Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

Freshwater State Creel and Size Limits
Species Size Limit Bag & Possession Limit
Bass, Black (Largemouth, spotted)* no size limits EXCEPT as follows 10 daily, of any size EXCEPT as follows:
Atchafalaya Basin, Lakes Verret/
Palourde, Fausse Point/Dauterive Areas**
14” min total length 10 daily
Toledo Bend Reservoir
largemouth - 14” min total length
spotted* - no size limit
8 daily in aggregate
Eagle Lake 16” min total length 10 daily
Caddo Lake (Caddo Parish)
14” to 17” protected slot limit***
10 daily
No more than four over 17” total length
Poverty Point Reservoir
15” to 19” protected slot limit***
8 daily
No more than one over 19” total length
Caney Creek Lake ( Jackson Parish) 15” to 19” protected slot limit***
8 daily
No more than two over 19” total length
False River (Pointe Coupee Parish) 14” min total length 5 daily
Spanish Lake (St. Martin and Iberia
parishes)
Black Bayou (Bossier), Chicot Lake
(Evangeline), Cross Lake (Caddo), Lake
Rodemacher (Rapides), John K. Kelly-
Grand Bayou Reservoir (Red River) and
Vernon Lake (Vernon)
Bass, Striped or Hybrid Striped (or any
combination thereof)
16” to 21” protected slot limit***
14” to 17” protected slot limit***
n/a
8 daily
No more than two over 21” total length
8 daily
No more than four over 17” total length
5 daily
No more than two over 30” total length
Bass, White none 50 daily, EXCEPT 25 at Toledo Bend
Bass, Yellow none 50 daily, EXCEPT no limit at Toledo Bend
Bowfin (Choupique) 16” min total length No limit
Buffalo Fish (or their hybrids) 16” min total length 25 per day
Catfish, Blue
12” min total length
See Catfish Possession Limit section for
Catfish, Channel
11” min total length
more information
Catfish, Flathead
14” min total length
Crappie none 50 daily, except 25 at Poverty Point
Crawfish none 150 pounds daily
Freshwater Drum (Gaspergou) 12” min total length 25 per day
Frogs and Turtles none See Reptiles and Amphibians section
Paddlefish
30” max lower jaw fork length
Two per person (see Paddlefish Possession
Limits section for specific rules)
Shad none 50 pounds daily
Sturgeon n/a No legal harvest or possession
Other Freshwater Game Fish none No limit
*NOTE: For enforcement purposes, a spotted bass is defined as a black bass with a tooth patch on the tongue.
**See official 2011 Louisiana Fishing Regulations Pamphlet for area descriptions.
***Fish falling within a protected slot limit must be immediately released.
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