Tennessee River and its tributaries
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Tennessee River and its tributaries, as the state words them
AL County · River · AL
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- It is illegal to take, catch or kill, or attempt to take, catch or kill any game fish by any means other than ordinary hook and line, artificial lure, live bait, troll or spinner in any of the public waters of this State.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- There is no restriction on the number of rods used by anglers in most Alabama public water bodiesStatewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black Bass | 10 | - | Statewide |
Walleye | 2 | - | Statewide |
Sauger | 5 | min. 15 inches total length | Statewide |
White Bass | 15 | - | Statewide |
Yellow Bass | 15 | - | Statewide |
Crappie | 30 | - | Statewide |
Yellow Perch | No Limit | - | Statewide |
Bream | 50 | - | Statewide |
Alligator Gar | 1 | - | Statewide |
Sturgeon | Closed Season | - | Statewide |
Paddlefish or Spoonbill | Closed Season | - | Statewide |
Skipjack Herring Skipjack herring taken from the Tennessee River and its tributaries are illegal for sale or trade. | 50 | - | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from AL's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- Skipjack HerringDaily limit 50Skipjack herring taken from the Tennessee River and its tributaries are illegal for sale or trade.
- All fishAlabama, Mississippi and Tennessee have a reciprocal agreement for fishing the Tennessee River.
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this section begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 0 cfs at tennessee river at florence al (2005-11-21 23:45)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Tennessee River and its tributaries's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Tennessee River and its tributaries
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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