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FISHING REGULATIONS
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PAINTSVILLE LAKE
• Largemouth Bass: 12 to 15-inch protective
slot limit. All largemouth bass
caught between 12 and 15 inches in
length must be released immediately.
• Smallmouth Bass: 18-inch minimum
size limit.
PARCHED CORN CREEK
Wolfe County
Only artificial baits with single
hook shall be used. Brook Trout must
be immediately released.
PEABODY WMA LAKES
In addition to a fishing license, a
$15.00 user permit is required of persons
age 16 and over while on Peabody
WMA. Permits can be purchased where
fishing licenses are sold. Fishing open
Mar. 16 - Oct. 14 on Goose, Island and
South Lake, all other lakes open yearround.
PENNYRILE LAKE
Christian County
• Largemouth Bass: 12 to 15-inch protective
slot limit. All largemouth bass
between 12 and 15 inches in legnth
must be immediately released.
PIKEVILLE CITY LAKE
Pike County
• Largemouth Bass: All largemouth
bass caught must be immediately
released.
POOR FORK and its tributaries
Letcher County
Downstream to the first crossing
of Hwy. 932, only artificial baits with
single hook shall be used. Brook Trout
must be immediately released.
REBA LAKE
Madison County
Possession or use of shad for bait is
prohibited.
• Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass:
15-inch minimum size limit, 3 fish
daily creel limit.
ROCK CREEK
McCreary County
From Bell Farm Bridge upstream
to Tennessee state line, all trout caught
from October 1 through March 31
must be immediately released and only
artificial baits shall be used during this
period.
ROUGH RIVER LAKE
• Crappie: 9-inch minimum size limit.
• Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass:
15-inch minimum size limit except 1
fish in the daily creel limit or 2 in the
possession limit may be less than 15
inches long.
SHANTY HOLLOW LAKE
Warren County
Possession or use of shad for bait is
prohibited.
• Largemouth Bass: 15-inch minimum
size limit.
• Channel Catfish: 12-inch minimum
size limit.
SHILLALAH CREEK
Bell County
Outside the Cumberland Gap National
Park as posted, only artificial baits
with single hook shall be used. Brook
Trout must be immediately released.
SPORTSMAN’S LAKES
Franklin County
Fishing during daylight hours only.
Possession or use of shad for bait is
prohibited. See FINs lakes at the beginning
of the special regulations section
for daily creel and minimum size limits.
SPURLINGTON LAKE
Taylor County
Possession or use of shad for bait is
prohibited.
SWIFT CAMP CREEK
Clifty Wilderness, Wolfe County
All trout caught from October 1
through May 31 shall be released immediately
and only artificial baits shall be
used during this period.
SYMPSON LAKE
Nelson County
• Largemouth Bass: 15-inch minimum
size limit.
TAYLORSVILLE LAKE
Lake upper boundary extended to
Dry Dock Road on Salt River (formerly
defined as first riffle upstream in Salt
River).
• Crappie: 9-inch minimum size limit,
15 fish daily creel limit.
• Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass:
15-inch minimum size limit.
• Blue and Channel Catfish: 15-fish
daily creel limit. 1 fish of the daily
creel limit may be longer than 25
inches.
TAYLORSVILLE LAKE WMA
PONDS
• These waters now under statewide
regulations for all fish species.
TENNESSEE RIVER from Kentucky
Lake Dam downstream to
confluence with Ohio River
The area from Kentucky Dam to
the new U.S. 62 bridge will be open to
snagging 24 hours per day from January
1 through May 31. From June 1 through
December 31, the area is open to snagging
from sunset to sunrise. The area of
the Tennessee River from the new U.S.
62 bridge to the I-24 bridge is closed
to snagging year round. The area from
the I-24 bridge to the confluence with
the Ohio River is open to snagging year
round. There is now a daily creel limit
of 8 fish in aggregate and shall not exceed
the daily creel limit for any sport
fish in which the creel limit is under 8
fish per day. Snagging must cease if any
sport fish daily creel limit is attained. All
fish snagged including paddlefish, except
shad, herring or Asian carp, must
be taken into possession and not culled.
Snagged fish must not be disposed on
the bank. This action is littering and
subject to a fine. Snagged paddlefish
or their roe cannot be sold. Gigging is
prohibited in the Tennessee River below
Kentucky Dam. See the Gigging and
Snagging section on page 6 for more
information.
• Sauger: 14-inch minimum size limit.
WOOD CREEK LAKE
Laurel County
• Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass:
15-inch minimum size limit.
YATESVILLE LAKE
• Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass:
15-inch minimum size limit.