Tennessee Fishing Regulations

General Rules (barbless hooks are the #1 cause of fines)

• ⚠ Several waters have exceptions to statewide limits - check Exceptions to Statewide Regulations by region.
• ⚠ Possession limit is twice the daily creel limit unless otherwise stated.
• ⚠ Anglers restricted to max 3 hooks per rod/pole/hand-held line (single, double, treble each count as 1); sabiki rigs exempt for shad/herring.
• ⚠ Shovelnose sturgeon: no harvest allowed.
• ⚠ Commercial fishing and invasive carp programs (TCHIP) in Tennessee/Cumberland rivers.

• Catfish: Five (5) per day.

• Catfish: Five (5) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth: Bass: 10 per day.

• Largemouth: Bass: 12–16 inch PLR, 10 per day.

• Largemouth Bass: 12–16 inch PLR, 10 per day.

• Fishing is permitted from 30 minutes before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.
• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.
• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day, only one (1) fish 16 inches or longer may be harvested.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: One (1) per day, 12 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish: Five (5) per day, 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish: 20 per day in combination, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, no length limit.
• Grass Carp: No harvest allowed.

• Largemouth Bass: Two (2) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.

• All streams and ponds are open from April 1–Dec. 31, except on the dates of managed big game and turkey hunts.

• Crappie: 30 per day, no length limit.
• Smallmouth/Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Smallmouth Bass: 13–17 inch PLR only one over 17 inches.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.

• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.

• The portion of Norris Reservoir known as Doakes Pond, located adjacent to Hwy. 63 approximately 9 miles NE of Lafollette, is closed to fishing.
• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day, only one (1) fish 16 inches or longer may be harvested.
• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.
• Crappie: No creel or length limit.
• * Bluegill and Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day, only one (1) fish 16 inches or longer may be harvested.
• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit.

• All waters are open year-round with the following provisions:
• * Farm ponds are open to fishing unless otherwise posted.
• Bards Lake: Trotlines and limblines are prohibited. Jugs are permitted from Oct. 1–March 21, with a limit of 10 jugs per person.

• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish: Five (5) per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day, no length limit.
• Open 30 minutes before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset. Only rods and reels and cane poles permitted.

• Henderson Island WMA Rearing Pond is closed to fishing year-round.

• Some federal wildlife refuges have closed seasons. For details contact the office of the national wildlife refuge where you wish to fish.

• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• * Closed to fishing five (5) days prior to late waterfowl season. Fishing resumes the day after the last military waterfowl hunt.

• Trespassing and fishing are prohibited in embayments and sub-impoundments from Nov. 15–Feb. 28. Boats must remain within the river channel defined by navigational buoys.
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• Hiwassee Refuge map highlighting river access points, wildlife management area entrances, and key navigation markers for fishing and boating in Tennessee.
• Closed to all forms of use and trespass from Nov. 15 through Feb. 28, except in designated observation areas.
• State Park Lakes are managed by the TN Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). Unless otherwise posted, statewide fishing regulations apply with the following exceptions:

• Largemouth Bass: 10 per day. Only one (1) fish longer than 16 inches may be harvested.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 fish per day. No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit
• Blue/Channel Catfish: Five (5) per day. 16 inch minimum length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: 10 per day, no minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit.
• Blue/Channel Catfish: Five (5) per day in combination, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Trout: : catch and release only from Dec. 1–March 31. Five (5) fish per day, no length limit April 1–Nov. 30.

• Largemouth Bass: 10 per day. 18–25 inch PLR, only one (1) fish longer than 25 inches may be harvested.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit
• Blue/Channel Catfish: Five (5) per day in combination, no minimum length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: No creel limit, only one (1) fish longer than 16 inches may be harvested.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 10 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): No creel or length limit.
• Blue/Channel Catfish: Five (5) per day in combination, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Largemouth Bass: 10 per day, 18–25 inch PLR, only one (1) fish longer than 25 inches may be harvested.
• Blue/Channel Catfish: Five (5) per day in combination, no length limit.
• * Trotlines and limblines prohibited year-round.
• April 1 through Sept. 30: Fishing with jug lines will be prohibited on Fridays after 12 noon until 12 midnight on Sundays.
• Memorial Day, July 3rd through July 5th, and Labor Day: Fishing with jug lines is prohibited. On days open to jug fishing, each boat is limited to 10 jugs per day.

• All other state park lakes not specified: 15 per day, no length limit.

• All other state park lakes not specified: Five (5) per day, no length limit.

• * Lake Lindsey, David Crockett State Park.
• * Sullivan’s Pond, Ft. Pillow State Historic Area.
• * Indian Mt. “B” Lake, Indian Mountain State Park.
• * Creech Hollow Lake, Montgomery Bell State Park.

• * Byrd Lake, Cumberland Mountain State Park.
• * Kelly (Standing Stone) Lake, Standing Stone State Park.
• * Pickett Lake, Pickett State Park.
• * Grundy Lakes, South Cumberland State Park.

