I copied this from the twra website(www.tnfish.org)...
Does this mean what it sounds like? You can't save up more than two creel's worth at any point during the year?
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Forgot to post it....lol
"Possession limit, daily creel limit, and "afield" explained.
* Even in a freezer at home or at a temporary residence*, one can never possess more than twice the daily creel.
* Daily creel limits run from midnight to midnight.
* One cannot have more than one daily creel limit while "afield".
Example: Say an individual is fishing Cherokee Lake for a week and is camping* along the bank. During that week, the angler could possess no more than four striped bass or hybrid striped bass or any combination of the two. It also means an individual could not possess more than 30 "stripes" (white bass) at any given time during the week.
Now, if one harvests a possession limit over a period of time and eats a few of these fish, they could then harvest more to replace them. One can never have in their possession - be it at home or anywhere else - more than twice the daily creel limit.
Remember that creel limit is written as "daily creel limit ". One cannot catch a limit, process the fish or give them away to someone else, and go back and harvest more of the same species during a 24-hour period which runs from midnight to midnight.
Say an individual is fishing from 8:00 pm to 3:00 am - they may only have a daily creel limit in their possession while "afield". They could, however, stop fishing before midnight and drop their catch off at their campsite* or home and return after midnight and catch another limit. Overnight anglers who are not camping* are limited to one daily creel limit.
*Campsites or houseboats, etc. qualify as temporary residences as evidenced by sleeping bags, tents, cooking utensils, etc."
Does this mean what it sounds like? You can't save up more than two creel's worth at any point during the year?
Forgot to post it....lol
"Possession limit, daily creel limit, and "afield" explained.
* Even in a freezer at home or at a temporary residence*, one can never possess more than twice the daily creel.
* Daily creel limits run from midnight to midnight.
* One cannot have more than one daily creel limit while "afield".
Example: Say an individual is fishing Cherokee Lake for a week and is camping* along the bank. During that week, the angler could possess no more than four striped bass or hybrid striped bass or any combination of the two. It also means an individual could not possess more than 30 "stripes" (white bass) at any given time during the week.
Now, if one harvests a possession limit over a period of time and eats a few of these fish, they could then harvest more to replace them. One can never have in their possession - be it at home or anywhere else - more than twice the daily creel limit.
Remember that creel limit is written as "daily creel limit ". One cannot catch a limit, process the fish or give them away to someone else, and go back and harvest more of the same species during a 24-hour period which runs from midnight to midnight.
Say an individual is fishing from 8:00 pm to 3:00 am - they may only have a daily creel limit in their possession while "afield". They could, however, stop fishing before midnight and drop their catch off at their campsite* or home and return after midnight and catch another limit. Overnight anglers who are not camping* are limited to one daily creel limit.
*Campsites or houseboats, etc. qualify as temporary residences as evidenced by sleeping bags, tents, cooking utensils, etc."
