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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:43 am, the temperature is 64.9 degrees.
A total of 1.45 inches of rain has fallen in Townsend during the past 24 hours. There is a chance for more showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain today. The wind is picking up right now, and that will continue throughout the day. Strong winds are possible in the higher elevations, up to 70 miles per hour.
Showers are likely tonight before tapering off tomorrow. Rain is not predicted to be heavy tonight. It will be mostly cloudy tomorrow with a high temperature in the upper 40’s falling to the low 30’s at night.
Little River is flowing at 1,280 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 3.69 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 383 cfs. The water is rising quickly.
Little Pigeon River is flowing at 2,450 cfs, 3.98 feet, compared to median flow of 688 cfs. The river is rising.
Oconaluftee River is flowing at 1,850 cfs or 3.38 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 638 cfs. The water is rising.
Tellico River is flowing very high and rising quickly. Flow is currently 2,820 cfs, 6.58 feet, compared to median flow of 371 cfs.
Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 328 cfs, 3.31 feet, which compares to median flow of 155 cfs.
All streams in the Smokies are blown out and likely to keep rising for a while today. They are flowing too high to safely wade and fish.
Lowland rivers are flowing very high and rising.
TVA and the Corps of Engineers appear to be holding back water in the secondary impoundments. There are breaks in the generation schedules at many dams I checked this morning. Visit the TVA website from the links below to see what options you have to fish a tailwater. I hope you can work something out. It has been a while!
Tailwater fishing will be your best choice today. It is very windy. If you are boating that may be an issue to consider.
US Highway 441, Newfound Gap Road is closed due to the high wind warning. Other roads in the Smokies may close today due to downed trees. This is not a good day to be visiting the Park.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
March 18, 2021
Respond to: byron@littleriveroutfitters.com
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