freestone river · smallmouth bass · trout · redeye bass

Cheoah River (Tapoco)

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

Right now

113cfs→ lowcaution

Inside the wade band, but 77°F is warm for trout — this is smallmouth water in this heat · +4.6% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp76.6°F

Stage2.86 ft

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 1:00 AM CDT · USGS 0351706800. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Cheoah River (Tapoco) is a freestone river in EastTN, fished for smallmouth bass, trout, redeye bass — 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.

smallmouth basstroutredeye bassrainbow troutbrook trout

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

Access

Cheoah River Put-in (Outland Gas & Grocery / Joyce Kilmer Rd)carry
FR 62 Bridge Crossing (Big Fat Gap access)bridge
Joyce Kilmer Rd/US 129 Roadside Bank Accesswalk in
Bearpen Gap Gauge Bridge (Lower Cheoah alternate put-in)bridge
Magazine Branch Takeout (Calderwood Lake Boat Launch)ramp
Lewellyn Branch Lake Accesscarry
Panel Branch Lake Accesscarry
Citico Boat Rampramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Cheoah River.

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:

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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:

USGS gauge ↗

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