| SPECIES | CREEL LIMIT | SIZE LIMIT |
Black Bass
(Largemouth, Smallmouth,
Spotted, Coosa (Redeye) | 5 | None |
Crappie
(Black & White combined) | 30 | 10" |
| Rock Bass | 20 | None |
| Striped Bass/Cherokee Bass | 2 | 15" |
| White Bass | 15 | None |
| Muskellunge | 1 | 36" |
| Sauger | 10 | 15" |
| Trout | 7 | None |
| Walleye | 5 | 16" |
| Yellow Bass | No limit | None |
| Bluegill/Bream | No limit | None |
| Pickerel | No limit | None |
| Northern Pike | No limit | None |
| Yellow Perch | No limit | None |
| Nongame Species | No limit | None |
Statewide Catfish Regulation: Only one catfish over 34 inches may be taken per day. No harvest limit on catfish less than 34 inches.
Paddlefish: Paddlefish may be harvested from April 24 - May 31. Daily creel limit is two fish per day with no size limit. Culling fish is not allowed.
Pole Limit: With some exceptions, there is no statewide limit on the number of poles.
Possession Limit: The total possession limit is twice the daily creel limit. Anglers may have no more than the daily creel limit with them while afield. It is unlawful to alter any fish afield to the extend that its species or body length cannot be determined.
EXCEPTIONS TO STATEWIDE CREEL & SIZE LIMITS ON TN RESERVOIRS
Barkley: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15".
Boone: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 5 per day (any combination), and size limit is 15" minimum. This regulation applies from dam upstream to Hwy. 11E bridge at Bluff City on South Fork of Holston River arm and upstream to new Austin Springs Brige on Watauga River arm . . . Creel limit for crappie 15 per day. Size limit is 10" minimum length.
Center Hill: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Size limit is 10" minimum length . . . Paddlefish cannot be taken.
Cheatham: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 14".
Cherokee: Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day (any combination). Size limit is 15" minimum length . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Size limit is 10" minimum length . . . Creel limit for paddlefish from March 1 - 15 is one per day. Size limit is 30" minimum length.
Chickamauga: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Minimum length for smallmouth bass is 18".
Chilhowee: Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day (any combination). Minimum length is 15".
Cordell Hull: Creel limit for striped bass is two per day. Striped bass between 32" and 42" may not be taken. Only one fish over 42" may be taken.
Dale Hollow: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for smallmouth bass is two per day. Fish between 16" and 21" may not be taken. Only one fish smaller than 16" and one larger than 21" may be taken . . . From April 1 - Oct. 31, creel limit for trout is seven per day (no more than two lake trout). From Nov. 1 - March 31, creel limit is two per day. Minimum length for trout is 22" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Minimum length is 10".
Douglas: Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day (any combination). Minimum length is 15" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Minimum length is 10" . . . Creel limit for smallmouth bass is one per day. Minimum length is 20".
Ft. Loudoun: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Minimum length for smallmouth bass is 18" . . . Creel imit for largemouth bass is five per day (in combination with smallmouth bass). Minimum length is 14" . . . Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day. Minimum length is 15".
Ft. Patrick Henry: Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Minimum length is 10".
Guntersville: Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. Minimum length is 9" . . . Creel limit for smallmouth bass is one per day. Minimum length is 18".
John Sevier: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Minimum length is 10".
J. Percy Priest: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15".
Kentucky: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for sauger is 10 per day. Minimum length is 14".
Melton Hill: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass is five per day (any combination). Minimum length is 14" . . . Creel limit for striped bass is two per day. None between 32" and 42" may be taken. Only one over 42" may be taken . . . Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day (any combination). Minimum length is 15" . . . Minimum length for muskellunge is 44".
Nickajack: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for smallmouth bass is one per day. Minimum length is 18".
Normandy: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for walleye and sauger is 10 per day (any combination). Minimum length is 15".
Norris: Creel limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass is five per day (any combination). Minimum length is 14" for largemouth and 18" for smallmouth . . . Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for crappie is 10 per day. Minimum length is 10" . . . Creel limit for striped and cherokee bass is two per day from April - October (any combination) and one per day between November and March (any combination). Minimum length is 15" from April to October and 36" from November to March . . . Creel limit for sunfish (bream) is 30 per day . . . Creel limit for walleye and sauger is five per day (any combination). Minimum length is 15" (upstream to Grisson Island on the Clinch River).
Old Hickory: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 14".
Parksville: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 14".
