Indiana's Statewide Daily Bag and Size Limits
FISHING GUIDE INDEX
General Regulations | Inland Trout Regulations | Lake Michigan and Tributaries
Ohio River Regulations | Reptiles and Amphibians | Black Bass Regulations
Statewide Size and Bag Limits | Species Identification | Where to Fish
| Species | Daily Bag Limit | Minimum Size |
|---|---|---|
| bluegill** | None** | None |
| redear sunfish** | 25** | None |
| black bass (in lakes and rivers)^ | 5 singly or in aggregate* | 14 inches (in lakes) 12 inches (in rivers) |
| black bass (in Lake Michigan) ^ | 3 singly or in aggregate* | 14 inches |
| yellow bass | None | None |
| white bass, hybrid striped bass | 12 singly or in aggregate*, no more than 2 fish may exceed 17 inches | None |
| striped bass | 2 | None |
| rock bass | 25 | None |
| crappie** | 25** | None |
| walleye, walleye-sauger hybrid^* | 6 singly or in aggregate* | 14 inches^* |
| sauger | 6 singly or in aggregate* | None |
| muskellunge and tiger muskellunge | 1 singly | 36 inches |
| northern pike | 3 | 20 inches |
| yellow perch | None (15 on Lake Michigan Only) | None |
| catfish: channel, blue, flathead (in streams) | None | 10 inches |
| catfish: channel, blue, flathead (in lakes, reservoirs) | 10 | None |
| bullhead | None | None |
| shovelnose sturgeon | None | 25 inches (fork length) |
| * “Singly or in aggregate” means that the daily bag limit includes any combination of the species. ^ Black bass includes largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass. ** Daily bag limit for sunfish at J.C. Murphey Lake (Newton Co.) is 25 singly or in aggregate. ^* St. Joseph River (Elkhart and St. Joseph counties minimum size limit is 15 inches) NOTE: The possession limit is two days daily bag limit. | ||
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