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OutdoorNebraska.org | 17 Exportation – Up to 100 legally captured baitfish and/or listed amphibians may be exported by a resident for personal use for fishing outside the state if allowed by the destination state. Licensed aquaculturists may transport an unlimited number of baitfish that have been artificially propagated in manmade impoundments out of state if allowed by the destination state. Baits and Scents – Cutbait is legal if the fish used has been legally acquired and the size, bag and possession limits for that species and body of water have been followed. It also is legal to chum for fish using nonharmful baits. Anise oil and other scents that do not stun, kill or harm fish are permitted. Leopard Frogs and Barred (formerly tiger) Salamanders – All regulations that cover the legal use of baitfish also apply to these species. Leopard frogs can only be collected for individual use, not commercial use. Crayfish – There is no daily possession limit on crayfish. Anyone over the age of 16 must have a bait dealer's license in order to sell crayfish. Crayfish may be captured by hook and line, by hand or by legal fish nets and traps as described below. No permit is needed to collect for personal use. Fish Nets and Traps – The possession or use of nets, traps and electrical gear capable of stunning fish is prohibited except for the following: • Baitfish seines of one-fourth inch nonmetallic square mesh only and not more than 20 feet long and four feet deep. • Baitfish dip nets of one-fourth inch, nonmetallic square mesh. Neither length nor width may exceed 36 inches. CATEGORIES OF FISH SPECIES GAME FISH Sport Fish: • all sunfish hybrids • American eel • black crappie • blue catfish • bluegill • brook trout • brown trout • burbot • channel catfish • chinook salmon • cutthroat trout • flathead catfish • goldeye • grass pickerel • green sunfish • largemouth bass • muskellunge • northern pike • orangespotted sunfish • paddlefish • pumpkinseed • rainbow trout • redear sunfish • rock bass • sauger • saugeye • shovelnose sturgeon • skipjack herring • smallmouth bass • spotted bass • striped bass • striped bass hybrid (wiper) • tiger muskellunge • tiger trout • walleye • white bass • white crappie Panfish: • all sunfish hybrids • black crappie • bluegill • green sunfish • hybrid crappie • orangespotted sunfish • pumpkinseed • redear sunfish • rock bass • white crappie • yellow perch Sunfish: • all sunfish hybrids • bluegill • green sunfish • orangespotted sunfish • pumpkinseed • redear sunfish Commercial Fish: • black bullhead • freshwater drum • yellow perch Baitfish: • alewife • bigmouth shiner • brassy minnow • creek chub • devil crayfish* • emerald shiner • fathead minnow • gizzard shad • golden shiner • goldfish • longnose dace • northern crayfish* • papershell crayfish* • plains killifish • red shiner • ringed crayfish* • river shiner • sand shiner • stoneroller • suckermouth minnow • barred salamander* • white sucker * covered under baitfish regulations THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES Illegal to possess: • blacknose shiner • finscale dace • lake sturgeon • northern redbelly dace • pallid sturgeon • pearl dace • sturgeon chub • Topeka shiner NONGAME FISH Includes all species not on any of the above lists.

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