warmwater river · smallmouth bass · musky

French Broad (Douglas / TN)

Live conditions for French Broad (Douglas / TN): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

919cfs↗ risingcaution

Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care · +20.9% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.19 ft

Engine callOFF 774 cfs outside wade band 1100–1600

Gauge read 12:45 AM CDT · USGS 03455000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

French Broad (Douglas / TN) is a warmwater river in EastTN, fished for smallmouth bass, musky. 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 bassmuskyRaft

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

Access

Paint Rock Access (TN/NC State Line put-in)carry
Weaver's Bend (Cherokee National Forest)walk in
Wolf Creek Boat Launch (Del Rio)ramp
Hwy 321 Crossingbridge
Rankin Public Access (Holt Town Rd, French Broad/Nolichucky confluence)ramp
Walters Bridgebridge
Dandridge Park Rampramp
Douglas Dam Headwater Campground Boat Rampramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to French Broad.

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:

Terrestrial

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-03455000/ ↗

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