Tuckasegee River (Cullowhee)

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

Right now

621cfs↘ fallingnot now

Too high to wade safely at 621 cfs · -22.8% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage5.73 ft

Engine callOFF 808 cfs outside wade band 100–250

Gauge read 7:15 AM CDT · USGS 03508050. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Tuckasegee River (Cullowhee) is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for trout — 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.

troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout

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

Access

West Fork Tuckasegee Powerhouse Accessramp
Shook Cove Access Areacarry
Tuckasegee Powerhouse Access Arearamp
East LaPorte Parkwalk in
Tuckasegee River Powerhouse Access Arearamp
Tuckasegee Powerhouse Public Fishing Areawalk in
West Fork Lower (Confluence Put-in)carry
Shook Cove Take-Outcarry

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Tuckasegee 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:

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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:

USGS gauge ↗

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