• * Black Bass: 14–18 inch PLR. Daily creel limit 10 per day, only one (1) bass over 18 inches may be harvested.

• Black Bass: 14 inch minimum length limit.

• Largemouth Bass: 10 per day, only one (1) fish longer than 18 inches may be harvested.
• Bluegill/Redear Sunfish (in combination): 20 per day in combination, no length limit.
• * From the mill dam upstream—closed year-round to all fishing. Harvest of bait and possession of bait harvesting gear is prohibited.
• * From the mill dam downstream—open to fishing year-round by rod and reel method only. Closed year-round to all harvest of bait and possession of seines, cast nets, and minnow/crayfish traps are prohibited.

• Walleye run regulation in effect on the upper end of Center Hill Reservoir, including the Caney Fork River beginning at the boat ramp at Rock Island State Park and extending upstream to Great Falls Dam. Anglers restricted to use of one (1) hook having a single barb or lure containing a single hook with one barb from Jan. 1–April 30. No more than three (3) rods and reels or poles may be used.

• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 50 inch minimum length limit.

• From Highway 441 upstream to the second dam (adjacent to the City of Norris Water Tower)—closed from Nov. 1 through March 31 to all fishing; harvest of bait and possession of bait harvesting gear is prohibited.

• Norris Reservoir upstream to Grissom Island: Walleye/Sauger: Five (5) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Hwy. 25E upstream to state line: Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.Smallmouth Bass: 13–17 inch PLR, only one (1) greater than 17 inches.

• Walleye run regulation in effect on the East Fork of the Obey River from Compton Boat Ramp upstream to the Highway 52 bridge. Anglers restricted to use of one hook having a single barb or lure containing a single hook with one barb from Jan. 1–April 15. Walleye creel limit five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length. Only one Walleye over 20 inches may be harvested. No more than three (3) rods and reels or poles may be used.
• Crappie: 30 per day, no length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) fish limit, 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Smallmouth Bass: 13–17 inch PLR, only one (1) greater than 17 inches.
• Walleye/Sauger or Walleye/Sauger Hybrids: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Walleye: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger or Sauger/Walleye Hybrids: No minimum length limit, only one (1) fish over 16 inches in length may be harvested per day.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Smallmouth Bass: One (1) per day, 20 inch minimum length limit.

• Black Bass: 10 per day, no length limit.
• Sunfish/Bream: 50 per day, no length limit.
• Catfish: No creel limit, only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Crappie: 50 per day, no length limit.
• Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass: Six (6) per day, no length limit.
• Sauger: Six (6) per day, no length limit.
• White Bass: 30 per day, no length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Smallmouth Bass: One (1) per day, 20 inch minimum length limit.
• Walleye/Sauger or Walleye/Sauger Hybrids: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Walleye: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger or Sauger/Walleye Hybrids: No minimum length limit; only one (1) fish over 16 inches in length may be harvested per day.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination; 13–17 inch PLR for Smallmouth Bass, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass over 17 inches per day.

• Regulations for [Cheatham Reservoir apply](https://www.eregulations.com/tennessee/fishing/region-1).

• Smallmouth Bass: Two (2) per day, 16–21 inch PLR (one under 16 inches and one over 21 inches.)

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 20 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 20 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit—this includes all dewatering areas.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: no creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. 15 inch minimum length
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, 9 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Largemouth/Spotted Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 20 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Paddlefish: 2 per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: 2 per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: 2 per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: 2 per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth/Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 50 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: reservoir and its tributaries are closed to taking or possessing Paddlefish.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) fish per day in combination.
• Largemouth: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth, Spotted, Alabama Bass and their hybrids: no minimum length limit. Only one (1) may be over 16 inches per day.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: no creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No minimum length.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination.
• Striped Bass: 32–42 inch PLR. Only one (1) fish may be over 42 inches.
• Hybrid Striped Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• All Species: No more than 4 rods and reels per angler may be used.
• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination, only two may be Smallmouth Bass.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: Two (2) per day, 16–21 inch PLR. One (1) fish may be under 16 inches and one (1) may be over 21 inches. Includes Wolf River upstream to South Ford Road bridge.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 50 inch minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 50 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) fish per day in combination.
• Largemouth: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth, Spotted, Alabama Bass and their hybrids: no minimum length limit. Only one (1) may be over 16 inch per day.
• Crappie (all species): 30 per day in combination, 9 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye:Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) fish per day in combination.
• Largemouth: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth, Spotted, Alabama Bass and their hybrids: no minimum length limit. Only one (1) may be over 16 inch per day.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• No live transport of any black bass away from Parksville Reservoir.
• Largemouth Bass: Five (5) fish per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth, Spotted, Alabama Bass and their hybrids: no creel, no minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Perch: 15 per day, no length limit.

