StockingMap

Tennessee Trout Stocking Schedule and Report, Fall 2026

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

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

918 stocking entries on the 2026 Tennessee record, across 213 waters in 36 counties, from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The published counts add up to 8,728,089 fish.

What goes in: rainbow trout, walleye, striped bass and channel catfish, and 4 more species. Rainbow trout alone accounts for 663 of the entries.

This page adds 1 water stocked in the last seven days, live water level and temperature on 12 gauged waters and a page for every county that gets fish.

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Today: Tennessee fishing forecast · best times and fresh stockings

918 stocking records 2026
213 waters
8,728,089 fish reported
32 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.

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
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 Big Soddy Creek Hamilton 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

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 23 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Oct 22 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 22 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 21 Center Hill Tw Dekalb Cutthroat trout
Oct 21 Hiwassee River Tw Polk Brown trout
Oct 21 Hiwassee River Tw Polk Rainbow trout
Oct 20 Dillard Ponds Greene Rainbow trout
Oct 19 Green Cove Pond Bluegill 3,622
Oct 19 McKamey Lake Bluegill 11,953
Oct 19 Normandy unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 17,559
Oct 19 Parksville Bluegill 235,672
Oct 19 Parksville Bluegill 247,469
Oct 19 Pickett State Park Bluegill 7,528
Oct 18 Dillard Ponds Greene Rainbow trout
Oct 16 Boone Tw Sullivan Cutthroat trout
Oct 16 Hiwassee River Tw Polk Rainbow trout
Oct 16 Tellico River Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 16 Tellico River Monroe Brown trout
Oct 15 Bill Dance Lake Golden shiner (forage) 28,750
Oct 15 Bill Dance Lake Bluegill 20,618
Oct 15 Center Hill Tw Dekalb Rainbow trout
Oct 15 Cane Creek Park Lake Channel catfish 4,059
Oct 15 Cherokee unmapped:Black / Blacknose Crappie Mix 371
Oct 15 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Oct 15 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 15 Meadow Park Lake Channel catfish 18,782
Oct 15 Normandy unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 34,348
Oct 15 Norris Black crappie 5,882
Oct 15 Tellico Fish Hatchery Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 15 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 14 Green Cove Pond Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 14 Normandy unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 14,407
Oct 14 Normandy unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 18,598
Oct 14 Normandy unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 16,040
Oct 14 South Indian Creek Unicoi Rainbow trout
Oct 14 Tims Ford unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 47,603
Oct 14 Tims Ford unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 47,639
Oct 13 Laurel Hill Lake Bluegill 162,717
Oct 13 Tims Ford unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 35,944
Oct 13 Tims Ford unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 34,843
Oct 11 Fishery Park Pond Unicoi Rainbow trout
Oct 11 Green Cove Pond Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 11 Tellico River Monroe Brown trout
Oct 11 Tellico River Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 9 Old Hickory Striped bass 625
Oct 9 Wilbur Tw Carter Rainbow trout
Oct 8 Browns Creek Lake Bluegill 55,827
Oct 8 Carroll Lake Bluegill 34,298
Oct 8 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Oct 8 Gatlinburg Fish Hatchery Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 8 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 8 Lake Graham Bluegill 59,088
Oct 8 Livingston City Lake Redear sunfish 23,104
Oct 8 Maples Creek Lake Bluegill 30,104
Oct 8 Meadow Creek Lake Redear sunfish 27,934
Oct 8 New Lake Redear sunfish 24,311
Oct 7 Bill Dance Lake Bluegill 62,874
Oct 7 Center Hill Tw Dekalb Rainbow trout
Oct 7 Davy Crockett Lake Bluegill 56,242
Oct 7 Gibson Co. Lake Bluegill 144,421
Oct 7 Gibson Co. Lake Bluegill 62,260
Oct 7 Glenn Springs Lake Bluegill 79,094
Oct 7 Pin Oak Lake Bluegill 325,611
Oct 7 Tims Ford Tw Franklin Rainbow trout
Oct 7 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 7 Whiteville Lake Bluegill 57,102
Oct 6 Gatlinburg Fish Hatchery Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 6 Garrett Lake Bluegill 46,432
Oct 6 Lake Graham Bluegill 147,505
Oct 5 Gatlinburg Fish Hatchery Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 5 Hiwassee River Tw Polk Brown trout
Oct 5 Lake Halford Bluegill 456,690
Oct 5 Mantooth Pond Hancock Rainbow trout
Oct 4 Buffalo Creek Grainger Rainbow trout
Oct 4 Doe River Carter Rainbow trout
Oct 4 Mantooth Pond Hancock Rainbow trout
Oct 4 Paint Creek Greene Rainbow trout
Oct 2 Ft. Patrick Henry Tw Sullivan Rainbow trout
Oct 2 Tellico River Monroe Brown trout
Oct 2 Tellico River Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Buffalo Creek Grainger Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Doe River Carter Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Green Cove Pond Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Paint Creek Greene Rainbow trout
Oct 1 Pin Oak Lake Bluegill 127,944
Oct 1 Tellico River Monroe Rainbow trout
Oct 1 VFW Lake Bluegill 22,435
Oct 1 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 30 Hiwassee River Tw Polk Rainbow trout
Sep 30 Laurel Hill Lake Redear sunfish 76,559
Sep 30 Marrowbone Lake Redear sunfish 81,070
Sep 30 Norton Creek Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 30 Shellcracker Lake (Williamsport) Redear sunfish 76,120
Sep 30 VFW Lake Redear sunfish 25,519
Sep 29 Dillard Ponds Greene Rainbow trout
Sep 29 VFW Lake Redear sunfish 16,248
Sep 27 Dillard Ponds Greene Rainbow trout
Sep 27 Green Cove Pond Monroe Rainbow trout
Sep 27 Tellico River Monroe Rainbow trout
Sep 25 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Sep 24 Erwin State Fish Hatchery Unicoi Rainbow trout
Sep 24 Ft. Patrick Henry Tw Sullivan Rainbow trout
Sep 24 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 24 Tims Ford Tw Franklin Rainbow trout
Sep 24 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 24 Wilbur Tw Carter Rainbow trout
Sep 23 Erwin State Fish Hatchery Unicoi Rainbow trout
Sep 23 Norris Tw Anderson Rainbow trout
Sep 23 Tellico Fish Hatchery Monroe Rainbow trout
Sep 23 Wilbur Tw Carter Rainbow trout
Sep 22 South Holston Tw Sullivan Rainbow trout
Sep 21 South Holston Tw Sullivan Rainbow trout
Sep 18 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Sep 17 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 17 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 14 Erwin State Fish Hatchery Unicoi Rainbow trout
Sep 12 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Sep 12 French Broad River Lake sturgeon 511
Sep 11 Center Hill Tw Dekalb Rainbow trout
Sep 11 Dale Hollow Tw Clay Rainbow trout
Sep 10 Erwin State Fish Hatchery Unicoi Rainbow trout
Sep 10 Gatlinburg Streams Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 10 Tims Ford Tw Franklin Rainbow trout
Sep 10 West Prong Little Pigeon River (Gatlinburg) Sevier Rainbow trout
Sep 9 Old Hickory Lake sturgeon 1,264

