Tennessee Code Title 70. Wildlife Resources § 70-4-104

Fish may be taken with rod and reel, by hook and line held in the hand while fishing, or by one (1) or more trotlines not having a combination of more than one hundred (100) hooks, which trotline shall be attended at least once each day. Use or possession of any other instrument for the killing, catching, or taking of fish or other aquatic life is expressly forbidden, except as provided for in this title or as permitted by regulations made under authority granted the fish and wildlife commission under this title.