How will Cherokee affect you?
Spend the long weekend with the boys: rainbow, brook, golden, and brown. With your $15 entry fee and a two-day ($17) fishing permit, covering both tournament days, you can compete for $10,000 in tagged fish within the beautiful freestone streams of Cherokee, NC; only the 2.2 miles of catch-and-release waters are excluded.
Tagged fish will be specially stocked for this event, and when you catch one, you redeem it for cash prizes at the Natural Resources Enforcement Office located at 517 Sequoyah Trail off Hwy 441. Prize redemption hours are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each tournament day, with a final tag turn in time of 4 p.m. on day two. Open to all ages and for all legal fishing methods.
Register for this tournament anywhere fishing permits are sold in and around Cherokee or online at FishCherokee.com by Friday, May 24, 2024.
EBCI Natural Resources Department reserves the right to cancel, reschedule, or amend any tournament or event due to catastrophes, pandemics, states of emergency, adverse weather, etc
General Fishing Waters
Tag turn in location:
Natural Resource Enforcement Office - 517 Sequoyah Trail, Cherokee, NC 28719
Cherokee, NC 28719
Contact: Paula Price
Phone: 828-788-3013
Email:
May 25th 1-hour before sunrise until 1-hour after sunset
May 26th 1-hour before sunrise until final tag turn in time
Tag Turn in Time: 2PM – 4PM both tournament days
Tournament Registration $15 (online or from local permit vendor)
Valid fish permit covering both tournament days (2-day $17)
