🎣 Fishing Size Limits & Regulations

Quick reference for fishing regulations by species and state. Size limits, bag limits, and season dates.

Updated for 2025 · Always verify with your state agency before fishing

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🎣 Largemouth Bass

12 inches (statewide)

No statewide minimum (varies by water)

Daily Limit

5 per day

Season

Year-round in most waters

5 per day (reservoir) or 15 per day (rivers)

🎣 Smallmouth Bass

🎣 Striped Bass

19 inches (regular season)

Daily Limit

1 per day (regular season), 2 during trophy season (one per day, 28-inch minimum)

Season

Spring trophy season (May 1–May 31), reg...

🎣 Striped Bass

New York

Min Size

28 inches (marine waters)

Daily Limit

1 per day

Season

March 15 – December 15 (most marine wate...

🎣 Striped Bass

Virginia

Min Size

20 inches (Chesapeake Bay tidal waters)

Daily Limit

1 per day

Season

Varies by water — Chesapeake Bay: multip...

🐟 Walleye

Minnesota

Min Size

15 inches (statewide)

Daily Limit

6 per day

Season

May 10 – February 23 (statewide opener, ...

First Saturday in May through March 1 (m...

🐟 Walleye

North Dakota

Min Size

No statewide minimum (15 inches on Devils Lake)

Daily Limit

5 per day

Season

Year-round on most waters

🐟 Walleye

Ohio

Min Size

15 inches on Lake Erie, 12 inches inland

Daily Limit

6 per day on Lake Erie, 10 inland

Season

Year-round on Lake Erie

Varies by water — inland lakes typically...

4 per day (Oahe, Francis Case)

🐟 Northern Pike

Year-round on most waters

🐟 Northern Pike

Wisconsin

Min Size

26 inches (Class A waters), 24 inches (Class B)

Daily Limit

5 per day

Season

Year-round on most inland waters

Year-round some seasonal closures near s...

🐟 Rainbow Trout

Colorado

Min Size

Varies — most stocked waters: no minimum. Wild trout sections: varies.

Daily Limit

4–8 trout per day depending on water type

Season

Year-round on most waters. Wild trout wa...

🐟 Rainbow Trout

Wyoming

Min Size

No statewide minimum on most waters

Daily Limit

6 trout per day (combined all trout species)

Season

Year-round on most waters. Some waters h...

🐟 Rainbow Trout

Montana

Min Size

Varies by water — most rivers: 12-inch minimum on rainbows

Daily Limit

5 trout per day (many rivers are catch-and-release for rainbows)

Season

Year-round on most rivers. Some streams ...

🐟 Rainbow Trout

Pennsylvania

Min Size

7 inches (most stocked waters)

Daily Limit

5 per day during regular season, 8 during extended season

Season

Opening day varies by region (typically ...

🐟 Rainbow Trout

New York

Min Size

9 inches stocked, 12 inches some wild trout

Daily Limit

5 per day

Season

April 1 - October 15 general

Late April - October lowland lakes, year...

Varies by water — many rivers year-round

Year-round on most waters

Year-round stocking in designated trout ...

🐟 Brown Trout

Pennsylvania

Min Size

7 inches most waters, 15 inches wild trout streams

Daily Limit

5 per day

Season

April opening day (most streams)

🐟 Brown Trout

New York

Min Size

9 inches stocked, 12 inches wild trout

2-4 per day depending on water

Season

Year-round on most waters

🐟 Brook Trout

April opening day most streams

April 1 - September 30

Second Saturday in April - October 31

🐟 Channel Catfish

🐟 Crappie

9 inches on most waters

🐟 Bluegill

25 per day (combined panfish)

Season

Year-round

🐟 Muskellunge (Muskie)

Memorial Day weekend through November 30

🐟 Muskellunge (Muskie)

Minnesota

Min Size

36 inches (54 inches on Leech Lake)

🐟 Yellow Perch

No minimum on Lake Erie (some inland minimums)

Daily Limit

30 per day on Lake Erie

Season

Year-round on Lake Erie

🐟 Yellow Perch

Michigan

Min Size

No minimum inland, 7 inches Lake Erie

Daily Limit

50 per day inland, 30 Lake Erie

Season

Year-round some Great Lakes closures

Year-round most inland waters