Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir
Ft. Patrick Henry Reservoir is a small 895-acre reservoir and is located near Kingsport, Tennessee. The reservoir was created in 1953 with the completion of Ft. Patrick Henry Dam. The dam has two hydroelectric generating units, and Ft. Patrick Henry Reservoir is operated by TVA.
TWRA Contact Information: Region 4 Office: 1-423-587-7037, Toll-Free: 1-800-332-0900, E-mail the office
Regulations
Reservoir full pool elevation is the boundary between the reservoir and tributary streams or rivers for harvest restrictions. Statewide regulations apply for any species not listed below.
- Largemouth/Smallmouth Bass: Five (5) per day in combination.
- Largemouth Bass: No length limit.
- Smallmouth Bass: 15-inch minimum length limit.
- Spotted Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
- Crappie (all species): 15 per day in combination, 10-inch minimum length limit.
- Catfish (all species): No creel limit for fish 34 inches and less in length; only one (1) fish over 34 inches in length may be harvested per day.
- Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass: Two (2) per day in combination, 15-inch minimum length limit.
- White Bass: 15 per day, no length limit.
- Walleye: Five (5) per day, 18-inch minimum length limit.
- Rock Bass: 20 per day, no length limit.
- Redear Sunfish: 20 per day, no length limit.
- Bluegill/Warmouth and other sunfishes: No creel or length limit.
- Trout (all species): Seven (7) per day; 16-22 inch PLR for Rainbow and Brown Trout, with only (1) over 22 inches in effect from Boone Dam downstream to Louis Milhorn Bridge on Beulah Church Drive.
