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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
Walleye, Sauger, Saugeye
Location Length Limit Bag Possession
Inland Waters 15-inch minimum; One 22 inches or longer 4 8
EXCEPTIONS:
Elwood Reservoir, Harlan County Lake (including
Republican River upstream to Hwy. 89 bridge west of
Orleans), Merritt Reservoir
One from 15 to 18 inches and three longer than 18 inches OR four longer than 18
inches; No more than one 22 inches or longer
4 8
Calamus Reservoir Two from 15 to 18 inches; Two over 18 inches; No more than one 22 inches or longer 4 8
Sherman Reservoir 20- to 28-inch protected slot (no harvest); Two between 15 inches and not greater
than 20 inches; One longer than 28 inches
3 8
Missouri River waters – upstream of Gavins Point Dam
(Lewis and Clark Lake and portion of river upstream to
Neb./S.D. border); DeSoto Bend NWR
15-inch minimum 4 8
Missouri River waters – downstream of Gavins Point Dam No minimum 4 8
Walleye
Saugeye
Sauger
