Collins River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, spread March to May. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Grundy County · Tennessee · see it on the national map

last stocked May 10 166 days ago

flow 60% of seasonal normal

best window 9:43-11:43 pm solunar major today

Water right now 1.39 ft gage height flow 81.2 cfs, 60% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 03421000 (COLLINS RIVER NEAR MCMINNVILLE, TN) · read 7:00 pm this evening

3 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Mar 1wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 22wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 10wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Collins River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:20-11:20 am and 9:43-11:43 pm	3:37-4:37 am and 3:54-4:54 pm
Tomorrow	10:07 am-12:07 pm and 10:31 pm-12:31 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 May 10
Flow 60% 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 3 times here in 2026, moving water)

Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
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

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
Rocky River	1.1 mi	May 17
Laurel Creek	3.6 mi	May 17
Calfkiller River	8.0 mi	Mar 29
Charles Creek	8.8 mi	May 10
Pine Creek	9.2 mi	Mar 29

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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.