Fishing near Gatlinburg, TN
Gatlinburg sits in Sevier County at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and trout fishing defines the local angling scene. The park's hundreds of miles of mountain streams hold wild rainbow, brown, and brook trout, while the City of Gatlinburg actively stocks its own streams year-round. Douglas Lake, roughly 30 minutes away, rounds out the area with warmwater fishing for bass, crappie, and bluegill.
Top waters to fish near Gatlinburg
French Broad River
Little River
Tennessee River
Douglas Lake
Tuckasegee River
Holston River
Oconaluftee River
Little Tennessee River
Pigeon River
Fontana Lake
Species & education
Learn what type of fish are in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and what's needed to catch them.
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Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Black Redhorse
Moxostoma duquesnei
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
Green Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
Largemouth Bass
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Bobby Crabtree
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Private Cherokee Lake fishing charters
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Shannon Young
Maggie Valley Fly Shop
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Pete Smith
Creekside Outdoors
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Gavin Greeley
Fish Knoxville
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Anthony Johnson
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Top Tennessee River Fishing Charters
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