Sequatchie River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

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

Cumberland County · Tennessee · see it on the national map

last stocked May 17 159 days ago

flow 67% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 0.71 ft gage height flow 53.4 cfs, 67% of the Oct 23 median NWS forecast: steady through Wednesday USGS gauge 03571000 (SEQUATCHIE RIVER NEAR WHITWELL, TN) · read 7:15 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 22wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 29wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 17wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Sequatchie River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:21-11:21 am and 9:43-11:43 pm	3:38-4:38 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 4:22-5:22 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 17
Flow 67% 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)

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
Little Sequatchie River	5.5 mi	May 10
Pocket Creek	12 mi	May 10
N. Chickamauga Creek	24 mi	Apr 19
Lake Junior	24 mi	Feb 4
Coops Creek	27 mi	May 17

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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.