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OutdoorNebraska.gov | 5 Season Dates More Info Hook and Line Year-round Page 8 Paddlefish Archery: June 1 - 30; Snagging: Oct. 1 - 31 Page 18 Underwater spearfishing Game Fish: July 1 - Dec. 31 statewide, except Box Butte Reservoir, private waters, where season is June 1 - Dec. 31; Nongame Fish: year-round Page 17 Surface spearfishing Year-round for nongame fish only Page 17 Archery July 1- Dec. 31 for game fish; Year-round for nongame fish Page 17 Bullfrog Aug. 15 - Oct. 31, east of Hwy. 81; Year-round, west of Hwy. 81 Page 16 Snapping turtle Year-round Page 16 Mussel Year-round, no harvest in any river or stream Page 16 2025 Season Dates New for 2025 Black Bass (largemouth, smallmouth and spotted) – At Frye Lake Wildlife Management Area, there is no minimum length limit, with no more than one fish 18 inches or longer allowed in the five-fish daily bag limit. Also: • At Prairie View Lake, Wagon Train State Recreation Area/WMA, Duck Creek Recreation Area and Prairie Queen Recreation Area, the five-fish bag limit has a protected slot of 15-18 inches, with no more than one fish 18 inches or longer in the five-fish daily bag. • Patriot Park Lake is added to the list of lakes that have a 21-inch minimum length limit, and Pawnee SRA/WMA is removed from the same list. Two Rivers State Recreation Area Trout Lake (Lake No. 5) – Anglers are allowed to practice catch and release on trout if they choose, and the start date when anglers will be allowed to fish the lake without a trout tag is June 1. Channel Catfish – The "one-over" size restriction on fish from the Missouri River is removed. Walleye, Sauger and Saugeye – Branched Oak Lake reverts to statewide restrictions of daily bag limit of four, possession limit of eight and 15-inch minimum length limit, with one over 22 inches or longer allowed in the daily bag. Northern Pike – At Clear Lake, Dewey Lake, Hackberry Lake and Pelican Lake, the three-fish daily bag limit has a protected slot of 24-34 inches, with no more than one fish 34 inches or longer in the bag. Also: • Smith Lake WMA is added to the lakes that have a daily bag limit of 10 pike, of which only three may be over 22 inches and only one of these may be over 34 inches. • Lake Wanahoo reverts to statewide restrictions of daily bag limit of three, possession limit of 10, no minimum length limit and one fish 34 inches or longer allowed in the daily bag. Striped Bass, White Bass and Wiper – The statewide "one-over" size restriction is changed, increasing the length limit to 18 inches or longer in which the daily bag limit may include one fish, in inland waters. Bait – The no-live-baitfish restriction is removed at Lake Wanahoo.

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