Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Tentative Winter Trout Stocking Dates 2009/2010

December, 2009

3 - Cumberland Mountain State Park (Crossville)
3 - Springfield City Greenway (Springfield)
4 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
8 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
8 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
9 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
10 - Lafayette City Park (Lafayette)
11 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
15 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
15 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
16 - Martin City Pone (Martin)
16 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
16 - Paris City Park (Paris)
16 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
16 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
16 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
16 - W Fork Red River, Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
17 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
17 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
17 - Stoneridge and Yale Road Park Lakes (Bartlett)
17 - Mumford City Park (Mumford)
18 - Harpeth River (Franklin)
22 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)

January, 2010

5 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)
6 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
6 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
6 - Oneida City Park (Oneida)
8 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
12 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
14 - Athens Rec. Park (Athens)
15 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
19 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
19 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
20 - McKenzie City Park (Mckenzie)
20 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
20 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
20 - Paris City Park (Paris)
21 - Mumford City Park (Mumford)
21 - Stoneridge and Yale Road Park Lakes (Bartlett)
22 - Duck River at Fishermans Park (Shelbyville)
22 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
27 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
29 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
29 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

February, 2010

3 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
4 - Lafayette City Park (Lafayette)
5 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
10 - Springfield City Greenway (Springfield)
11 - W Fork Red River, Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
11 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
12 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
17 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)
18 - Pickett Lake (Pickett State Park)
18 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
18 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
19 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
26 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

March, 2010

5 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater
12 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
17 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
17 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
19 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville)
19 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
25 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
26 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

Each year 75 streams and small lakes are stocked to provide a trout fishery. These streams have low abundance of wild trout, or no trout at all. TWRA stocks about 325,000 9-12 inch trout between March and July. While trout fishing is allowed year-round on most of these streams, many of these waters are too warm for trout by mid summer. For this reason we limit most of the trout stocking to the spring and the best fishing is from the first stocking week until the midsummer when water temperatures exceed 70 degrees F.

Notice: Tellico Creek, Citico Creek, and Green Cove Pond will be open to fishing on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 due to State and Federal Holiday. All other regulations and permits for these streams apply. Check your 2009 fishing guide for regulations.

Most of the stocked trout streams are located on private property. To assure the future of these fisheries, respect landowner's rights by obtaining permission to enter the property and leave the area cleaner than you found it

Several stocked streams are closed to harvest during specific periods and then opened to harvest later in the year. The objective of this regulation is to provide a catch-and-release fishery for trout during the winter months using relatively low numbers of stocked trout. Then later in the year, after these fish have grown some, they may be harvested.

The following areas have delayed harvest regulations:

Paint Creek (Green County)
Tellico River (Monroe County)
Gatlinburg Trout streams (Sevier County):
- West Prong Little River
- Dudley Creek
- Roaring Fork
- Leconte Creek

Regulations and boundaries vary for each creek so please consult the fishing regulations.