Crossing state lines on the water???

[Gregory]

I make that run many many times a year. From the State Park ramp to sulpher and back, on Dale Hollow the Smallmouth are 1 under 16" & 1 over 21", Largemouth and Spots are 15" so what does it matter where you are. And Yes I keep some of my spots to eat. I put in at State last Sat. with no trouble, 21' ProCraft.

[stsburnsy]

I was just running with the idea if you had fish in your boat, it really does not matter what species, and were stopped in Tennessee and all you have is a Kentucky fishing liscense would you get a ticket even though the fish were caught in Kentucky.

[Hlleonard]

Hmmm........i may step in dog dodo here......but i just wanted to respond to the idea of keeping bass....a little off the topic of this post but beings it was brought up,i keep maybe 10 to 20 bass a year to eat....i kinda like fresh fish and that is the only kind of fishing i do......i think fish that are to be released should be released right away after being caught....tournaments don't do that and i think the bass are stressed quite a bit being kept in livewell maybe for 7 or 8 hours then being weighed in before they are released........i doubt the guys that keep fish for the dinner table
are being harder on the bass population than the turnaments.......have seen guys bring fish home just to show their buds and that is a real shame...........
just my two cents worth....

[ryan_ekubass]

the only time i have been checked is while i was fishing down a bank... i fdont think that a conservation officer would run u down to check your live well unless they had probable cause... and anyways i would also think that the gamewardens would be out chasing them ole deer hunters this time of year...

[Gregory]

Here is what Ky says about fishing bordering waters. I will try to find what Tenn, has to say about it.

http://fw.ky.gov/pdf/08fishboat2.pdf...h=C128C168C682

[Rowdy]

On Dale there is "common water" reciprical or something close to that, before I have had both license fishing in sulper we got checked I asked which state He said Ky where I was at but if I moved more than 20 ft south I'm in Tn.!

Rowdy

[Dave Stewart]

Unless there is a reciprical agreement between the states involved to recognize either license in the area you are stopped...you better have the right license and your creel better be within the limits of the state you are stopped.

[18'stratos]

I believe that the game warden would have to witness you fishing in the Tenn. waters to issue you a citation. Otherwise you are just a boater in transit to the next stop. You would not be "fishing" in Tenn. However this could be a sticky situation for you if the warden is a jerk. I would call Fish and Wildlife if I were you just to be on the safe side.

[Tim_T]

Anglers may use either a Kentucky or Tennessee license while fishing in the Wolf River arm of the reservoir. This includes the Illwill Creek embayment beginning at a line crossing the Wolf River at its mouth where it joins the Obey River and the main part of the lake.

[mhall]

Unless there is a reciprical agreement between the states involved to recognize either license in the area you are stopped...you better have the right license and your creel better be within the limits of the state you are stopped.

There is your answer fellas.

[smalleychaser]

I talked to Richard of Eastport Marina last night and he told me the Corps called
him to tell him that they were getting ready to drop the lake 4 more feet and
to move his docks. It was really low 4 weeks ago when I was down there.

[mhall]

I make that run many many times a year. From the State Park ramp to sulpher and back, on Dale Hollow the Smallmouth are 1 under 16" & 1 over 21", Largemouth and Spots are 15" so what does it matter where you are. And Yes I keep some of my spots to eat. I put in at State last Sat. with no trouble, 21' ProCraft.

Ky's don't have to be 15 inches, there is no size limit on Spots that I'm aware of only a daily creel of 6.