Trout Regulations on Cherokee Wildlife Management Area
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Name of Trout Stream Only one rod or pole permitted per angler on the waters listed below except Calderwood. |
Tellico-Citico Daily Permit Required |
Closed Thu/Fri |
Creel Limit |
Minimum Length Limit |
Hours Open |
Gear/Tackle Allowed |
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3/15 – 9/15 |
3/15 – 9/15 |
7 |
6″ Brook, |
One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset |
All |
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Citico Creek upstream from Little Citico Creek* |
3/15 – 9/15 |
3/15 – 9/15 |
7 |
All |
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Green Cove Pond Fishing limited to handicapped** individuals, children under age 13, and adults 65 years of age and older. |
Year-round |
Year-round |
7 |
All (No minnows) |
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North River and tributaries |
No |
No |
3 |
6″ Brook, |
Only single-hook artificial lures and flies are permitted. Use or possession of multiple hook lures, or bait is prohibited. One single-hook lure separated from a legal lure by a length of line (e.g. a dropper fly) is also permitted. |
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Bald River and tributaries |
No |
No |
3 |
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North Fork Citico Creek and tributaries |
No |
No |
3 |
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South Fork Citico Creek and tributaries |
No |
No |
3 |
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Laurel Fork and tributaries beginning at cable crossing ½ mile upstream from Dennis Cove Recreation Area and extending upstream |
No |
No |
3 |
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Gee Creek and tributaries in Polk County |
No |
No |
3 |
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Wolf Creek and tributaries in Polk County |
No |
No |
3 |
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Beaverdam Creek and tributaries from its confluence with Birch Branch downstream to Tank Hollow Road (USFS Rd. 300) |
No |
No |
3 |
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Paint Creek and tributaries in Greene Co. from USFS campground upstream to US Forest Service boundary line south of Hwy 70 near Munday Gap |
No |
No |
3 |
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Rocky Fork and tributaries |
No |
No |
7 trout, only 3 Brook trout |
6″ Brook, |
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Higgins Creek and tributaries |
No |
No |
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Squibb Creek |
No |
No |
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Sarvis Cove |
No |
No |
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Dry Creek and tributaries (Greene Co.) upstream from US Forest Service boundary |
No |
No |
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Sycamore Creek and tributaries |
No |
No |
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Rough Ridge Creek and tributaries |
No |
No |
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Little Jacob Creek (Sullivan Co.) |
No |
No |
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Left Prong Hampton Creek (Carter Co.) |
No |
No |
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Slickrock Creek that portion which constitutes boundary between NC and TN |
No |
No |
4 |
All trout 7″ |
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No |
No |
7 |
None |
24 hrs. |
All |
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All Other Streams in Cherokee WMA (not listed above) |
No |
No |
7 |
Gen. Reg. |
24 hrs. |
All |
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* The possession of fishing equipment and/or tackle is prohibited on stream banks except during legal fishing hours. ** Handicap — Any person who is mentally or physically impaired (including blindness) because of injury or disease, congenital or acquired, which permanently renders him/her so severely disabled as to be unable to move without aid of crutches or a wheelchair, or a person who has 80% permanent impairment of a hand or arm as determined by a physician using standards outlined in the “Guide to Evaluation of Permanent Rating,” published by the AMA or other accepted rating system. |
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Regulations in red are new this year.
Purple text indicates an important note.
