STATEWIDE CREEL LIMITS

STATEWIDE CREEL LIMITS. A. The following rules and regulations relative to sport fishing are adopted: 1. Statewide creel limits (per person, per day) on game and sport fish are as follows: Species Creel Per Day Black Bass (combined largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass) Sauger Walleye Striped Bass and Hybrids with 15” minimum size Crappie (combined black and white) Bream (combined bluegill, redear and other sunfish) Alligator Gar Paddlefish – must be less than 30” a. On all waters, excluding private ponds and lakes, not listed in this Rule or in 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 3, Rule 2.2, statewide creel and length limits apply. b. There is no daily creel limit for any game and sport fish species not listed above. 2. Creel limits for black bass, bream, crappie, striped bass, and striped bass hybrids in waters touched by the state boundary (border waters) shall be that of the adjacent state, or the Mississippi limit, whichever is greater. 3. Harvest and possession of walleye is prohibited in the Old Tombigbee River and its tributaries north of Hwy 278 (Monroe, Itawamba and Prentiss Counties). 4. Paddlefish greater than 30” must be immediately released when caught sport fishing in Mississippi. No paddlefish harvest is allowed in the Tenn-Tom Waterway, Tombigbee River or its tributaries and Pickwick Lake. 5. No Alligator Gar harvest is allowed on Bee Lake in Holmes County. 6. Violation of any of the Mississippi state laws or state regulations pertaining to paddlefish will be considered a Class I offense as specified in Section 49-7-90 of the Mississippi State Code of 1972 as amended. 7. Harvest and possession of all sturgeon species (Alabama, Atlantic, Pallid and Shovelnose) are prohibited in all Mississippi waters. B. The correct method for measuring fish and the definitions for length limits are as follows: 1. Correct Method for Measuring Fish Length a. Fish measurements (excluding Paddlefish) for length limit regulations shall be taken with the total length being measured using a flat board with fish mouth closed and tail squeezed together to give the maximum over-all measurement. b. Paddlefish are measured from the front of the eye to the fork of the tail. 2. Minimum Length Limit (MLL) a. All fish less than the regulated size length in inches must be returned to the water immediately after capture and may not be in possession on the designated waters. b. All fish equal to or over the minimum length limit in total length may be kept not to exceed the legal daily creel limit. 3. Maximum Length Limit (MAXLL) a. All fish on or more than the regulated size length in inches must be returned to the water immediately after capture and may not be in possession on the designated waters. b. All fish under the maximum length limit in total length may be kept not to exceed the legal daily creel limit. 4. Slot Length Limit (SLL) a. All fish on or between the designated range of lengths in inches must be returned to the water immediately upon capture and may not be in possession on the designated waters. b. All fish shorter than the lowest length limit and all fish longer than the highest length limit may be kept not to exceed the legal daily creel limit. 5. Additional regulations: a. All freshwater game fish must remain intact (with head, tail, skin and scales) while fishing lakes or waters having an established MDWFP length/slot limit in Mississippi. b. For Grenada, Enid, Sardis, and Arkabulta lakes, fish may only be cleaned at designated fish cleaning stations if available. Fish may not be cleaned while on the water or in the parking lot. C. Crappie Length and Creel Limits 1. Until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following length and creel limit regulations shall be in effect for crappie (combined black and white crappie): Length Creel Lake County Limit Limit Arkabutla Lake Tate, Desoto 12” MLL Charlie Capps WMA lake Bolivar None Eagle Lake Warren; includes channel to Muddy Bayou water control structure 11” MLL Enid Lake Yalobusha, Lafayette, Panola 12” MLL Elvis Presley Lake Lee None Grenada Lake Grenada, Calhoun, Yalobusha 12” MLL Horseshoe Lake Holmes 11” MLL Lake Okhissa Franklin 10” MLL Lake Washington Washington 11” MLL Lake Monroe Monroe None Lake Mary Crawford Lawrence None Choctaw Lake Choctaw 12” MLL Moon Lake (includes part east of Hwy 1) Coahoma 10” MLL Pickwick & Tenn-Tom Waterway, including all tributaries Pickwick Lake to Aliceville Lock & Dam 9” MLL Percy Quin State Park Pike None Sardis Lake Lafayette, Marshall, Panola 12” MLL Spillways of Arkabutla To Prichard Road Bridge None Enid To I-55 Grenada To Hwy. 51 Sardis & Sardis Lower Lake To Spaulding Creek Simpson County Lake Simpson None 2. Each person with a valid sport fishing license or those exempt under 49-7-5 may fish no more than four (4) poles or rods with two (2) hooks or lures per pole while fishing on Sardis, Grenada, Arkabutla, and Enid Lakes. 