Pickwick: Minimum length for largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. Minimum length is 9".
Reelfoot: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No size limit.
South Holston Creel limit for walleye is five per day. Minimum length is 18" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. minimum length is 10" . . . Creel limit for trout is seven per day. No size limit. Closed to trout fishing from Dec. 1 - Feb. 28.
Tellico: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass is five per day (in any combination). Minimum length is 18" for smallmouth and 14" for largemouth . . . Creel limit for walleye is five per day. Minimum length is 15". Only one can be 24" or larger . . . Creel limit for sauger is 10 per day (in combination with walleye). Minimum length is 15".
Tims Ford: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Minimum length for smallmouth is 18".
Watts Bar: Minimum length for largemouth bass is 15" . . . Minimum length for smallmouth bass is 18".
Watauga: Creel limit for spotted bass is 15 per day . . . Creel limit for largemouth and smallmouth bass is five per day (any combination), minimum length is 12" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 15 per day. Minimum length is 10" . . . Creel limit for walleye is five per day. Minimum length is 18".
EXCEPTIONS TO STATEWIDE CREEL & SIZE LIMITS ON STREAMS AND RIVERS
Clinch River (Norris Reservoir upstream to Grissom Island): Creel limit for sauger and walleye is five per day (in combination). Minimum length is 15".
Little Pigeon River (from mouth upstream to Nat'l Park boundary): Creel limit for smallmouth bass is one per day. Minimum length is 20".
Mississippi River, Forked Deer River, Hatchie River, Loosahatchie River, Obion River, Wolf River: Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No size limit.
Pigeon River (from mouth to North Carolina state line): Creel limit for smallmouth bass is one per day. No minimum length.
Wolf River (South Ford Road Bridge downstream to Dale Hollow Reservoir): Creel limit for smallmouth bass is two per day. No fish between 16" and 21". Only one under 16" and one over 21".
EXCEPTIONS TO STATEWIDE FISHING REGULATIONS ON SMALL IMPOUNDMENTS:
Allen Branch Road (Cocke County): Creel limit for catfish is five per day. No minimum length.
Beech River Watershed Lakes: Creel limit for catfish is five per day. Minimum length is 15".
Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness WMA Ponds: Creel limit for bluegill is 10 per day . . . Creel limit for channel catfish is five per day . . . No largemouth bass may be harvested.
Casper Lake (Shelby County): Creel limit for largemouth bass is two per day. Minimum length is 16".
David Crockett Lake (Greene County): Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No size limit.
Gooch Unit E Lake: Creel limit for largemouth bass is five per day. Minimum length is 15".
Indian Boundary Lake (Cherokee National Forest): Creel limit for largemouth bass is two per day. Minimum length is 14" . . . Creel limit for catfish is five per day. No minimum length . . . Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No minimum length.
New Lake (Lewisburg, Marshall County): Creel limit for largemouth bass is five per day. Minimum length is 13" . . . Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No minimum length.
Reelfoot Watershed Lake #18: Creel limit for largemouth bass is five per day. Minimum length is 15".
State Park Lakes: Creel limit for crappie is 30 per day. No minimum length . . . Creel limit for channel and blue catfish (in combination) is five per day. On Chickasaw Lake, minimum length is 15 inches . . . Minimum length for black bass is 15" on Falling Water (Burgess Falls) Lake (Burgess Falls Natural Area), Lake Lajoie (Chickasaw), Lake Placid (Chickasaw), Byrd Lake (Cumberland Mountain), Lake Lindsey (David Crockett), Falls Creek Lake (Falls Creek Falls), Sullivan's Pond (Ft. Pillow), Indian Mt. "B" Lake (Indian Mountain), Acorn Lake (Montgomery Bell), Creech Hollow Lake (Montgomery Bell), and Kelly Lake (Standing Stone) . . . Minimum length for black bass is 14" on Big Ridge Lake (Big Ridge) . . . No black bass between 14" and 18" may be taken on Poplar Tree Lake (Meeman-Shelby) . . . Creel limit for black bass is 10 (no size limit) on Travis McNatt Lake (Big Hill Pond) . . . No black bass may be taken on Lake Woodhaven (Montgomery Bell) . . . Creel limit for bluegill and redear sunfish is 20 per day (in combination) on Poplar Tree Lake (Meeman-Shelby).
Additional regulations apply to the above and other reservoirs, streams and impoundments. To view those regulations, download a PDF version of the TWRA's fishing guide by clicking here.
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