[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR7.14]

[Page 74]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 7_SPECIAL REGULATIONS, AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec.  7.14  Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    (a) Fishing--(1) License. A person fishing within the park must have 
in possession the proper State fishing license issued by either 
Tennessee or North Carolina. A holder of a valid resident or nonresident 
license issued by either State may fish throughout the park irrespective 
of State boundaries, except in Closed and Excluded Waters.
    (2) Closed and Excluded Waters. All waters of Mingus Creek, Lands 
Creek, Chestnut Branch and that portion of LeConte Creek as posted 
through the park residential area of Twin Creeks, are closed to and 
excluded from fishing.
    (3) Open Waters. (i) All of the waters of the Oconaluftee River 
downstream from where it joins with Raven Fork to the park boundary and 
that portion of Raven Fork from its junction with the Oconaluftee River 
upstream and paralleling the Big Cove Road to the park boundary are open 
to fishing in accordance with the Cherokee Fish and Game Management 
regulations.
    (ii) All other park waters are open to fishing in accordance with 
National Park Service regulations.
    (4) Season. Open all year for rainbow and brown trout, smallmouth 
bass, and redeye (rockbass). All other fish are protected and may not be 
taken by any means.
    (5) Time. Fishing is permitted from sunrise to sunset only.
    (6) Fish and equipment and bait. Fishing is permitted only by use of 
one handheld rod and line.
    (i) Only artificial flies or lures having one single hook may be 
used.
    (ii) The use or possession of any form of fish bait other than 
artificial flies or lures on any park stream while in possession of 
fishing tackle is prohibited.
    (7) Size limits. All trout or bass caught less than the legal length 
shall be immediately returned unharmed to the water from which taken.
    (i) No trout or bass less than 7[sec] in length may be retained.
    (ii) No size limit on redeye (rockbass).
    (8) Possession limit. (i) Possession limit shall mean and include 
the number of trout, bass or redeye (rockbass) caught in park waters 
which may be in possession, regardless of whether they are fresh, stored 
in ice chests, or otherwise preserved. A person must stop and desist 
from fishing for the remainder of the day upon attaining the possession 
limit.
    (ii) Five, fish, trout, bass, or redeye, or a combination thereof, 
is the maximum number which a person may retain in one day or be in 
possession of at any one time.
    (9) The superintendent may designate certain waters as Experimental 
Fish Management Waters and issue temporary and special rules regulating 
fishing use by posting signs and issuance of official public 
notification. All persons shall observe and abide by such officially 
posted rules pertaining to these specially designated waters.
    (b) Beer and alcoholic beverages. The possession of beer or any 
alcoholic beverages in an open or unsealed container, except in 
designated picnic, camping, or overnight lodging facilities, is 
prohibited.

[24 FR 11041, Dec. 30, 1959, as amended at 31 FR 5827, Apr. 15, 1966; 32 
FR 21038, Dec. 30, 1967; 33 FR 18156, Dec. 6, 1968; 40 FR 16315, Apr. 
11, 1975; 40 FR 25590, June 17, 1975; 48 FR 30294, June 30, 1983; 48 FR 
31022, July 6, 1983]