3. The aggregate daily boat creel limit for all species of crappies (white crappie, black crappie and their hybrids) for boats with 3 or more licensed or exempt anglers shall be 25 legal crappie per boat on Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada Lakes. 4. For Lake Washington in Washington County -- the possession of crappie (white crappie, black crappie and their hybrids) under 11 inches while in Paul Love Park or on the weir is prohibited. D. Black Bass Length and Creel Limits 1. Until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following length and creel limit regulations shall be in effect for black bass (combined largemouth, spotted and smallmouth): Lake County Length Limit Creel Limit Aberdeen Lake Monroe 14”MLL Bee Lake Holmes None Charlie Capps WMA lake Bolivar None Columbus Lake Lowndes, Monroe, Clay 14”MLL Choctaw Lake Choctaw 16-20” SLL 10 (1 over 20”) Davis Lake Chickasaw 18-22”SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Eagle Lake Warren; includes channel to Muddy Bayou water control structure 16”MLL Elvis Presley Lake Lee 16-22” SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Horseshoe Lake Holmes None Lake Bill Waller Marion 18-24” SLL 10 (1 over 24”) Lake Bogue Homa Jones 15” MLL Lake Jackson Washington None Lake Mary Crawford Lawrence 16-22” SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Lake Monroe Monroe 18-24” SLL 10 (1 over 24”) Lake Okhissa Franklin 18-22”SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Lake Washington Washington 15” MLL Leroy Percy State Park Washington None Moon Lake Coahoma (includes east of Hwy 1) None Natchez State Park Adams 18-22”SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Pascagoula River George and Jackson Co. Merrill, MS to Hwy 90 Bridge includes all connected oxbow lakes and the East and West Pascagoula Rivers and all water areas in between the two said rivers 12” MLL Percy Quin State Park Pike 16-22”SLL 10 (1 over 22”) Pickwick Lake Tishomingo 15”MLL RecCon Lake Bolivar None Ross Barnett Reservoir Madison, Rankin, Leake, Hinds, Scott 14” MLL Simpson County lake Simpson 18-24” SLL 10 (1 over 24”) Wolf/Broad Lake Yazoo, Humphreys 12” MLL 2. For Lake Washington in Washington County -- the possession of black bass under 15 inches while in Paul Love Park or on the weir is prohibited. E. Catfish Creel and Length Limits 1. Until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following creel limit regulations shall be in effect for catfish: Lake County Length Limit Creel Limit Choctaw Lake Choctaw None Lake Okhissa Franklin None ReCon Lake Bolivar None All MDWFP State Fishing and Park Lakes Statewide None 2. The length limit on catfish (blue, channel and flathead) shall be no more than 1 catfish over 34 inches per person on reciprocated waters with AL and TN. There is no creel limit on catfish. F. Bluegill and Redear Creel and Length Limits: Until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following creel limit regulations shall be in effect for Bluegill and Redear: Lake County Length Limit Creel Limit Choctaw Lake Choctaw None Lake Okhissa Franklin None Elvis Presley Lake Lee None Simpson County Lake Simpson None G. Be it further ordered that in addition to statewide regulations, persons fishing in the Pearl River from the Ross Barnett Reservoir dam to the City of Jackson water intake may take only one Striped Bass or Hybrid Striped Bass over 24 inches. H. No person shall take in any one calendar day, more than the daily creel or bag limit of fish. No person shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, transport more than seven (7) daily creel or bag limits of fish for each qualified angler present in the vehicle. A single angler may only transport his or her own limit(s) of fish, not to exceed seven (7) daily limits. I. Walleye Creel and Length Limits: Until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following length and creel limit regulations shall be in effect for Walleye: Lake County Length Limit Creel Limit Choctaw Lake Choctaw None Davis Lake Chickasaw None Lake Lamar Bruce Lee None Lake Monroe Monroe None Elvis Presley Lake Lee None J. Rainbow Trout Creel and Length Limits: until such time that it is amended by the Commission, the following creel limit regulations shall be in effect for Rainbow Trout: Lake County Length Limit Creel Limit Lake Lamar Bruce Lee None