Fishing Near Germantown, Tennessee

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Fish and limits around Germantown

Water around Germantown holds largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, white bass, sauger, blue catfish, trout, bowfin and buffalo.

Mississippi River, including adjacent sloughs, bayous, river runs and chutes accessible by boat, black bass 10 per day with no length limit; sunfish and bream 50 per day; catfish no creel limit with only one fish over 34 inches per day; crappie 50 per day with no length limit; striped and hybrid striped bass 6 per day; sauger 6 per day; white bass 30 per day. These are dramatically more liberal than statewide limits and are worth a dedicated section on a Memphis page. Wolf and Loosahatchie rivers, including tributaries, grouped in regulation with the Forked Deer, Hatchie and Obion, crappie 30 per day with no length limit. Casper Lake (Shelby County), largemouth bass 2 per day with a 16-inch minimum. Cameron Brown Park Pond, Germantown, on the Community Fishing Program, catfish 5 per day no size limit; bluegill and redear 20 per day combined; black bass 1 per day no size limit; crappie 30 per day no size limit; trout 5 per day no size limit. Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Poplar Tree Lake, largemouth bass 10 per day with an 18-inch MAXIMUM size limit, only one fish longer than 18 inches may be harvested; bluegill and redear 20 per day combined. Shelby Farms Park, Tennessee f

From TWRA’s statewide creel and length limits, last updated 4 August 2026. Water-specific exceptions change, so check the current guide before keeping a fish.