Tennessee · USA

Old Hickory Lake

Species in Old Hickory Lake

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Species	Season	Limit	Notes
Rock Bass or Redeye and Shadow Bass	Year-round unless otherwise noted	20 per day, no minimum length limit	—
Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass	Year-round unless otherwise noted	2 per day in combination, 15 inch minimum length limit	—
White Bass	Year-round unless otherwise noted	15 per day, no minimum length limit	—
Sauger or Sauger/Walleye hybrids	Year-round unless otherwise noted	10 per day, 15 inch minimum length limit	—
Walleye	Year-round unless otherwise noted	5 per day, 16 inch minimum length limit	—
Redear Sunfish (Shellcracker)	Year-round unless otherwise noted	20 per day, no minimum length limit	—
Paddlefish	April 24-May 31 only	2 per day, no size limit; culling prohibited. Exceptions apply on Center Hill, Cherokee and Watts Bar reservoirs	—
Yellow Bass, Bluegill, Warmouth, Bream, Bullheads, Pickerel, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch and nongame species	Year-round unless otherwise noted	No creel or length limit	—

Always confirm regulations with the official state regulations before fishing — rules change, and waterbody-specific exceptions apply.

Black bass: 5 per day in combination; largemouth bass 14 inch minimum; smallmouth bass 18 inch minimum; spotted bass no length limit
Crappie: 30 per day in combination, 10 inch minimum
Walleye: 5 per day, 16 inch minimum
Sauger: 10 per day, 15 inch minimum
Paddlefish: 2 per day, season April 24-May 31, culling prohibited
Catfish: no creel limit at 34 inches or less; only 1 over 34 inches per day

Species: Tennessee state fisheries lake records, via the Bump Board dataset.