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Welcome to the Fishing Report from Townsend, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains. At 5:08 am, the temperature is 25.2 degrees.
It will be sunny today and cool, with a high temperature in the low to middle 40’s. After a low tonight in the low 30’s, tomorrow will be sunny and warmer with a high in the upper 50’s. Wednesday and Thursday will be sunny and much warmer.
Little River is flowing at 114 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 1.69 feet on the gauge. Median flow for this date is 238 cfs. The water temperature is 40.8 degrees.
Most streams in the Smokies are flowing lower than normal, clear and cold. Little Pigeon River is flowing at about normal at the Sevierville gauge. The water is colder in the higher elevations. Cataloochee Creek is a good example, where the water is 37.4 degrees now and falling.
Fishing for trout in the Smokies is tough when the water is this cold. The streams will warm a little, later this week so fishing will improve somewhat. If you go today, try fishing heavily weighted nymph rigs. Stay hidden from the trout and you will catch more. They will be sluggish, and hard to catch even if they don’t see you.
Smallmouth bass is the lowland rivers will be hunkered down and inactive. You might catch trout where they are stocked. Go later after the water warms. Drift nymphs, egg patterns or Squirmy Worms and you might catch a few but don’t count on too much action.
Tailwater anglers have some choices again today. TVA will be turning off the turbines at some dams this afternoon. You have opportunities whether you are wade fishing or boating. Check the flows on the TVA website to see what will work for you.
I heard it once last week and it was confirmed again yesterday by someone else. A mountain lion may have been spotted not far from our home. I’m not too crazy about that thought. Many people have told me they have seen them in or near the Smokes over the years. One friend of mine saw two in the Six Mile area near the Foothills Parkway. Another saw a lion run across Newfound Gap road in front of his truck one night. A friend of a friend, who is a wildlife photographer spotted a lion in Cades Cove.
And listen to this, one person I know who works for the Park Service saw a partially eaten deer carcass in a tree a few years ago. Think about that for a minute. What animal species would or could drag a dead deer up into a tree? A bear could, but I don’t think they would.
I have not seen one around here and I hope I never do.
It has been confirmed, using trail cameras and verified by TWRA, that mountain lions have moved into Tennessee from the west. It makes sense. We have plenty of deer to eat.
My buddy, Buddy, called yesterday. He alerted me to the fact that I had the Median Flow switched with the Stream Flow at the top of this page yesterday. Buddy lives in Alabama. He is quite a fly fisherman and fly tyer. Paula and I caught the last of the Iron Bowl on TV Saturday night. That game was exciting no matter who you were pulling for. Alabama won in the 4th overtime. I really like these new overtime rules.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
November 29, 2021
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