Calfkiller River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water, stocked 2 times in 2026, all in March. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Putnam County · Tennessee · see it on the national map

last stocked Mar 29 208 days ago

best window 9:42-11:42 pm solunar major today

Water right now 2.89 ft gage height flow 18.2 cfs USGS gauge 03419530 (CALFKILLER RIVER AT HWY 70 AT SPARTA, TN) · read 8:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 22wk	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed
Mar 29wk	Rainbow trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Calfkiller River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:20-11:20 am and 9:42-11:42 pm	3:37-4:37 am and 3:53-4:53 pm
Tomorrow	10:06 am-12:06 pm and 10:30 pm-12:30 am	4:42-5:42 am and 4:21-5:21 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 Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Mar 29

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 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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 (Fall Creek Falls State Park)	2.3 mi	May 17
Rocky River	7.1 mi	May 17
Laurel Creek	7.8 mi	May 17
Collins River	8.0 mi	May 10
Fall Creek Falls	13 mi	Jul 8

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