What would be on your to-do list on a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park? During the summer in and around the park, ...

For the first time in its 81-year-history, every stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open to fishermen. "The opening of all streams in the park to recreational fishing marks an ...

Every stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open to fishing for the first time since 1934. ... The biologists were working to protect the population of the native brook trout, ...

The 522,427-acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a woodland jewel, rising to a pinnacle of 6,643 feet above sea level, with 16 peaks above 6,000 feet, laced with about 2,900 miles of creeks ...

Find peace in the Smoky Mountains with this 2025 guide to hidden trails, scenic drives, quiet towns, and smart ways to skip ...

TREMONT, Tenn. – The Great Smoky Mountains is the most-visited national park in the United States. More than 12 million people came here in 2020, which is about 1.4 million more visitors than ...

Some 2000 miles of trout fishing streams await anglers in the Smoky Mountains, just a half-day's drive from North Alabama.

There’s one thing you quickly learn about fishing for wild trout in a small stream: Fish spook easily. ... A testament to the sheer size of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Photo courtesy of the National Park Service/Knoxville News Sentinel Tourist anglers will be pleased to know that fishing is now allowed in all streams located within Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Brook trout are making a comeback in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Several times a year in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, fisheries biologist Steve Moore straps a 35-pound generator onto ...

In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, removing nonnative trout has been a key focus, Kulp said. Biologists have restored 11 streams, totaling 28 stream miles, for brook trout since 1993.

There are nearly 600 miles of fishable streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Every stream in the Park is open for fishing and harvest year round; the waters are clean and clear and hold ...