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CATFISH
Statewide Daily Limit: Statewide Size Limit:
• Channel and/or Blue Catfish combined – 15 • Channel Catfish – None
• Flathead Catfish – 5 • Blue Catfish – Only 1 over 30 inches
• Flathead Catfish – None
Check "Public Fishing Waters" special regulations for areas with additional daily and size limits.
For noodling limits, see page 12.
Channel Catfish Blue Catfish Flathead Catfish
• Curved anal fin • Straight anal fin • Tail not forked
• State record: 35 lbs., 15 oz.
• State record: 98 lbs. • State record: 78 lbs., 8 oz.
CRAPPIE
Statewide Daily Limit: Statewide Minimum Size Limit:
• 37 (combined White and/or Black crappie) • None
Check "Public Fishing Waters" special regulations for areas with additional daily and size limits.
Black Crappie White Crappie
• No true pattern to black spots • Distinct vertical bands of blue/gray spots
• 7-8 bony spines in dorsal fin • 5-6 bony spines in dorsal fin
• State record: 4 lbs., 10 oz. • State record: 4 lbs., 15 oz.

Illustrations courtesy of Duane Raver

MEASURING FISH

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When mea sur ng fish, total length is mea sured from the tip of the
snout to the end of the tail, with fish laid flat on a ruler, mouth closed
and tail fin lobes pressed together.

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