Trout Regulations

License Requirements:

• A resident or nonresident fishing license is re­quired of all persons who take or attempt to take fish, including trout, un­less otherwise exempt.

Method of Taking:

• It is unlawful to take fish from state-designated trout areas dur­ing trout season by any means except one rod and reel (or one pole and line). Closed to snagging.
• Trout caught and placed on a stringer or otherwise held in pos­ses­sion cannot be released later (no culling).
• All trout in possession must be kept on a stringer marked with that angler's customer ID number. All anglers must have their own stringer.

Daily & Size Limits:

• Daily limit is three trout combined in all state-designated trout areas except in portions of the Blue River, the Lower Illinois River and the Lower Mountain Fork River. (See maps and descriptions on Trout Area Information.)
• There is no minimum size limit for rainbow, or brown trout at any state-designated trout area except in portions of the Lower Illinois River and the Lower Mountain Fork River. (See maps and descriptions on Trout Area Information.)

Possession Limit:

No person shall have in their possession in the field more than one daily limit of any trout species. After the first day, no person shall have more than six trout in their possession, except at the Low­er Moun­tain Fork River and Lower Illinois River where the possession limit for brown trout is one. Non­res­i­dents shall not have more than one daily limit of trout upon leaving the state.

Through a collaborative effort between local municipalities and ODWC, a trout season is provided from December through February. 

Regulations include:

• Daily limit of 3 trout per person.
• Only one rod and reel per person.
• No culling (releasing fish caught and kept earlier).
• Bank fishing only. No wading, tubing or boating.
• A state fishing license is required unless exempt.

Check with local municipalities for necessary fishing permits. 

For more information, call (405) 325-7288.

A special trout season in Jenks is provided at Veterans Pond, East 101st Street South and South Elm St., from Dec. 1 through Feb. 28 of the following calendar year.

Regulations during the 3-month season are:

• Only one pole or rod and reel per person.
• Only 3 trout per person per day.
• No culling (releasing fish caught earlier and kept).
• Bank fishing only. No wading, tubing or boating.

For more information call the Jenks Office at (918) 299-2334.