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IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ...
• borrow or use the permit of another or lend your permit to another
• leave dead fish or any part of one on the banks or in the water of any stream, lake or other
body of water
• fish on any private land without landowner permission
• release into public waters of the state any fish that did not originate from that body of
water, including the dumping of bait buckets.
Catfish (Blue, Channel and Flathead)
Location Length Limit Bag Possession
Blue Catfish
Statewide No minimum 1 2
EXCEPTION:
Fort Kearny SRA No. 2, Two Rivers SRA Nos. 3 and 4,
Wildwood Lake, Windmill SRA No. 3
Catch and release 0 0
Channel Catfish
Inland Waters No minimum;
One 30 inches or longer
see
below
20
EXCEPTION:
Standing Water (reservoirs, lakes, ponds and pits) No minimum;
One 30 inches or longer
5 20
Flowing Water (rivers, streams and canals), including
the Republican River upstream of Hwy. 89 bridge west
of Orleans, North Platte River west of Hwy. 26 bridge,
and Jeffrey Reservoir, Lake Babcock, Lake North,
Midway Canyon Reservoir, Plum Creek Canyon
Reservoir, Gallagher Canyon Reservoir, Johnson Lake,
Lake Maloney, Lewis and Clark Lake, Phillips Canyon
Reservoir, Sutherland Reservoir
No minimum;
One 30 inches or longer
10 20
Missouri River waters No minimum 10 20
Fort Kearny SRA No. 2, Two Rivers SRA Nos. 3 and 4,
Wildwood Lake, Windmill SRA No. 3
Catch and release 0 0
Flathead Catfish
Statewide No minimum;
One 30 inches or longer
5 10
EXCEPTION:
Branched Oak Lake Catch and release 0 0
Blue Catfish Channel Catfish Flathead Catfish
