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South Holston River, TN
River in Sullivan County, Tennessee. World-class tailwater below South Holston Dam in far northeast TN. A wild brown trout fishery (8,500+ trout per mile, no longer stocked) with stocked rainbows and the famous sulphur hatch. Flows are driven by TVA generation; wade during low-generation windows.
Overall bite score
Scored 9 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes
Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for rivers and streams. No black box: every reading names its source.
What swims here
2 tracked species in South Holston River, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Tailwater with no representative live USGS gauge (flow is TVA generation-schedule driven, not USGS). Bite score uses cold-tailwater baseline. Trout-specific regulations apply, verify on the TWRA trout/exceptions page. Access: Weaver Pike, Hickory Tree, Big Springs.
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