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16 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 Baitsh, listed amphibians and craysh may not be sold, except by permit. For commercial purposes (bait dealers, private aquaculturists and nonresident sh dealers), refer to the regulations supplied with your permit. The following regulations apply only to bait obtained for personal use. • It is unlawful to take baitfish, listed amphibians or crayfish from any public lake, reservoir or bayou unless otherwise stated below. • Digging and trapping for bait or any other purpose is prohibited on all state-owned or controlled areas. • It shall be unlawful for any individual or bait dealer to transport away from the river any live fish to be used for bait which has been collected on the Missouri River downstream below Gavins Point Dam to the Kansas border and all other rivers and streams located east of U. S. Hwy. 81 from the South Dakota border to York, north of Interstate 80 from York to Lincoln, and east of U. S. Hwy. 77 from Lincoln to the Kansas border. The use of baitsh seined by anglers from these rivers and streams may only be used at the body of water from which they were captured. • Seining for baitfish, listed amphibians or crayfish is allowed on streams located on state recreation areas (SRA) and wildlife management areas (WMA) unless the stream is listed as closed. BAIT REGULATIONS CATEGORIES OF FISH SPECIES GAME FISH Sport Fish burbot largemouth bass redear sunsh spotted bass all sunsh hybrids channel catfish muskellunge rock bass striped bass American eel chinook salmon northern pike sauger striped bass hybrid (wiper) black crappie cutthroat trout orangespotted sunsh saugeye tiger muskellunge blue catsh flathead catfish paddlesh shovelnose sturgeon walleye bluegill goldeye pumpkinseed skipjack herring white bass brook trout grass pickerel rainbow trout smallmouth bass white crappie brown trout green sunsh Pansh bluegill orangespotted sunsh redear sunsh white crappie all sunsh hybrids green sunsh pumpkinseed rock bass yellow perch black crappie SUNFISH bluegill orangespotted sunsh pumpkinseed redear sunsh all sunsh hybrids green sunsh Commercial Fish black bullhead freshwater drum yellow perch Baitsh * devil craysh goldsh red shiner suckermouth minnow alewife emerald shiner longnose dace * ringed craysh * barred salamander bigmouth shiner fathead minnow * northern craysh river shiner white sucker brassy minnow gizzard shad * papershell craysh sand shiner * amphibians and crustaceans covered under baitsh regulations creek chub golden shiner plains killsh stoneroller THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES Illegal to possess: nscale dace northern redbelly dace pearl dace Topeka shiner blacknose shiner lake sturgeon pallid sturgeon sturgeon chub NONGAME FISH Includes all species not on any of the above lists.