• Black Bass:Five (5) per day in combination, 15-inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass:
• April1–Oct. 31: Two (2) per day in combination.
• Nov.1–March 31: Two (2) per day in combination, only one (1) may be a Striped Bass.
• Striped Bass:
• April1–Oct. 31: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Nov.1–March 31: 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Hybrid Striped Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: One (1) per day; season is open from May 1 through May 15. _Culling is prohibited_.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass:Two (2)per day in combination; only one (1) may be a Striped Bass.
• Striped Bass:One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Hybrid Striped Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout (all species):Seven (7) per day, 16-22 inch PLR, only one (1) over 22 inches; trout regulations extend upstream to the 11 E bridge on the Watauga arm.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. Only two (2) less than 14 inches.
• Crappie (all species): 20 per day in combination, eight (8) inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel or length limit
• Walleye: Eight (8) per day, no length limit.
• Sauger: Eight (8) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: No creel or length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit.
• White Bass: 10 per day, 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 42 inch minimum length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. Individual species length and creel to follow.
• Largemouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass:
• June 1–Oct. 15: One (1) per day, 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Oct. 16–May 31:Five (5) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted/Alabama Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Walleye/Sauger/Saugeye: 10 per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: One (1) per day, no length limit. Season is open from April 1–15. _Culling is prohibited._ Holston River from Malinda Ferry Road (Hwy. 344) bridge upstream to John Sevier Dam is closed to snagging from March 1–31 and April 16–May 31.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• July 1–Sept. 15: Closed fishing zone in effect. This zone is enclosed by lines from the boat ramp at the south end of the dam across the lake to Point 2, from Point 2 to Point 3, and from Point 3 back across the lake to the TWRA boat ramp at the north end of the dam. All bank fishing will be open and the coves along the southeast shoreline will be open to boat fishing, but no fishing for any species will be allowed by boat in the described zone from July 1 through Sept. 15.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species):No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit, only two (2) may be lake trout.
• Yellow Perch: 15 per day, no length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day year-round.
• Oct. 1–May 31:no length limit.
• June 1–Sept. 30:Only one (1) Largemouth or Smallmouth Bass over 16 inches per day.
• Spotted Bass:No length limit, year-round.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass/Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Walleye/Sauger or Walleye/Sauger Hybrids: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Walleye: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Sauger or Sauger/Walleye Hybrids: No minimum length limit but only one (1) may be over 16 inches per day.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: No length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout (all species): Seven (7) per day; 16-22 inch PLR for Rainbow and Brown Trout, with only one (1) over 22 inches in effect from Boone Dam downstream to Louis Milhorn Bridge on Beulah Church Drive.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: No length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 13–17 inch PLR, only one (1) Smallmouth bass over 17 inches per day.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, including Clinch River upstream to Highway 61 bridge in Clinton.
• Striped Bass: 32–42 inch PLR; only one (1) fish may be over 42 inches.
• Hybrid Striped Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 16 inch minimum length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 50 inch minimum length limit. Muskellunge that are not intended to be harvested must be released immediately in a manner that promotes survival of the fish. Culling is not allowed.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• RockBass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• RedearSunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination, only one (1) Smallmouth Bass June 1 through Oct. 15.
• Largemouth Bass: 14 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass:
• June 1–Oct. 15: One (1) per day, 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Oct. 16–May 31: Five (5) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted/Alabama Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 10 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass:
• April 1–Oct. 31: Two (2) per day, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Nov. 1–March 31: One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye/Sauger: Five (5) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit (upstream to Grissom Island on the Clinch River).
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Muskellunge: One (1) per day, 36 inch minimum length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: 30 per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: No length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: No creel or length limits.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): 20 per day in combination. Only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: No harvest allowed.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 18 inch minimum length limit. Includes tributaries.
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill: 50 per day, no length limit.
• Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, only two (2) may be Lake Trout.

• Black Bass: Five (5) per day in combination. 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Yellow Bass: No creel or length limit.
• Walleye/Sauger: 10 per day in combination but no more than five (5) may be Walleye. 15 inch minimum length limit. One (1) Walleye may be 24 inches or larger. Includes tributaries.
• Paddlefish: Two (2) per day; season is open from April 24 through May 31. _Culling is prohibited._
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit.

• Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
• Largemouth Bass: 12 inch minimum length limit.
• Smallmouth Bass: 15 inch minimum length limit.
• Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum length limit.
• Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
• White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
• Walleye: Five (5) per day, 18 inch minimum length limit.
• Jan. 1–April 30: Walleye run regulation: restricted to the use of one (1) hook having a single point or one (1) lure having no more than one (1) hook with a single point (artificial or bait) on the following waters: Elk River (Highway 321 bridge downstream to Row Branch), Doe Creek (Old Cabin Private Road downstream to Roan Creek), Roan Creek (Mountain Lake Estates Bridge downstream to Doe Creek), and Watauga River (NC line downstream to the end of Cowanstown Road).
• Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
• Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
• Trout: Seven (7) per day, no length limit, only two (2) may be Lake Trout.