freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass
South Toe River
Live conditions for South Toe River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
37cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 37 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage0.70 ft
Engine callOFF 37 cfs outside wade band 40–160
The water
South Toe River is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — rainbow, brown, 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.
troutsmallmouth bassrainbow troutbrown troutbrook troutWade only
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- FR 472 Barricade / Upper Creek Bridge (Wild Trout headwaters access)walk in
- Black Mountain Campground Bridge (South Toe River Rd/FR 472)bridge
- Briar Bottom Group Camp / Mt. Mitchell Trailhead accesswalk in
- NC Hwy 80 Bridge near Clear Creek confluencebridge
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Areawalk in
- Celo Clinic Road accesswalk in
- Halls Chapel Road (SR 1169) accesswalk in
- Yancey County Toe River Campground Public Fishing Area (NCWRC)carry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.