Tennessee · Mixed · South
Clinch River — Tazewell
Public-access reaches; upstream generation can change flow. Verify current regulations.
Tennessee · public-access reaches. This page is what the desk knows about the water itself. What it is doing today — flow, water temperature, weather, and the hazards those produce — is a reading with a date on it, and it lives in Trip Prep.
Plan a trip on Clinch River — TazewellWho manages it
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.
Directory review
Review provenance unavailable
No unique fleet-directory record matched this operational water by name and state, so the desk will not borrow another water’s review date. The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.
How access works here
Mixed — some drive-to, some walk-in
This reach mixes drive-to and walk-in access. Some sections are road-adjacent, others need a walk from public ground.
Launch · Launch type varies by access point. Confirm on the agency map before you tow a boat to it.
Parking · Parking is at designated access points. A pullout that looks fine is not automatically legal or safe to leave a vehicle in.
Tennessee publishes a boating and fishing site access map. Most trout water is tailwater below a TVA or Corps dam.
Gauge
A public gauge is mapped
Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 03528000, Clinch River above Tazewell, TN. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.
Species · derived
5 plausible here
Derived from water class (mixed) and South range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Rainbow trout
52–64°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F
Brown trout
54–67°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F
Brook trout
46–61°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 65°F
Smallmouth bass
67–78°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 84°F
Largemouth bass
75–86°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 90°F