JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

Clinch River
Norris Reservoir upstream to Grissom
Island: Sauger and Walleye (in combination)
– 5 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit
Hwy. 25E upstream to state line: 13-17 inch
protected length range for smallmouth bass,
with a creel limit of 5 black bass, allowing
only one smallmouth bass in creel to be
greater than 17 inches.
East Fork of the Obey River
(headwaters of Dale Hollow Reservoir)
Walleye run regulation in effect on the East
Fork of the Obey River from Compton Boat
Ramp upstream to the Hwy. 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 through Apr. 30.
No more than 3 rods and reels or poles may
be used.
Forked Deer, Hatchie, Loosahatchie,
Obion and Wolf Rivers
• Crappie – 30 per day, no length limit
French Broad River (Hwy. 168 to state
line, excluding Douglas Reservoir)
13-17 inch protected length range for
smallmouth bass, with a creel limit of 5 black
bass, allowing only one smallmouth bass in
creel to be greater than 17 inches.
Holston River (I-40 bridge upstream
to Cherokee Dam and John Sevier
Dam upstream to North Fork Holston
River)
13-17 inch protected length range for
smallmouth bass, with a creel limit of 5 black
bass, allowing only one smallmouth bass in
creel to be greater than 17 inches.
Little Buffalo River (Laurel Hill WMA)
Closed to fishing during big game hunts.
Little Pigeon River (from mouth
upstream to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park boundary,
including the West Prong and East
Fork of the Little Pigeon River)
• Smallmouth Bass – 1 per day, 20 inch
minimum length limit
Mississippi River – (includes adjacent
sloughs, bayous, and all river runs
and chutes, that are accessible by
boat from the river proper).
• Black Bass – 10 per day, no length limit
• Bream – 50 per day, no length limit
• Catfish – no creel limit, only one per day
over 34 inches
• Crappie – 50 per day, no length limit
• Stripped Bass and Cherokee Bass/Hybrids
– 6 per day, no length limit
• Sauger – 6 per day, no length limit
• White Bass – 30 per day, no length limit
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Nolichucky River (ENKA Dam
upstream to state line, includes Davy
Crockett Lake)
13-17 inch protected length range for
smallmouth bass, with a creel limit of 5 black
bass, allowing only one smallmouth bass in
creel to be greater than 17 inches.
North Fork Holston River (confluence
with South Fork Holston River
upstream to state line)
13-17 inch protected length range for
smallmouth bass, with a creel limit of 5 black
bass, allowing only one smallmouth bass in
creel to be greater than 17 inches.
Pigeon River (from mouth at French
Broad River upstream to North
Carolina state line)
• Smallmouth Bass – 1 per day, 20 inch
minimum length limit
Powell River (Gap Creek confluence
upstream to state line)
13-17 inch protected length range for
smallmouth bass, with a creel limit of 5 black
bass, allowing only one smallmouth bass in
creel to be greater than 17 inches.
Wolf River (South Ford Road Bridge
downstream into Dale Hollow
Reservoir)
• Smallmouth Bass – 2 per day, 16-21 inch
PLR (one under 16 inches and one over 21
inches)
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Allen Branch Pond (Cocke County)
• Catfish – 5 per day, no minimum length
Beech River Watershed Lakes
• Catfish – 5 per day, 15 inch minimum
length limit
• Crappie - no length limit
Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial
Wilderness WMA Ponds
Designated as youth fishing ponds. Fishing
is permitted for youths 16 years of age
or younger who are accompanied by a
non–fishing adult (18 years of age or older).
Youths are limited to using one (1) pole or
rod while fishing. Fishing is permitted from
one-half hour before sunrise to one-half
hour after sunset.
• Bluegill – 10 per day
• Channel catfish – 5 per day
• Largemouth Bass – catch and release only
Campbell Lake (Maury County)
Special regulations apply. See regulations
posted at the lake.
Casper Lake (Shelby County)
• Largemouth Bass – 2 per day, 16 inch
minimum length limit
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area
All streams and ponds are open from Apr. 1
– Dec. 31, except on the dates of managed
big game and turkey hunts.
Davy Crockett Lake (Greene County)
• Crappie - 30 per day, no length limit
• Smallmouth Bass – 13-17 inch protected
length range, creel limit of 5 black bass,
only one smallmouth bass over 17 inches
• Spotted Bass – 15 per day, no length limit
Dickson City Lakes (Dickson County)
• Catfish - 5 per day
Doakes Pond (on Norris Reservoir)
The portion of Norris Reservoir known as
Doakes Pond, located adjacent to Hwy. 63
approximately 9 miles NE of Lafollette, is
closed to fishing.
Douglas Reservoir
Henderson Island WMA Rearing Pond is
closed to fishing year-round.
Federal Refuges
Some federal wildlife refuges have closed
seasons. For details contact the office of the
national wildlife refuge where you wish to
fish.
Gooch Unit E Lake
• Largemouth Bass – 5 per day, 15 inch
minimum length limit
Hiwassee Refuge
Trespassing and fishing are prohibited in
embayments and sub–impoundments from
Nov. 1 – Feb. 28. Boats must remain within
the river channel defined by navigational
buoys.
Indian Boundary Lake (in Cherokee
National Forest)
Largemouth Bass – 2 per day, 14 inch
minimum length limit
• Catfish – 5 per day
• Crappie – 30 per day, no length limit
Kingston Wildlife Refuge
Trespassing and fishing are prohibited in
embayments and sub–impoundments from
Oct. 15 – Feb. 28. Boats must remain within
the river channel defined by navigational
buoys.
Lake Kefauver (Madisonville, Monroe
County)
• Bass - 2 per day, 14 inch minimum length
limit
• Catfish - 5 per day
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