warmwater tailwater · trout · white bass · striped bass

Stones River

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

Right now

30cfs↘ fallingcaution

Low and skinny at 30 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water — the gauge below is backed up, so this is the dam's release.

Water temp72.9°F

Stage2.25 ft

Engine callOFF 22 cfs outside wade band 70–200

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 03430200. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Stones River is a warmwater tailwater below J. Percy Priest Dam in Middle TN, fished for trout, white bass, striped bass, catfish — rainbow. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

troutwhite bassstriped basscatfishrainbow troutWade only

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

Access

Barfield Crescent Park Trailheadcarry
Manson Pike Greenway Trailhead (put-in)carry
J. Percy Priest Dam Tailwater Accessramp
J. Percy Priest Dam Tailwater Recreation Areawalk in
Thompson Lane Trailhead (take-out)carry
Bell Road / Dam-Entrance Trailhead (Stones River Greenway)carry
East Fork Boat Ramp (East Fork Day Use Area)ramp
YMCA Trailhead / Lebanon Pike Bridge (Stones River Greenway)bridge

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Stones 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

October on Stones River: read the water temperature and the generation schedule first; the fly slate follows the day.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

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