Pigeon Forge, TN fishing suggestions

Go to the national Forrest. We went in March and should have spent the whole time in the park. It is really nice.
There's lots of places to fly fish in the park as well

If you want to striper fish you can call bo rice up. The trips are short at daybreak but you will catch 10 to 20 big stripers. that would be at loudon dam.

What kind of fishing would I have to best chance of success with this time of year? I would just like to catch some stuff I can't catch in Louisiana haha

Okay well maybe I'll save myself the guide money and just fish for rainbow. How do you rig and what kind of paste did you buy? I'm assuming there are places to bottom fish in the state park?

We never had a guide ate trout and smalls every night whole time there


Small out of way creeks =money

I fished in the st park couple summers ago. Didn't catch any but had a blast

Those cricks are cold baw

give little river outfitters a call they will take care of you pay for 1 or 1/2 day they will tell you all you need to know for the rest of the week. The further you hike the more fish you will catch.
LINK if you want to leave the park and hit the clinch get the guide Mike to take you in the park Rob is your best bet. You will find the guides on the plan your trip page on the link.

Any idea on prices for little river? Non on their website

If you have never been fly fishing before, I wouldn't probably try it this trip for the first time. You will have a bad time.

Fly fishing the park can be a highly aggravating experience for beginners. Most of the streams are tiny/closely pack with trees and you are fishing pretty much what are puddles unless you go where the bait casters are at. You have to be pretty ninja in park as well because the fish in the park are scared off very easily too.

I recommend learning how to fly fish before you try it in the park or surrounding area.

Little River Outfitters is pricey, but they have some good guides there and do a decent job of teaching people how to fish, but you should spend at least half a day in the classroom (more if you do it with a large group) if you have never picked up a fly reel before. I think their one day private school is a little over $200 per person, includes all gear and flys, lunch too from what I remember. The scheduled classes are $125.

Some of my favorite easy to get to places to fly fish the park are:

Chimney tops trail head - you can park before the tunnel or after and walk through the tunnel and climb down to the stream. You fish for rainbows all the way up to about the 3rd bridge of the Chinmey's trail when it becomes native Brook. You can fish all day doing this.

Middle Prong of Little River - From townsend take a right and then a left on Tremont. Good fishing up through the Tremont area. Mostly Rainbow

All along river road between townsend and gatlinburg, some browns/bows

Elkmont can be decent sometimes for browns

Cherokee Trophy Section if you want to catch some big ones

If you want to have some real fun fly fishing, you can go up closer to Bristol/Johnson City and do guided float trips down the Holston and Watauga.

im heading up to gatlinburg tomo.. fish on friday morning. They dont allow fishing in little pigeon in town on thursday because they stock the river. Friday morning fishing is best