Trout; Your states length limit ? (Minimum)

[sturdavj]

In Oregon the minimum length for trout is 8 inches; only 1 trout over 20 inches can be taken daily. With a daily limit of five fish per day, restricted to 2 limits in procession.

I understand that some of you fishermen use bigger fish than this for bait, but I am curious what limits might the rest of you folks have to contend with.

 

[Starcraftguy1]

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Arizona 6 fish per day,12 in pocession, 6" minimum size.For the state waters.Then they have native native Indian trout, Apache Trout 2 is the limit.Then Lee's Ferry fishery 2 per day,but they are monsters,never seen one under a foot,and caught them Rainbows 26".

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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General fishing regulations in Vermont do not specify a length limit, but some waters do have length restrictions. General fishing regulations have daily bag limits, with specific waters having variants on sizes and quanitities or combined catches of different species.

 

[rolmops]

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In NY state the regulations guide has 125 pages.there are different rules for different waters.
All in all this has resulted in very good sports fishing, with Lake Ontario rainbows/steelhead weighing in at over 30 pounds.
The minimum size for muskies is 54 inches.

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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Just thinking about length restrictions, and I felt the need to soap-box a little. Length controls are a good idea but my observations tell me they are a "catch 22" of sorts. Some anglers (many?) treat fish roughly and abuse the resource with repeated limit catches.

One of my favorite waters is Lake Carmi, a lake that depends on natural propogation for its walleye population. There is a 15" minimum, and a protected "slot" from 17"-19" to foster good spawning populations. I watch many boaters calously releasing "slotties" with obvious irritation, like they are a nuisance. Of course everyone likes to catch the 22's and bigger fish- it's fun! But don't they realize if you kill out the (numerous) slotties with rough releases you wind up with fewer that are both spawning AND growing to 6-pounders?

Hooking mortality on trout is pretty high compared to Pike, Bass, and even Walleye. Lure fisherman like myself and fly fisherman are probably a lot less of an impact on a fishery than worm fisherman. Many "floaters" we see look like they have been gut hooked, often with ripped-out gills.

I release a lot of fish, but I harvest many as well. I like eating fish. The majority are released, however, and I wouldn't release any fish if I didn't think I could catch them again some day. I get irritated when I see other boats around me handling fish roughly. Length controls are a great management tool, but I wish there was some way of controlling the yahoos.

 

[sturdavj]

Re: Trout; Your states length limit ? (Minimum)

Where are all the fishermen?

How about it Guy's does size matter ?

 

[airframer]

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12'' for specs down here

 

[idrownworms]

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this is from Indiana's handbook

5 singly or in aggregate for all trout. 7 inches*

Lakes: No closed season for taking trout

No more than 3 may be lake trout.

 

[bskye85]

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In Maine its 6in on brookies, 10 on browns, and 18 on all lake trouts(including touge)

 

[sturdavj]

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18" min on lake Trout, man there must be some nice fish up there

 

[dooma_Flatchy]

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There is no size limit for Trout in Alabama with a limit of 5.. If you can catch 5 trout in Alabama on public waters in a year you are doing something.

 

[Grandv8]

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no length limit here as for minimum, well as a whole there are many trophy waters were minimums apply usually 15 inch plus. tiger muskellunge there is a 48 inch minimum... so there you go

 

[mik1947]

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With the exception of a few trophy designated streams, and deep mountain lakes there is no minimum limit in Georgia. Yes, I said Georgia! We have some excellent trout fishing in the tailraces below dams and also some excellent small stream fishing in the North Georgia mountains!

 

[MudSkunk]

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Hooking mortality on trout is pretty high compared to Pike, Bass, and even Walleye. Lure fisherman like myself and fly fisherman are probably a lot less of an impact on a fishery than worm fisherman. Many "floaters" we see look like they have been gut hooked, often with ripped-out gills.

i primarily fish for catfish but i do catch the pike, muskie, bass, walleye. when i catch those depending on how long it is has been and how i feel about having a different fish added to the fryer i will keep a legal sized one now and then usually when they are gut hooked. mouth hooked fish of those type i turn loose. im not a fan of walleye as they are difficult to clean compaired to a catfish and i dont think they taste as good as a nice 1-3 pound channel cat. every now and tehn i catcha river trout and toss those back as well. if the fish is undersized or not a legal length and it is gut hooked i just snipe my leader as far down as i can and let the fish keep the hook. the only chance a fish has to survive a guthook or a gill hooking is to cut the hook loose and leave it in the fish to disolve away.

 

[pontoonokie]

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Oklahoma reg..
DAILY & SIZE LIMITS:

? Daily limit is six (6) rainbow trout in all state designated trout areas except in portions of the Blue River, the Lower Illinois River and the Lower Mt. Fork River.

? There is no minimum size limit for rainbow trout at any state designated trout area except in portions of the Lower Illinois River and the Lower Mt. Fork River.

? Daily limit for brown trout is six (6) with no minimum size limit, except at the Lower Mountain Fork River and Lower Illinois River where the daily limit is one (1); size limit: 20-inch minimum, with a possession limit of two (2) after the first day.

POSSESSION LIMIT: No person shall have in their possession in the field more than one (1) daily limit of any trout species. After the first day, no person shall have more than 12 rainbow trout and 12 brown trout in their possession, except at the Lower Mountain Fork River and Lower Illinois River where the possession limit for brown trout is two (2). Nonresidents shall not have more than two (2) day?s limit of any trout species upon leaving the state.

 

[fishon13]

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With the exception of a few trophy designated streams, and deep mountain lakes there is no minimum limit in Georgia. Yes, I said Georgia! We have some excellent trout fishing in the tailraces below dams and also some excellent small stream fishing in the North Georgia mountains!

I live in Western NC just above the hills in georgia The min on state stocked streams is 7" in unstocked there is no limit as for me I would rather catch large trout for catch and release if I'm planing on eating about 5" to 7" is great. Limit is 7 per day.

 

[Huron Angler]

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Here in Michigan there is quite the range depending on where you are fishing. Brook Trout 8"-15"(7" in upper peninsula streams)
Lake Trout 8"-15" some places 22"-24" minimum in parts of Lake Superior/streams
Brown, Rainbow, Splake 8"-15"
Atlantic Salmon 10"-15"(15" in streams)
Coho, Chinook, Pink Salmon 10"

Also Michigan changed the rules from 2 poles maximum per person to 3
Limits for Salmon went up to 5 per person from 3 as well

Too bad if you eat 5 wild caught fish per day you will likely have medical issues from mercury, PCB or dioxin poisening depending on the location

 

[Bob1958]

Re: Trout; Your states length limit ? (Minimum)

In NY state the regulations guide has 125 pages.there are different rules for different waters.
All in all this has resulted in very good sports fishing, with Lake Ontario rainbows/steelhead weighing in at over 30 pounds.
The minimum size for muskies is 54 inches.

Most stream fishing for browns/brookies/rainbows has a 10 per day limit with no size limit. Years ago there was a size limit but it resulted in too many fish that died when released due to deep hooking or lactic acid shock.

Trout fishing in New York is tremendous....so many places to go, it would take a lifetime to try them all. Before acid rain, the Adirondacks had abundant trout in just about every body of water. We've lost quite a few good spots, but it doesn't seem to have gotten any worse the last 10 years.