Follow the signs to the Cherokee removal area.( Off Hwy 60) go past the welcome center parking lot about 300 yards and there is the old ferry landing. You can put in there and there is a dock area just south of it. North of the ramp the waters are closed to fishing except between the buoys in the main river channel til March 1st.( Hiwassee Refuge) It is waterfowl refuge area so your best bet is down river.