Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Tentative Winter Trout Stocking Dates 2012/2013

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

November, 2012

30 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)

December, 2012

4 - Sulphur Fork Creek (Springfield)
4 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
5 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
6 - Lafayette Pond (Lafayette)
6 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
7 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
7 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
11 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
11- Edmund-Orgill Park (Millington)
11 - Shelby Farms (Memphis)
11 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
12 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
12 - Union City Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
12 - Paris City Park (Paris)
12 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
12 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
12 - Billy Dunlop Park (Clarksville)
12 - Cane Creek Park Lake (Cookeville)
13 - Davies Plantation and Yale Road Park (Bartlett)
13 - Munford City Park (Munford)
13 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
13 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
14 - Harpeth River (Franklin) - *Postponed*
14 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
17 - Beech Lake (Lexington) - Will be stocked on Tuesday, December 18

January, 2013

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 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
4 - Oneida City Park (Oneida)
9 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
9 - Edmund-Orgill Park (Millington)
9 - Paris City Park (Paris)
9 - Davies Plantation (Bartlett)
9 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
9 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
10 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
10 - Athens Rec. Paark (Athens)
10 - Shelby Farms (Memphis)
10 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
10 - Munford City Park Pond (Munford)
10 - Yale Road Park (Bartlett)
11 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to January 22th
15 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown) - Will be stocked January 9th *
15 - Edmund-Orgill Park (Millington) - Will be stocked January 9th *
15 - Shelby Farms (Memphis) - Will be stocked January 10th *
15 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
16 - Beech Lake (Lexington) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to January 23rd
16 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie) - Will be stocked January 10th *
16 - Martin City Pond (Martin) - Will be stocked January 9th *
16 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City) - Will be stocked January 9th *
16 - Paris City Park (Paris) - Will be stocked January 9th *
17 - Munford City Park Pond (Munford) - Will be stocked January 10th *
17 - Davies Plantation and Yale Road Park (Bartlett)- Davies will be stocked January 9th and Yale Road January 10th *- See dates above
17 - Big Rock Greenway (Lewisburg) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to January 29th
18 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to January 30th
18 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to January 30th
22 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
22 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
23 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
23 - Beech Lake (Lexington)
24 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
25 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
25 - Harpeth River (Franklin) * Cancelled due to stream bank concerns
29 - Big Rock Greenway (Lewisburg)
30 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to February 5th
30 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia) - Postponed due to high water - Rescheduled to February 5th
31 - Lafayette Pond (Lafayette)

* Due to forcasted inclement weather - stockings have been rescheduled to the posted dates above

February, 2013

1 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
1 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
5 - Duck River at Fisherman's Park (Shelbyville)
5 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
6 - Sulphur Fork Creek (Springfield)
7- Billy Dunlop Park (Clarksville)
7 - Stone Bridge Park Pond (Fayetteville)
8 - Nice's Mill - West Fork of the Stones River (Smyrna)
13 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)*
*Fishing allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays - daylight hours only - January 1 through April 30.
14 - Pickett Lake at Pickett State Park (Jamestown)
14 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
14 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
15 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
21 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
22 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
22 - Harpeth River (Franklin) - Stocking moved to Pinkerton Park, Hwy. 96 Bridge
28 - Big Rock Greenway (Lewisburg)

March, 2013

1 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
6 - Sulfur Fork Creek (Springfield)
7 - Harpeth River at Pinkerton Park, Hwy. 96 Bridge (Franklin) - Additional stocking due to cancellations in Januuary and February
8 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
13 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
15 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
21 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
21 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
22 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
22 - Harpeth River (Franklin) - Stocking moved to Pinkerton Park, Hwy. 96 Bridge

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.