The Trout Facility/Park is tasked with providing anglers of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to catch trout within the city limits of Gatlinburg.
Herbert Holt Park is the location of Gatlinburg's Trout Rearing Facility. The facility is managed to maintain a trout fishery, specifically Rainbow trout, within the city limits of Gatlinburg, TN. Fish reared at the facility are transported throughout and stocked into the city's waters on Thursday, no fishing on Thursday. The waters around the park, including a short distance upstream and downstream, are designated as "children only." The park also provides a handicap-accessible fishing pier within this section of children only waters. The pier allows wheelchair-bound individuals to get right down next to the river to fish, and is unique because it is among the first, if not the only, fast-water handicap fishing pier in the state. The pier is restricted to children as well as wheelchair-bound people of all ages. All other fishing regulations apply.
The West Prong of the Little Pigeon River is the main waterway that travels through Gatlinburg's city limits. It is accessible to fishermen within the Gatlinburg city limits from just downstream of the Gatlinburg Welcome Center on U.S. 441 through town up to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boundary at the south end of Gatlinburg. There are three tributaries of the West Prong that are also included in Gatlinburg's fishable waters: Dudley Creek, Roaring Fork Creek, and LeConte Creek.
There is a second "children only" section of stream at Mynatt Park located along LeConte Creek. This section extends from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boundary to approximately a quarter mile downstream from Mynatt Park.
*Please see websites listed for license information.
https://www.tn.gov/twra/topic/fishing-licenses
https://gatlinburg.com/to-do/attractions/outdoors/outdoor-activities/fishing/
http://gatlinburgtn.gov/index.php/outdoor-activities/city-parks.html
http://gatlinburgtn.gov/index.php/recreation/trout-farm.html
http://gatlinburgtn.gov/index.php/outdoor-activities/fishing.html
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