 22	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Big Soddy Creek	Hamilton	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Cane Creek (Fall Creek Falls State Park)	Van Buren	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Little River	Blount	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Mid. Prong Little Pigeon River	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Piney River	Rhea	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Oct 25wk	W. Prong Little Pigeon R. (Pigeon Forge)	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Oct 29	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 1wk	N. Chickamauga Creek	Hamilton	Rainbow trout
Nov 1wk	Spring Creek	Polk	Rainbow trout
Nov 5	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 8wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Nov 8wk	Little River	Blount	Rainbow trout
Nov 8wk	Mid. Prong Little Pigeon River	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 8wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Nov 12	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 19	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 22wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Nov 22wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Nov 26	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Nov 29wk	Big Soddy Creek	Hamilton	Rainbow trout
Nov 29wk	McKamy Lake	Polk	Rainbow trout
Nov 29wk	Spring Creek	Polk	Rainbow trout
Dec 3	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Dec 6wk	Acorn Lake (Montgomery Bell SP)	Dickson	Rainbow trout
Dec 6wk	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Dec 6wk	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Dec 10	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Dec 17	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Dec 24	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout

Stocked in the last 45 days

Date	Water	County	Species	Fish
Aug 27	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Aug 26	Blue Cat Lake (Williamsport)		Blue catfish	664
Aug 26	Blue Cat Lake (Williamsport)		Blue catfish	1,856
Aug 26	Whippoorwill Lake (Williamsport)		Blue catfish	840
Aug 24	Laurel Hill Lake		Blue catfish	7,728
Aug 24	VFW Lake		Blue catfish	902
Aug 23	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Aug 23	Fort Campbell Streams	Montgomery	Rainbow trout
Aug 20	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Aug 16	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Aug 13	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Aug 12	Bedford Lake		Channel catfish	429
Aug 12	Laurel Hill Lake		Channel catfish	444
Aug 12	Marrowbone Lake		Channel catfish	284
Aug 12	VFW Lake		Channel catfish	252
Aug 11	Blue Cat Lake (Williamsport)		Channel catfish	338
Aug 11	Shellcracker Lake (Williamsport)		Channel catfish	283
Aug 11	Whippoorwill Lake (Williamsport)		Channel catfish	343
Aug 9	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Aug 9	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Aug 7	Dale Hollow TW		Rainbow trout
Aug 6	Center Hill TW		Rainbow trout
Aug 6	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Aug 6	Tellico River		Rainbow trout
Aug 5	Buffalo Creek		Rainbow trout
Aug 5	Norris		Black crappie	12,568
Aug 4	Hiwassee River TW		Rainbow trout
Aug 2	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Aug 2	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 30	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Jul 30	West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg)		Rainbow trout
Jul 28	Norris TW		Rainbow trout
Jul 26	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Jul 26	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 26	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 24	Watts Bar		Striped bass	33,633
Jul 23	Citico Creek		Rainbow trout
Jul 23	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Jul 23	Tims Ford		Striped bass	15,204
Jul 23	Tims Ford		Striped bass	18,271
Jul 23	Watts Bar		Striped bass	7,253
Jul 22	Ft. Campbell		Rainbow trout
Jul 22	Green Cove Pond		Rainbow trout
Jul 22	Tims Ford		Striped bass	15,141
Jul 22	Tims Ford		Striped bass	15,906
Jul 21	Tims Ford		Striped bass	15,048
Jul 21	Tims Ford		Striped bass	15,181
Jul 20	Marrowbone Lake		Channel catfish	3,398
Jul 20	Old Hickory		Striped bass	59,985
Jul 20	Shellcracker Lake (Williamsport)		Channel catfish	2,276
Jul 19	Buffalo Creek	Grainger	Rainbow trout
Jul 19	Citico Creek	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 19	Green Cove Pond	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 19	Tellico River	Monroe	Rainbow trout
Jul 17	Johnson County Youth Event		Rainbow trout
Jul 17	Watts Bar		Striped bass	5,194
Jul 16	Chickamauga		Striped bass	63,826
Jul 16	Gatlinburg Streams	Sevier	Rainbow trout
Jul 16	Leconte Creek		Rainbow trout
Jul 16	Tims Ford		Hybrid striped bass (wiper)	8,690
Jul 16	Tims Ford		Hybrid striped bass (wiper)	3,535
Jul 16	Watts Bar		Striped bass	56,437
Jul 16	Watts Bar		Striped bass	7,994
Jul 15	Bill Dance Lake		Blue catfish	1,788
Jul 15	Davy Crockett Lake		Blue catfish	1,054
Jul 15	Maples Creek Lake		Blue catfish	911
Jul 15	Old Hickory		Striped bass	20,856
Jul 15	Watts Bar		Striped bass	9,432
Jul 15	Whiteville Lake		Blue catfish	1,639
Jul 14	Boone		Hybrid striped bass (wiper)	20,168
Jul 14	Cherokee		Hybrid striped bass (wiper)	12,142
Jul 14	J. Percy Priest		Striped bass	54,685

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. Year round; winter program December to March.

Jan 39

Feb 71

Mar 158

Apr 99

May 180

Jun 79

Jul 64

Aug 29

Sep 7

Oct 21

Nov 15

Dec 7

What gets stocked

Species	Stockings	Fish
Rainbow trout	573
Walleye	51	2,462,223
Striped bass	38	1,058,075
Channel catfish	35	37,082
Largemouth bass	23	931,703
Blue catfish	19	59,736
Hybrid striped bass (wiper)	8	245,092
Sauger	7	211,439

Schedule changes

When the agency moves or drops a published date, it shows here instead of quietly disappearing.

2026-08-28 Watts Bar: species revised
2026-08-28 Watts Bar: species revised
2026-08-28 Watts Bar: species revised
2026-08-28 Tims Ford: species revised
2026-08-28 Tims Ford: species revised
2026-08-28 Pin Oak Lake: species revised
2026-08-28 Pickwick: species revised
2026-08-28 Nickajack: species revised
2026-08-28 Nickajack: species revised
2026-08-28 Lake Halford: species revised
2026-08-28 Lake Halford: species revised
2026-08-28 Kentucky: species revised

All rows come from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Tennessee fishing regulations.