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Trout (Brown, Brook, Cutthroat, Rainbow, Tiger, Cutbow)
Location Length Limit Bag Possession
Brook and Cutthroat Trout
Statewide No minimum; One 12 inches or longer 2 4
Brown Trout
Statewide No minimum; One 16 inches or longer 5 10
Rainbow, Tiger and Cutbow Trout
Statewide No minimum; One 16 inches or longer 5 12
EXCEPTION:
Sutherland Supply Canal No minimum 5 12
Two Rivers SRA Trout Lake No minimum 4 per tag; up to 3 tags per day 12
Soldier Creek Wilderness Area: Wood Reserve ponds, Soldier
Creek middle and south forks
No minimum; One 16 inches or longer 2 (one may be 16 inches or
longer)
See above for statewide
limits by species
Brook Trout Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Tiger Trout
Cutthroat Trout
Cutbow Trout
Black Bass (Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted)
Location Species Length Limit Bag Possession
Inland Waters and DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Snyder Bend and
Lake Yankton
Black Bass 15-inch minimum; One 21 inches or
longer
5 in aggregate 10 in aggregate
EXCEPTIONS:
Selected areas listed in Public Fishing Areas section and on private
waters leased in Open Fields and Waters and PATH Fishing programs
Black Bass 21-inch minimum 1 10
Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa/Missouri Black Bass 12-inch minimum; One 21 inches or
longer
5 10
Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota, including Lewis
and Clark Lake
Black Bass No minimum; One 21 inches or longer 5 10
Frye Lake WMA Black Bass No minimum; One 18 inches or longer 5 10
Prairie View Lake, Wagon Train SRA/WMA, Duck Creek Rec Area, Prairie
Queen Rec Area
Black Bass 15- to 18-inch protected slot (no
harvest); One 18 inches or longer
5 10
Nebraska Public Power District Canal from Sutherland Reservoir outlet
to confluence with South Platte River, including Lake Maloney
Smallmouth Bass No minimum; One 15 inches or longer 5
a
10
b
Big Elk Lake, Portal Lake, Marlin Petermann Recreation Area Smallmouth Bass 12-inch maximum 2
a
10
b
a
still included in aggregate black bass bag limit (5 fish)
b
still included in aggregate black bass possession limit (10 fish)
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Spotted Bass
