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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. Noodling size and daily limits are the same as
statewide limits for all methods.

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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