Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Tentative Winter Trout Stocking Dates 2008/2009

December, 2008

4 - Cumberland Mountain State Park (Crossville)
5 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
9 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
10 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
10 - Springfield City Greenway (Springfield)
11 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
11 - W Fork Red River, Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
12 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
16 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
16 - Collierville City Park (Collierville)
17 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
17 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
17 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
17 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
17 - E Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
17 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
18 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
18 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
18 - Bartlett City Park Lakes(2) (Bartlett)
18 - Mumford City Park (Mumford)
19 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
19 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

January, 2009

6 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)
7 - Oneida City Park (Oneida)
9 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
15 - Athens Rec. Park (Athens)
16 - **Nice Mill (Smyrna) **(Delayed to Jan. 21)
20 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
20 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
21 - McKenzie City Park (Mckenzie)
21 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
21 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
21 - Collierville City Park (Collierville)
21 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
22 - Mumford City Park (Mumford)
22 - Bartlett City Park Lakes (Bartlett)
23 - Duck River at Fishermans Park (Shelbyville)
23 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
28 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
29 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
30 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

February, 2009

6 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
6 - Springfield City Greenway (Springfield)
12 - W Fork Red River, Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
12 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
13 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
18 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)
19 - Pickett Lake (Pickett State Park)
19 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
19 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
20 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
26 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
26 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
27 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

March, 2009

6 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater
13 - Nice Mill (Smyrna)
20 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville)
20 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
26 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
27 - Harpeth River (Franklin) - Rescheduled from April 3 to Wednesday April 8

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.

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 70o F.

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