Stonewall Boat Ramp anchors the USGS gauge for this whole tailwater; the Bob Lowery Sr. ramp at South Carthage is the furthest-downstream site TWRA's own records show for the Caney Fork.
| What you hear | What TWRA actually says |
|---|---|
| “Gordonsville is a boat ramp.” | It's a route, not a site. “Through Gordonsville” is Stonewall's own directions field. A full-layer TWRA name search returns zero sites called Gordonsville. |
| “Bob Lowery Sr. is a TWRA ramp.” | Smith County-owned. It is the only site in these three corridors not managed by TWRA or the Corps. |
| “The gauge reads the release live.” | It reads the reach, with a lag. Stonewall sits well below the dam; the travel time between release and gauge reading is not published anywhere we read. |
No siren, horn or public release notice is described on any page we read. TWRA: “Use caution below dams. Call TVA at 1-800-238-2264 to check dam discharge and generation schedules.” This reach still runs the same 250–18,000 cfs range as the dam reach — code 37 for Center Hill.
| Site | Ramp | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stonewall Boat Ramp 36.18504, −85.90655 · Smith Co. |
Concrete, 1 lane, to 17 ft | Gravel parking 25+, open 24 hrs, no fee/hookups. Anchors the USGS gauge (36.18611, −85.90444). |
| Bob Lowery Sr. 36.22419, −85.94280 · Smith Co.-owned |
Concrete, 1 lane, to 17 ft | Gravel parking 25+, canoe landing, open 24 hrs. Furthest downstream site TWRA's query returned. |
| Species | Daily | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, brook | 5 combined w/ brown (total 5) | 14–20 in PLR, 1 over 20 in kept |
| Brown trout | 1 (within that 5) | 24 in minimum |
| Cutthroat | 5 — TWRA states separately* | 14–20 in PLR, 1 over 20 in kept |