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GENERAL FISHING REGULATIONS CLEAN. DRAIN. DRY.

GENERAL FISHING REGULATIONS

FREE FISHING DAYS

June 1-2, 2024
Residents may fish in Oklahoma
on these days without a state fish-
ing license.
Be sure to take someone with you!

GENERAL REGULATIONS swimming area except where an official fish • Use or possess any controlled and/or dan-
cleaning station has been provided or where gerous substance as defined in 63 O.S., Sec-
GAME FISH fish cleaning is specifically authorized. See tion 2-101 on any lands or waterways subject
Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass; rules on Wanton Waste pg. 34. to the control of the Wildlife Department.
black and white crappie; trout; sauger, saug- • Sell, barter or trade fish, frogs or turtles, • Tamper with the trotline, throwline, jugline
eye and walleye; white and striped bass; blue except with a commercial license. or limbline of another person without per-
and channel catfish. Species not listed are • Enter, swim, wade, operate a boat or a float mission from that person.
nongame fish. or floating device in any safety zone (the • Stock aquatic organisms in any public waters
water area below any dam for a distance of including streams, rivers, and lakes without
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO: 50 yards from base of the dam). written consent from the Wildlife Depart-
• Fish without carrying a license (mobile app • Use, operate or park vehicles not registered ment director.
or hardcopy) or written evidence that you for use on public roadways under Vehicle • Possess a fish subject to size limits that has
are exempt. Code 47 O.S. 1971, 15-101 through 15-114, had its head, tail, or skin/scales removed
• Fish upon the land of another without con- on lands owned or managed by the Wildlife while actively engaged in fishing.
sent of the owner, lessee or occupant of Department. • Use at any time in the waters of this state
that land. Anglers must obtain permission • Possess fish, or parts thereof, taken by for taking, catching, capturing or killing any
to enter any posted or occupied land or another person without written informa- game or nongame fish with any of the fol-
land primarily devoted to farming, ranch- tion which includes the taker’s customer ID lowing: any rotenone or other poison, dy-
ing or forestry purposes. Nothing in this number, date taken, and number and kind namite or other explosive, or any electrical
guide shall be interpreted as permitting of fish, plus name and address of person device used for shocking purpose.
fishing or allowing access into any area, receiving those fish. • No resident or nonresident shall have in
public or private, without permission from • Use and/or place into lakes and reservoirs their possession, in the field, more than
the owners or custodian as required by law, of this state any container, including but one (1) daily bag limit listed in 800:10-1-5
this includes lands with rivers and/or creeks not limited to drums, cans, tubs, boxes or and 800:10-1-6. Nonresidents shall not have
flowing through them. Consent is not valid barrels which attract, entice or lure fish into more than two (2) daily bag limits in their
for more than one year, unless the owner, an open cavity within the container. possession at any time other than in the field.
lessee, or occupant grants consent for a
specified period of time.
• Catch fish that are dead or die as a result of
angling from any waters of the state, and not
remove those fish and bury or burn them, • The statewide length limit for black bass allows additional
except nothing will prevent anglers from harvest of smaller bass while protecting larger bass.
returning fish remains, meaning any fish that • The goal of this change is to increase the number of
has been filleted or has had the entrails re- quality-sized bass in Oklahoma lakes. (Doc Hollis,
moved, to lakes and reservoirs (any fish that Texoma, and rivers/streams statewide have different
does not meet length requirements must be regulations. See pages 24-27)
returned to the water immediately). No per-
son may bury or burn any dead fish where • Exemptions will be issued to tournament directors
it will become exposed through erosion or via a free exemption permit.
where that land is at any time subject to
overflow. See rules on Wanton Waste pg. 34. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
• Dispose of dead fish, fish remains, or fish WILDLIFEDEPARTMENT.COM/BLACKBASS
carcasses into waters of this state within
100 yards of a boat ramp, or designated

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