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Panfish (Sunfish and their hybrids as seen above)
Location Species Length Limits Bag Possession
Statewide Panfish No minimum
15 in aggregate 30 in aggregate
EXCEPTIONS:
Pelican Lake FWS, Blue Lake FWS, Duck Lake FWS, Island Lake
FWS, Smith Lake FWS, Frye Lake WMA, Smith Lake WMA
Bluegill No minimum; One 9 inches or longer
15
a 30
b
Flanagan Lake Bluegill,
Redear Sunfish
8-inch maximum
15
a 30
b
Crappie 10-inch maximum
15
a 30
b
Branched Oak Lake, Czechland Lake, Sherman Reservoir Crappie 10-inch minimum
15
a 30
b
Rat and Beaver Lake WMA, Home Valley Lake, Blue Lake FWS, Island
Lake FWS, Smith Lake FWS, Frye Lake WMA, Smith Lake WMA
Yellow Perch No minimum; Only five can be 10 inches or
longer and only one of those can be 12
inches or longer
15
a 30
b
Big Elk Lake, Portal Lake, Marlin Petermann Recreation Area Yellow Perch No minimum
5
a 30
b
Missouri River border waters of Nebraska and South Dakota,
including Lewis and Clark Lake and Lake Yankton
Crappie, Yellow
Perch, Rock
Bass, Sunfish
No minimum
15
c
30
b
a still included in aggregate panfish bag limit (15 fish)
b
still included in aggregate panfish possession limit (30 fish)
c
only 30 total fish allowed among the four species groups to abide by statewide possession limit of 30 total panfish in aggregate
Green Sunfish
Pumpkinseed
Bluegill
Orangespotted Sunfish
Rock Bass
Black Crappie
Hybrid Bluegill x Green Sunfish
Redear Sunfish
White Crappie
Yellow Perch
Striped Bass, White Bass, Striped Bass Hybrid (Wiper)
Location Length Limit Bag Possession
Inland Waters No minimum; One 18 inches or longer 15 30
Missouri River Waters No minimum 15 30
EXCEPTIONS:
Elwood Reservoir, Willow Creek Reservoir No minimum; One 18 inches or longer 3 30
Branched Oak, Zorinsky Lake Catch and release 0 0
Striped Bass
White Bass
Striped Bass Hybrid (Wiper)
