Statewide Sportfish Daily Limits
| Species |
Daily Limit |
| Alligator gar (This is different for bowfishing and gigging) |
2 |
| Black bass (largemouth, spotted, smallmouth combined) |
10 |
| There are no statewide length limits for largemouth or spotted bass. |
| Smallmouth bass (check length limit) |
4 |
| Rock bass (Ozark and Shadow bass) |
10 |
| Bream (bluegill, redear, longear, warmouth and other sunfishes combined) |
50 |
| No daily limit on bream shorter than four inches. |
| Catfish (channel, blue, flathead combined) |
10 |
| No daily limit on bullhead catfish. |
| Crappie (black, white combined, refer to zone map) |
| Tiger muskie |
6 |
| Northern Pike |
6 |
| Paddlefish |
2 |
| Pickerel |
6 |
| Sauger |
6 |
| Saugeye |
6 |
| Striped bass (including hybrid stripers) |
6 |
| Trout (all rainbow, brown, cutthroat, lake and brook combined per day) |
5 |
| Brown Trout |
16-inch minimum length |
no more than 2 per day |
| Cutthroat trout |
16-inch minimum length |
no more than 2 per day |
| Brook trout |
14-inch minimum length |
no more than 2 per day |
|
| Some bodies of water have special trout regulations. Remember to check your destination. |
| Walleye |
6 |
| White bass |
25 |
| Yellow Bass |
No Limit |
| DAILY AGGREGATE LIMIT (maximum number of fish allowed to be taken from midnight to midnight) |
75 |
| Possession Limit |
Double the daily limit |
| Spearfishing Limit |
Half the daily limit |
| Snagging limit |
Half the daily limit |
Daily Limit − The total limit of a specific fish species that may be taken in one day.
Possession Limit − The total limit of a specific fish species that is in your possession at any time, whether on your person or stored in another location.