Cataloochee Creek (GSMNP)

Live conditions for Cataloochee Creek (GSMNP): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

65cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -1.7% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp65.7°F

Stage2.27 ft

Engine callGO 65 cfs in the wade band · 66°F

Gauge read 1:30 AM CDT · USGS 03460000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Cataloochee Creek (GSMNP) is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

troutbrown troutrainbow troutbrook troutWade only

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Palmer Creek / Caldwell Fork Confluence (Cataloochee Creek headwaters)walk in
Cataloochee Campground Creek Accesswalk in
Rough Fork Trailhead / Ranger Station Road Bridgebridge
Cataloochee Entrance Road Bridge (near campground)bridge
Cataloochee Group Camp Bridgebridge
Cataloochee Horse Camp Creek Accesswalk in
Palmer House / Beech Grove Bank Accesswalk in
Asbury Crossing (historic ford)bridge

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Cataloochee Creek.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

Midges

The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-03460000/ ↗

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