warmwater river · smallmouth bass · white bass · walleye

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

664cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 664 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.01 ft

Engine callOFF 664 cfs outside wade band 1100–1600

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 03455000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

French Broad (Douglas / TN) is a warmwater river in Tennessee, fished for smallmouth bass, white bass, walleye, largemouth bass, catfish. 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

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 October:

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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