Nolichucky River

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

Right now

477cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -2.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage41.68 ft

Engine callGO 477 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 7:15 AM CDT · USGS 03466500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Nolichucky River is a warmwater river in North Carolina, fished for smallmouth bass, musky, redeye bass, trout, catfish — rainbow. 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 bassmuskyredeye basstroutcatfishrainbow troutRaft

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

Access

Poplar Boat Launch (USFS, Pisgah National Forest)ramp
Chestoa Recreation Area (Cherokee National Forest)ramp
Nolichucky Gorge Campground / Cherokee Adventures takeoutramp
Jackson-Love Bridge accessbridge
Sawmill / County Line accesscarry
Whittenburg Bridge / Poplar Springs Road boat rampramp
Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park boat rampramp
Kinser Park boat rampramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Nolichucky 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 October:

TerrestrialWhite miller caddis

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-03465500/ ↗

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