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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 4:57 am, the temperature is 52.7 degrees.
It will be mostly sunny today with a high temperature in the mid-50’s, falling to the mid to upper 30’s tonight. No rain is predicted this weekend. It will be sunny to partly sunny each day with high temperatures around 60 degrees.
Rainfall over the past two days amounted to 2.27 inches in Townsend. Streams levels rose quickly.
Little River is flowing at 1,250 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 3.74 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 96 cfs. The water temperature is 58.8 degrees this morning. The current flow is a record for this date. Little River peaked at about 6.5 feet yesterday. Flood stage is 7 feet.
Little Pigeon River is flowing at 2,020 cfs, 3.69 feet, compared to median flow of 142 cfs.
Oconaluftee River is flowing at 1,730 cfs, 3.28 feet, which compares to median flow of 202 cfs.
Tellico River is flowing at 777 cfs, 2.72 feet, compared to median flow of 80 cfs.
Cataloochee Creek is flowing at 329 cfs, 3.34 feet on the gauge, compared to median flow of 41 cfs for this date.
Rivers in the Smokies are flowing too high to safely wade.
Lowland rivers are flowing very high, and not safe to wade.
TVA and the Corps will be generating at most dams today. I did see some breaks in the generation schedule at some. Visit the TVA website from the links below to view your tailwater fishing options.
This is not an ideal lake fishing day. The wind is predicted to be from the north at 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts to 20 miles per hour.
The rain is over, the streams are flowing very high, and I don’t know exactly when you will be able to wade and fish in the Smokies. The rivers are receding.
Watch for a gauge reading of 2.5 feet in Little River at the USGS gauge site in Townsend. At that level, the river is flowing on the high side of good. You may find some fishable streams tomorrow or Sunday but I would not plan to go today.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
October 30, 2020
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