Creel and Possession Limits

Species

Daily Creel Limit

Minimum Size

PossessionLimit

*Special Regulations

BLACK BASS

Smallmouth, Largemouth, and Spotted

6* (in any

combination)

None*

12* (in any

combination)

Jennings Randolph Lake: See Maryland Fishing Regulations. See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations.

TROUT

Rainbow, Golden Rainbow, Brook, Tiger and Brown

6* (in any

combination)

None

12* (in any

combination)

Jennings Randolph Lake: See Maryland Fishing Regulations. See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations.

MUSKELLUNGE

1*

30 inches*

2*

See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations.

TIGER MUSKY

1*

30 inches*

2*

NORTHERN PIKE

1

30 inches*

2*

Jennings Randolph Lake: See Maryland Fishing Regulations.

CHAIN PICKEREL

1

None

2

HYBRID STRIPED BASS

30* (inany

combination)

no more than four fish greater than 15 inches

30

Statewide, except in designated special regulations waters

STRIPED BASS WHITE BASS

4*

15 inches*

4*

Beech Fork, Bluestone, Mt. Storm and R.D. Bailey lakes and the Kanawha River (from confluence of New and Gauley rivers downstream to the Buffalo Bridge)

0

0

0

Rollins Lake: all hybrid striped bass, striped bass and white bass must be returned to the water immediately.

PADDLEFISH

0

0

0

All fish must be returned to the water immediately.

SHOVELNOSE STURGEON

LAKE STURGEON

SAUGER

Lakes - 8* Rivers - 10* (in any combination)

None*

Lakes - 16* Rivers - 20 (in any combination)

Ohio River: 6-fish daily creel in aggregate for walleye, sauger, and saugeye. Only 2 of the 6 fish can be walleye and must be a minimum of 18 inches in length.

SAUGEYE

WALLEYE

8*

None*

16*

Jennings Randolph Lake: See Maryland Fishing Regulations. See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations.

BLUE CATFISH

2*

24 inches*

No limit*

Statewide. See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations.

CHANNEL CATFISH

4*

None

16*

In state-managed impoundments (See Public Fishing Lakes andPonds Chart, pages 18-19): Daily creel limit 4, possession limit 16. On Mt. Storm, Stonecoal, Cheat, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes and all rivers and streams the daily limit is 30 and possession limit is 60.

Potomac River: See Maryland Fishing Regulations.

FLATHEAD CATFISH

30*

*

60*

See Special Area Regulations for regulations on flatheadcatfish.

YELLOW PERCH

30*

None

60

Cheat Lake: Daily creel limit 15

ALL OTHER GAME FISH

(A complete list of gamefish is on the back cover of the regulations.)

30*

None*

60

In West Virginia: This limit is for black and white crappie in aggregate, bluegill and all other sunfish in aggregate, and any other game fish not listed separately on this page.

See Special Area Regulations for additional regulations on sunfish.

Jennings Randolph Lake: See Maryland Fishing Regulations.

FROGS

Green and Bull

10

None

20