Big Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water, stocked 4 times in 2026, monthly February through April, heaviest in March. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Hawkins County · Tennessee · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 19 187 days ago

flow 73% of seasonal normal

best window 10:32 pm-12:32 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.49 ft gage height flow 5.95 cfs, 73% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 03491000 (BIG CREEK NEAR ROGERSVILLE, TN) · read 8:30 pm this evening

4 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Feb 15wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 8wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 29wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 19wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Big Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:09 am-12:09 pm and 10:32 pm-12:32 am	4:26-5:26 am and 4:43-5:43 pm
Tomorrow	10:55 am-12:55 pm	5:32-6:32 am and 5:10-6:10 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 Apr 19
Flow 73% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Tennessee 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 (rainbow trout stocked 4 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
Alexander Creek	14 mi	Apr 19
South Fork Holston River (Lower) VA	21 mi	Oct 5
Horse Creek	21 mi	Jun 7
Stock Creek VA	21 mi	Oct 1
North Fork Powell River VA	23 mi	Oct 2

Follow Tennessee stocking: RSS / Calendar (iCal) / Print the schedule

Records from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Tennessee fishing regulations.