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 60
Sep 46
Oct 99
Nov 16
Dec 7

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Rainbow trout 663
Walleye 51 2,462,223
Striped bass 39 1,058,700
Channel catfish 39 62,671
Bluegill 28 2,664,654
Largemouth bass 23 931,703
Blue catfish 19 59,736
unmapped:Blacknose Black Crappie 9 266,981

Schedule changes

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

All stocked waters

Every Tennessee water we hold a stocking page for, county by county, with its most recent date. The filter above narrows this list too.

Blount County 1

Campbell County 2

Carter County 3

Claiborne County 2

Cocke County 2

Cumberland County 1

Davidson County 1

DeKalb County 1

Dickson County 1

Grainger County 2

Greene County 1

Grundy County 1

Hamblen County 1

Hamilton County 2

Hawkins County 2

Henderson County 1

Hickman County 1

Houston County 2

Humphreys County 1

Jefferson County 1

Johnson County 3

Lawrence County 2

Marion County 2

Maury County 1

Monroe County 2

Perry County 1

Pickett County 1

Polk County 4

Putnam County 1

Rhea County 1

Sequatchie County 1

Sevier County 3

Stewart County 1

Unicoi County 4

Van Buren County 3

Warren County 1

Statewide 19

Questions about Tennessee stocking

When does Tennessee stock trout?
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency published 918 trout stocking entries in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 23.
Does Tennessee announce stocking dates in advance?
Yes. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency publishes dates ahead of the truck, and 32 are listed on this page, the next on Oct 25.
Can I see Tennessee stocking by county?
Yes. Every one of the 36 Tennessee counties with stocked water has its own page listing that county's waters, its recent stockings and any dates announced ahead.
Is there a printable Tennessee stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the Tennessee schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get Tennessee stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for Tennessee, and each county page offers the same for that county alone. Subscribing to the calendar puts announced stocking dates straight into your own calendar.
How current is this Tennessee stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's own publications. It was last read Oct 24. Schedules change without notice, sometimes the morning of the stocking, so check the agency's page before a long drive.
Which Tennessee waters have live conditions?
12 Tennessee waters carry a USGS gauge, so their page shows the current level, the flow against the seasonal normal and the water temperature where the gauge reports one.
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.