Tumbling Creek

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked 3 times in 2026, spread March to April. One of 4 stocked waters on the Polk County record.

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last stocked Apr 26 180 days ago

best window 10:38 pm-12:38 am solunar major today

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 29wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 26wk	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Tumbling Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 am	4:33-5:33 am and 4:49-5:49 pm
Tomorrow	11:02 am-1:02 pm	5:37-6:37 am and 5:17-6:17 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 26

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)

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
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

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
Toccoa River (F) GA	5.3 mi	Aug 20
Goforth Creek	5.3 mi	Apr 26
Greasy Creek	9.3 mi	Apr 26
Spring Creek	14 mi	Apr 26
Shuler Creek NC	14 mi	May 6

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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.