freestone river · trout
East Fork of the Chattooga River
Live conditions for East Fork of the Chattooga River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
34cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low.
Water temp62.6°F
Stage0.67 ft
Engine callGO 34 cfs in the wade band · 63°F
The water
East Fork of the Chattooga River is a freestone river in South 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.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Sloans Bridge Recreation Area / Picnic Area (SC 107)walk in
- Fork Mountain Trailhead (Sloan Bridge)walk in
- Chattooga Picnic Area & Fishing Pier (Walhalla Fish Hatchery)walk in
- East Fork Trail Footbridge (Hatchery crossing)bridge
- East Fork Trail corridor (mid-reach bank access)walk in
- East Fork / Chattooga Trail Confluence Accesswalk in
- Burrells Ford Bridge/Campground (Chattooga Trail approach)bridge
- Mile Creek Parkramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.