LivewellFish consumption advisories
Tennessee
Tennessee publishes advisories for 55 waters, covering 138 species-and-size recommendations.
Contaminants of concern: Chlordane, Dioxins, Mercury, PCBs, Pesticides
Waters with advisories in Tennessee
55 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.
Lakes 7
- Davy Crockett Lake (Humboldt Lake) Crockett
- Fall Creek Falls Lake Van Buren
- Gibson County Lake Gibson
- Herb Parsons Lake Fayette
- Lake Lajoie Hardeman
- Lake Placid Chester
- McKellar Lake Shelby
Reservoirs 21
- Beech Reservoir Henderson
- Boone Reservoir Sullivan
- Center Hill Reservoir Dekalb
- Cheatham Reservoir Cheatham
- Cherokee Reservoir Granger
- Chilhowee Reservoir Blount
- Dale Hollow Reservoir Clay
- Fort Loudoun Reservoir Loudon
- Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir Sullivan
- kMelton Hill Reservoir Knox
- Nickajack Reservoir Hamilton
- Normandy Reservoir Bedford Coffee
- Norris Reservoir Campbell
- Parksville Reservoir (Ocoee #1) Polk
- Pickwick Reservoir Hardin
- Poplar Creek Embayment of Watts Bar Reservoir Roane
- South Holston Reservoir Sullivan
- Tellico Reservoir Loudon
- Watauga Reservoir Carter
- Watts Bar Reservoir Anderson
- Woods Reservoir Franklin
Rivers 27
- Abrams Creek Blount
- Bear Creek Roane
- Beech Creek Wayne
- Big Sandy River and Embayment Henry
- Buffalo River Humphreys
- Chattanooga Creek Hamilton
- Cypress Creek (tributary to Wolf River) Shelby
- Daddy’s Creek Cumberland
- Duck River Humphreys
- East Fork Poplar Creek Anderson
- East Fork Stones River Rutherford
- Emory River Roane
- French Broad River Cocke
- Hatchie River Hardeman
- Hiwassee River Meigs
- Holston River Hawkins
- Little River Blount
- Loosahatchie River Shelby
- Mississippi River Shelby
- Nolichucky River Cocke
- Nonconnah Creek Shelby
- North Fork Forked Deer River Dyer
- North Fork Holston River Sullivan
- Pigeon River Cocke
- Sequatchie River Marion
- Springville Bottom (West Sandy Creek dewatering area) Henry
- Wolf River Shelby
Browse Tennessee by county
Every named water in the state, county by county — including the many with no advisory on file.
- Anderson 2
- Bedford
- Bedford Coffee 1
- Benton
- Bledsoe
- Blount 3
- Bradley
- Calloway
- Campbell 1
- Cannon
- Carroll
- Carter 1
- Cheatham 1
- Chester 1
- Claiborne
- Clay 1
- Cocke 3
- Coffee
- Crockett 1
- Cumberland 1
- Davidson
- Decatur
- DeKalb 1
- DeSoto
- Dickson
- Dyer 1
- Fayette 1
- Fentress
- Franklin 1
- Gibson 1
- Giles
- Gordon
- Grainger
- Granger 1
- Greene
- Grundy
- Hamblen
- Hamilton 2
- Hancock
- Hardeman 2
- Hardin 1
- Hawkins 1
- Haywood
- Henderson 1
- Henry 2
- Hickman
- Humphreys 2
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Knox 1
- Lake
- Lauderdale
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Livingston
- Logan
- Loudon 2
- Macon
- Madison
- Marion 1
- Marshall
- Maury
- McMinn
- McNairy
- Meigs 1
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Morgan
- Murray
- Obion
- Overton
- Perry
- Pickett
- Polk 1
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Rhea
- Roane 3
- Robertson
- Rutherford 1
- Scott
- Sequatchie
- Sevier
- Shelby 6
- Smith
- Stewart
- Sullivan 4
- Sumner
- Tipton
- Trigg
- Trousdale
- Union
- Van Buren 1
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne 1
- Weakley
- White
- Williamson
- Wilson
Tennessee statewide fishing limits
Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.
| Species | Size | Daily limit | Open season | Keep season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Black Crappie | 10" min | 15 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Sauger | 15" min | 10 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Striped Bass | 15" min | 2 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Channel Catfish | — | — | Year-round | Same as open |
Official rules: Tennessee — Tennessee TWRA