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Cherokee Fish & Game Management Enterprise STOCKS OVER 360,000 FISH EVERY YEAR!

The Eastern Cherokee Indians
Fish & Game Management Enterprise
P.O. Box 302
Cherokee, NC 28719

(800) 438-1601
(828) 497-5201

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Inside Information:

We invite you to fish here in our ancestral homelands, in streams and rivers our forefathers and mothers have fished for untold years. Before these lands were known as the Great Smoky Mountains, they were known as "The Land of the Blue Mist."

Come join us, the native Americans, in the art of trout fishing. Wade in, the waters are cold and the fishing is great.

We know you are going to love trout fishing hereon the Cherokee Reservation. No matter if you are young or old, man or woman, pro or beginner you will find a spot you can fish in our beautiful unspoiled rivers and streams. If you need easy access, we have it. If you want to rough it, you can do that too. We are sure the Smoky Mountains will call you back again and again.

Rules & Regulations:

The open season for Enterprise Waters is from the last Saturday in March until the last day in February.

The following are designated as "Enterprise Waters" and open to public fishing: Raven Fork from confluence with Onconaluftee River, Onconaluftee River from same confluence downstream to Reservation boundary in Birdtown; Bunches Creek and Fish Ponds in Big cover Soco Creek on US 19E.
All other fishing waters on the Reservation are designated as "Non Enterprise Waters" and only enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians shall be permitted to fish on these streams.

Enterprise Waters will be open to fishing during open season as hereinafter provided seven days a week from one half hour before sunrise until one half hour after sunset.

Fish may be taken from Enterprise Waters only with rod and line, and with bait or lure. No person may have more than one line in the water at one time. Snagging, chumming, grabbling, seining, and selling and buying of game fish (trout) is prohibited.

The daily creel for adult fishermen is 10 trout, and the combined daily creel limit for both parent/guardian and child/children (under 12 years of age) is 10 trout. The fisherman up to the daily creel limit must retain all trout caught in the ponds located on Big Cove Road at permit station #13. Trout caught in all other Enterprise waters may be kept or released up to the daily creel limit of 10 trout. Each angler is required to keep his/her catch in a separate container, stringer, etc. Limit in possession is 1 day’s catch.

All persons fishing on Enterprise Waters shall be required to obtain and have in their possession a tribal fishing permit.

Detailed Information:

STOCKED WITH OVER 360,000 FISH EVERY YEAR!

Permit Fees: 1 day = $7.00; 2 day = $14.00; 3 day = $20.00; 5 day = $28.00; season = $200. (Children under 12 years may fish free when accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian).

FISHING PERMITS AVAILABLE: 1.Jenkins Grocery, 2.Wolf Campground, 3.CCS Fly & Tackle, 4.One Feather Fly & Tackle, 5.Medicine Man Crafts, 6.Ten Bear’s Outfitters, 7.Chief Texaco, 8.Bradley’s Campground, 9.Saunooke Village Convenience, 10. Parkway Campground, 11. River Valley Store, 12.Stoney Campground, 13.KOA Camping Resort, 14.Mingo Falls Campground, 15.Big Cove Grocery, 16.Yogi in the Smokies, 17.Indian Creek Campground, 18.Eljawa Campground, 19. Riverview Campground, 20.Big Bear Exxon, 21.Casino Mart, 22. Soco Kwik Stop, 23. Village Grocery, 24. Happy Holiday Campground, 25. Littlejohn’s Campground, 26.Soco Road Campground, 27.Lost Cove Campground.

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