A $7.00 tribal permit for each person 12 years of age and over is required to fish in
Cherokee streams and ponds. Children under twelve are allowed to fish with a permitted
adult. Two, three, and five-day permits are available at a reduced rate and a season's
permit costs $150.00. No other type of fishing license is required nor accepted on the
reservation.Cherokee, NC offers thirty miles of streams and three
well-stocked ponds which are located on Big Cove Road in front of the KOA Campground. A
tribal permit is required to fish in both the streams and the ponds
Most of March is closed to fishing with the annual
season opening the last Saturday of March, continuing for eleven months and ending the
last day of February the following year. Throughout the season, fishing is allowed from
one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Creel limit is ten trout per
day per permit holder.
Regular stocking of the streams is the responsibility of Cherokee
Fish and Game Management that each year adds nearly 400,000 trout to an existing
population of fish. These supplemental stockings include rainbow, brook and brown trout of
various sizes ranging up to trophy size.
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