JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

What’s NeW
New RegulatioNs foR 2008
Statewide Reservoirs – Smallmouth
Bass
Most reservoirs have a new 18 – inch
minimum length limit on smallmouth bass.
Please check the limits for your favorite
reservoir on pages 22 – 27.
Region 1
Beech River watershed lakes – no
minimum length limit on crappie.
glenn springs lake – Crappie- 8-inch
minimum length limit; Bass- 14-18 inch
protected length range with a creel limit of
10 bass, allowing only one bass in creel to be
greater than 18 inches.
gibson County lake – Bass- 14-20 inch
protected length range with a creel limit of
10 bass, allowing only one bass in creel to be
greater than 20 inches.
Mississippi River (includes reciprocal zone
in Arkansas)
Ε Black bass-
creel limit 10, no length
limit
Ε Bream-
creel limit 50, no length limit
Ε Catfish-
no creel limit, only one per day
over 34 inches
Ε Crappie-
creel limit 50, no length limit
Ε striped bass and Cherokee Bass/
Hybrids- creel limit 6, no length limit
Ε sauger-
creel limit 6, no length limit
Ε white Bass - creel limit 30, no length
limit
Region 2
Normandy Reservoir - Walleye- 16-inch
minimum length limit with a creel limit of
5 fish.
laurel Hill lake- Black bass - 13-18 inch
protected length range.
Region 3
upper Nickajack lake from Chickamauga
Dam downstream to mouth of south
Chickamauga Creek – Spotted bassincrease
daily creel limit to 15 fish.
watts Bar Reservoir - Striped Bass-
November through March- 36-inch
minimum length limit with a 1 fish creel
limit; April through October- 15-inch
minimum length limit with a creel limit of
2 fish. Creel limits are in combination with
Cherokee bass.
Big lost Creek: closed Fridays from March
1 to July 1 and only single hooks lures or bait
are allowed.
Region 4
Norris Reservoir- Spotted bass- no creel
or size limit.
Chilhowee Reservoir- Largemouth bass- 14inch
minimum length limit with a creel limit
of 5 black bass.
Douglas Reservoir- Sauger daily creel limit
of 5, only one over 16 inches; no minimum
length limit. The daily creel limit of sauger
and walleye in combination is 5 fish. The
minimum length limit on walleye will remain
15 inches.
Cherokee Reservoir- Walleye- 18-inch
minimum length limit with a creel limit of 5
fish; Sauger- 15-inch minimum length limit
with creel limit of 10 fish.
Boone Reservoir - Striped Bass- November
through March- 36-inch minimum length
limit with a 1 fish creel limit; April through
October- 15-inch minimum length limit
with a creel limit of 2 fish. Creel limits are in
combination with Cherokee bass.
Clinch River from Norris Dam downstream
to Hwy. 61 bridge, including tributaries -
14-20 inch protected length range on trout,
with a 7 trout creel limit allowing only one
trout in creel limit to be greater than 20
inches.
River smallmouth bass regulations: 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. This regulation
would apply to the following locations:
Ε Nolichucky River-
ENKA dam upstream
to state line, includes Davy Cockett
Reservoir.
Ε french Broad River-
Hwy. 168 to state
line, excluding Douglas Reservoir.
Ε Holston River-
I-40 bridge upstream
to Cherokee Dam and John Sevier Dam
upstream to North Fork Holston River.
Ε Clinch River-
Hwy. 25E upstream to
state line.
Ε Powell River-
Gap Creek confluence
upstream to state line.
Ε North fork Holston River-
Confluence
with South Fork Holston River upstream
to state line.
2008
F G U I D E
ishing
2008
F G U I D E
ishing
Tennessee
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Cover image: Bill Dance with Largemouth Bass.
Photographer: Courtesy of Bill Dance Outdoors.
Contributing writer: Bill Dance
TWRA thanks Bill Dance for contributing an article
to this year’s fishing guide.
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Authorization No. 328668, 500,000 copies, January,
2008. This public document was promulgated at a
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