1501:31-13-08 Fish daily bag limits: protected species.

 

 

 

1501:31-13-08             Fish daily bag limits: protected species.

 

 

 

(A)   Throughout the state it shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than six saugeyes, six sauger, or six walleyes, singly or in the aggregate in any one day while on of any stream, river or other body of water where fishing therein requires the licenses set forth in section 1533.32 of the Revised Code; excepting therefrom the "lake Erie sport fishing district" in accordance with rule 1501:31-13-14 of the Administrative Code. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than ten saugeyes, ten walleyes, or ten sauger singly or in the aggregate in the Ohio river zone in accordance with the rule 1501:31-13-11 of the Administrative Code.

 

(B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than: one muskellunge, or one tiger muskellunge, singly or in the aggregate; or five black bass, including smallmouth, largemouth, or Kentucky spotted bass, singly or in the aggregate in any one day statewide, except in the Ohio River zone and Pymatuning lake in accordance with rule 1501:31-13-11 and paragraph (Q) of rule 1501:31-13-07 of the Administrative Code.

 

(C)   The possession limits set forth in paragraphs (A), (B) and (L) of this rule shall not apply to such fish when transported on a commercial ferry boat in lake Erie.

 

(D)   It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess blue pike or sturgeon from lake Erie or any of its tributaries.

 

(E)    It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess white amur or grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) from waters owned, leased, or controlled by the division of wildlife.

 

(F)   It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess singly or in the aggregate more than five rainbow or steelhead trout, lake trout, brown trout, golden trout, coho, chinook, or pink salmon daily, from any waters in this state; excepting therefrom these areas listed in paragraph (H)(1) of rule 1501:31-13-01 of the Administrative Code. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than two trout or salmon species (as listed in this paragraph) in lake Erie and its tributaries from September first through May fifteenth.

 

(G)    It shall be unlawful for any person to take coho, chinook, or pink salmon by any means other than hook and line.

 

(H)   It shall be unlawful for any person to seine or take bait in King's creek between the bridge on county road no. 223 and the Mad river.

 

 

 

 

(I)   It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a fish in any form or condition other than in the round while on or when unloading the fish from a boat, or while fishing from shore on any waters in this state where a fishing license is required. Provided further, it shall be unlawful lawful to possess or transport a fish unless the fish is in the round or complete fillet with skin attached until a person reaches their permanent residence. Frozen fish must be transported in such a way the fillets can be easily identified and counted. It shall be lawful to possess fish in the whole or as a fillet with the skin attached while returning from the lake Erie islands on a commercial ferry boat.

(J)    It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than forty yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in any one day statewide, except in the eastern and western fishing units of the Ohio river, in accordance with the rule 1501:31-13-11 of the Administrative Code, Pymatuning lake, in accordance with paragraph (Q) of rule 1501:31-13-07, and the lake Erie sport fishing district, in accordance with rule 1501:31-13-14 of the Administrative Code.

(K)   It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than six channel catfish in any one day from any public waters of the state of Ohio less than seven hundred acres.

(L)   It shall be unlawful for any person to possess more than one channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in excess of twenty-eight inches, and one flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris) in excess of thirty-five inches, and one blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) in excess of thirty-five inches in any one day statewide from any waters in the state wherein an Ohio fishing license is required by section 1533.32 of the Revised Code, except Pymatuning lake in accordance with paragraph (Q) of rule 1501:31-13-07 of the Administrative Code.

(M)    It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than ten sunfish in the aggregate in any one day from each of the following areas:

St. Joseph river wildlife area Oxbow lake wildlife area Killdeer Plains wildlife area

(N)    It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than ten crappie in the aggregate in any one day from each of the following areas:

St. Joseph river wildlife area

Oxbow lake wildlife area Killdeer Plains wildlife area

(O)   It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than thirty crappie in the aggregate in any one day from each of the following areas:

Acton lake in Butler and Preble counties Alum Creek lake in Delaware county

Atwood lake in Carroll and Tuscarawas counties Berlin lake in Stark, Mahoning and Portage counties Buckeye lake in Licking, Fairfield and Perry counties

Caesar Creek lake in Clinton, Green and Warren counties

C.J. Brown reservoir in Clark county

Clear Fork reservoir in Richland and Morrow counties Clendening lake in Harrison county

Deer Creek lake in Fayette and Pickaway counties

Delaware lake in Delaware county, including the Olentangy river in Marion county upstream to the Waldo dam and Whetstone creek upstream to state route 229

Dillon lake in Muskingum county East Fork lake in Clermont county Ferguson lake in Allen county

Grand Lake St. Marys in Auglaize and Mercer counties Griggs reservoir in Franklin county

Hargus lake in Pickaway county

Hoover reservoir in Franklin and Delaware counties Indian lake in Logan county

Kiser lake Champaign county Knox lake in Knox county

Lake Loramie in Auglaize and Shelby counties Milton lake Mahoning county

Leesville lake in Carroll county Madison lake in Madison county

Mahoning river between Berlin lake and Lake Milton in Mahoning and Portage counties

Mahoning river from the dam at lake Milton to West Mahoning/Trumbull County Line Road

Metzger reservoir in Allen county Mosquito lake in Trumbull county Nimisila lake in Summit county

O'Shaughnessy reservoir in Delaware county

Portage lakes - East, Long, North, Turkeyfoot, West in Summit county Paint Creek lake in Highland and Ross counties

Piedmont lake in Guernsey, Harrison and Belmont counties Pleasant Hill lake in Richland and Ashland counties

Rocky Fork lake in Highland county

Rush Creek lake in Fairfield and Perry counties Salt Fork lake in Guernsey county

Seneca lake in Guernsey and Noble counties Springfield lake in Summit county

Tappan lake in Harrison county

Veterans Memorial reservoir in Hancock county

West Branch reservoir in Portage county

(P)   It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than four hybrid striped bass per day from East Fork lake.

(Q)    It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than one striped bass per day from Seneca lake in Guernsey and Noble counties and Kiser lake in Champaign county.

(R)   All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.

Effective:                                                     01/01/2012

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         02/04/2011 and 01/01/2017

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

12/02/2011

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10

Rule Amplifies:                                  1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10

Prior Effective Dates:                         2/5/77, 6/1/79, 3/1/80, 1/25/82, 11/12/82, 6/1/84,

3/1/85(Emer), 6/1/85, 6/1/86, 6/1/87, 6/1/88, 3/1/89,

3/1/91, 7/31/95, 1/2/96, 11/20/96, 3/1/98, 3/1/00,

3/0/01, 2/1/02, 3/1/04, 5/27/05 03/01/2006, 6/1/88,

3/1/89, 3/1/91, 7/31/95, 1/2/96, 11/20/96, 3/1/98,

3/1/00, 3/0/01, 2/1/02, 3/1/04, 3/1/06, 4/10/07 (Emer),

7/1/07, 7/1/08, 11/24/08, 7/1/2009, 11/27/2009