Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Tentative Winter Trout Stocking Dates 2011/2012

(Dates are subject to change, so check back often)

December, 2011

1 - Cumberland Mountain State Park (Crossville)
2 - West Fork Stones River at Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
6 - Shelby Bottoms Park Lake (Nashville)
7 - Sulfur Fork Creek (Springfield)
7 - West Fork Stones River at Manson Pike Trailhead (Murfreesboro) - Rescheduled for December 16 due to high water
8 - Lafayette City Park Pond (Lafayette)
8 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
9 - Harpeth River (Franklin)
9 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
13 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
13 - Edmund-Orgill Park (Millington)
13 - Shelby Farms, Jones Pond (Memphis)
13 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
14 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
14 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
14 - Paris City Park (Paris)
14 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
14 - Cane Creek Park Lake (Cookeville)
14 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
14 - West Fork Red River, Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
15 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
15 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
15 - Stoneridge and Yale Road Park Lakes (Bartlett)
15 - Munford City Park Pond (Munford)
16 - Stones River - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
16 - West Fork Stones River at Manson Pike Trailhead (Murfreesboro)

January, 2012

3 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga) *Fishing allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays - daylight hours only -January 1 through April 30.
4 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
4 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
4 - Oneida City Park (Oneida)
6 - Stones> River - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
10 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
12 - Athens City Rec. Park (Athens)
13 - Nice's Mill-West Fork Stones River (Smyrna) - Rescheduled for January 20 due to high water
17 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
17 - Edmund-Orgill Park, Pavillion #3 Pond (Millington)
17 - Shelby Farms, Jones Pond (Memphis)
17 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
18 - McKenzie City Park (Mckenzie)
18 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
18 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
18 - Paris City Park (Paris)
19 - Munford City Park Pond (Munford)
19 - Stoneridge and Yale Road Park Lakes (Bartlett)
20 - Duck River at Fishermans Park (Shelbyville)
20 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
20 - Nice's Mill-West Fork Stones River (Smyrna)
25 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
26 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
27 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
27 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

February, 2012

1 - West Fork Stones River at Manson Pike Trailhead (Murfreesboro)
2 - Lafayette City Park Pond (Lafayette)
3 - Stones River - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
8 - Sulfur Fork Creek (Springfield)
9 - West Fork Red River at Billy Dunlap Park (Clarksville)
9 - Stone Bridge Park Pond (Fayetteville)
10 - West Fork Stones River at Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
15 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)
*Fishing allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays - daylight hours only - January 1 through April 30.
16 - Pickett Lake at Pickett State Park (Jamestown)
16 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
16 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
17 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
24 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
24 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

March, 2012

2 - Stones River - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
7 - Sulfur Fork Creek (Springfield)
9 - West Forkk Stones River at Nice's Mill(Smyrna)
14 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
14 - VFW Lake (Lawrenceburg)
16 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville)
16 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
22 - Shelby Bottoms Park Lake (Nashville)
23 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
23 - 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.

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.