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OutdoorNebraska.org | 11 Possession Limit – The total number of fish that a person may possess in portable coolers, home freezers, registered in his/her name in a commercial cold storage locker, or in any way under their control. Fish or aquatic animals placed in public storage or transferred must be labeled with the owner's name, address, phone number, date of birth, signature, date taken, species and numbers, and the name of recipient, if transferred. How to Measure a Fish – Lay the fish on its side with its mouth closed and the tail lobes pressed together. With a yardstick or tape measure under the fish, measure the length from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Do not follow the contour of the fish. Minimum Length Limit – A fish must be equal to or longer than the defined length to be legally harvested. Maximum Length Limit – A fish must be shorter than the defined length to be legally harvested. Protected Slot Limit – A range of lengths of a particular species that may not be harvested legally. For instance, a 28- to 34-inch protected slot limit on northern pike means that only northern pike less than 28 inches in length or greater than 34 inches may be harvested. SPECIAL DAILY BAG LIMITS Species Limits Trout • Two fish daily bag limit on the Soldier Creek Wilderness Area, including the Wood Reserve ponds and the middle and south forks of Soldier Creek • Four fish allowed per tag, up to three tags allowed per day at Two Rivers SRA Trout Lake Striped bass, White bass, Wiper Daily bag limit of three (no more than one longer than 16 inches) at: • Elwood Reservoir • Wagon Train Reservoir • Willow Creek Reservoir Northern pike Daily bag limit of 10 (only three can be over 22 inches in length and only one of those can be over 34 inches in length) at: • Box Butte Reservoir Daily bag limit of 10 at: • Lake Minatare Channel catfish Daily bag limit of 10 at: • Rivers, streams and canals • Gallagher Canyon Reservoir • Jeffrey Reservoir • Johnson Lake • Lake Babcock • Lake Maloney • Lake North • Lewis and Clark Lake • Midway Canyon Reservoir • Phillips Canyon Reservoir • Plum Creek Canyon Reservoir • Sutherland Reservoir CATCH-AND-RELEASE ONLY Species Water Body Striped bass, white bass and wiper • Branched Oak Lake Northern pike • Lake Wanahoo Channel and blue catfish • Fort Kearny SRA No. 2 • Two Rivers SRA Nos. 3 & 4 • Wildwood Lake • Windmill SRA No. 3 Flathead catfish Branched Oak Lake All species • West Brady • East Hershey • Kea West • Jenny Newman Pond

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