The state of Nevada mostly prohibits the use of live bait. It does however list a few regional exceptions. To get detailed regional information, please visit the Nevada Fishing Guide. For more detailed information, visit New Hampshire Fish and Game.
The state of New Jersey allows the use of live bait in all freshwater areas of the state. Any person with a valid fishing license may use live baitfish. For Herring, Alewife, and Blueback. The state does however have daily limits of the number of baitfish and some specific regional regulations. In New Mexico, minnows may be taken for personal use by licensed anglers or children of 11 years of age or younger.
Methods permitted for taking minnows include: angling, dip nets, cast nets, traps, and seines. However, the state has a wide range of species and regional restrictions and special regulations for the use of live bait. Live protected fish, gar, goldfish, common carp, river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo, and bullfrogs or bullfrog tadpoles. Bluegills and sunfish, common carp, river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo, bullfrogs, or bullfrog tadpoles.
The following baitfish are the only species that can be purchased and used in any water body in New York where it is legal to use fish as bait:. For more detailed information, visit New York Freshwater Fishing. In North Carolina, inland game fish and nongame fish may be used as bait, if they have been caught legally and within the creel limits and size of the respective waters.
For more detailed information on daily possession limits and further regulations, please visit North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping. Leeches, native frog, salamander, and crayfish species, as well as the following fish species: fathead minnows, creek chubs, and sticklebacks. Using game fish and parts thereof is illegal , except for yellow perch eyes, and trout and salmon eggs. For more detailed information on those water areas and further regulations, please visit North Dakota Game and Fish.
Except for licensed bait dealers, anglers are prohibited from possessing more than crayfish, or in combination crayfish, minnows, and other baitfish. The release of baitfish or minnow into waters they did not originate from is also prohibited.
For more detailed information, please visit Ohio Fishing Regulations. Fishermen can possess a daily maximum of 25 nongame fish for bait, except for shad, which has a maximum daily possession limit of per.
For more detailed information, visit the Oklahoma Fishing. All forms of minnows, such as suckers, chubs, fallfish, lampreys, as well as all forms of darters, killifishes, and stonecats except those listed as threatened or endangered species are identified as baitfish and can hence be used for fishing.
Gamefish that have been caught legally may also be used as bait. For more information on possession limits and ways of catching baitfish, visit Pennsylvania Fishing Laws and Regulations. It is legal to use all types of freshwater minnows as live bait. They shall only be caught using minnow traps, dip nets, and seines.
For detailed information, please visit Rhode Island Freshwater Fishing. Except for bream excluding redbreast , no game fish may be used as bait. Trout may be used as bait only on certain lakes.
Any non-indigenous species is illegal to use as bait unless it is already established in the respective water body. It is also illegal to release any such species into the waters of this state. For more information on daily creel limits and specific lake regulations for trout, visit South Carolina Hunting and Fishing.
In South Dakota, only bullhead and cleanings of baitfish are legal to use as bait while hook and line fishing. The use of carp, goldfish , or any game fish for bait is illegal in this state. The following species are legal to use as live bait by licensed sport anglers, as well as imported, exported or sold by licensed bait dealers:. Additionally, licensed bait dealers may also harvest the following species to be sold as dead bait:. For detailed information on legal gear to obtain baitfish, as well as further regulations, please visit Tennessee Fishing Guide.
The use of any game fish or part of any game fish as bait is prohibited in Texas. However, nongame fish caught in the above-mentioned waters can legally be used as live bait on the same water bodies where they were caught. For more detailed information and special area restrictions, visit Outdoor Annual — Hunting, Fishing and Boating Regulations.
Fishing with live baitfish is illegal in the state of Utah! Furthermore, transporting live bait is also illegal, which is why fish will have to be killed prior to using them as dead bait. For more detailed information, please visit Utah Fishing Information. This newly approved regulation effective January 1, will provide much more flexibility for anglers. There are however both certain area restrictions, possession limits, and length limits for game fish that must be considered.
For more detailed information, visit Freshwater Fishing and Boating in Virginia. In the state of Washington, it is illegal to fish for any game fish with live bait. For more information, visit the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Seines, cast nets, and minnow traps may be used to obtain minnows. A person shall not possess more than 50 minnows at a time unless the live bait has been obtained from a licensed dealer and a bill of sale can be provided.
Also, all baitfish can only be caught and used in one and the same water and shall not be transported to other water bodies of the state. For more detailed information, visit the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The provided reference below lists the specific areas and waters.
In areas and waters, where the use of live baitfish is legal, a seining and trapping license must be obtained. Cast nets cannot be used within yards below any dam on inland waters or boundary waters such as the Ohio River IAC Minnows taken for bait must not be of any species considered endangered or threatened. It is illegal to possess, for any reason, a game fish that does not meet the bag limits or size limits indicated for that species.
Any legally-caught fish may be used as bait. However, it is illegal to use live carp or gizzard shad for bait. However, live shad are allowed at to be used as bait at Brookville Reservoir, Cecil M. Live goldfish are legal baitfish. Do not dump bait buckets or move any live fish from one lake or river to another waterway. Introduction of live fish into a waterbody is stocking and requires a permit from the DNR. It is illegal to use live gizzard shad on most waters.
Even though gizzard shad are native to Indiana, they can be detrimental to fisheries where they were not previously established. It is illegal to move live fish from one body of water to another. To keep gizzard shad in their native waters, there is a restriction on when they can be used.
Another issue is that small gizzard shad and two species of Asian carp bighead and silver carp look similar when they are juveniles, and it can be difficult to distinguish these species. To prevent the further spread of Asian carp, use of gizzard shad is limited to waters where they already have established populations. Yes, use of lights is allowed. There are no restrictions on fishing hours. Some lakes do have restrictions on boat speeds during certain hours.
The Fishing Guide provides information on current fishing regulations and allowable gear. If you catch an unusual fish, such as an aquarium fish or exotic species, take a close-up picture of the fish that would show identifying characteristics, measure its length, write a description of the color, behavior or other unusual characteristics, and report the location and date to the District Fisheries Biologist in your region.
You can also report it using the Fish Identification Form. Eligible species for the official competition are on an established list of the most common sportfish in Indiana. Recent additions to this list have been significant species that have been introduced to the state in the past several decades. You are welcome to submit an entry from a species not on the list, as the information may be useful to fisheries biologists in determining the sizes of various fish species in Indiana; however, it is unlikely that a fish species not on the list will be entered in the official competition.
Categories are Fish of the Year or largest fish of each species caught between January 1 and December The State Record Fish contest is for the largest fish of each species caught in recorded history. All entries must be postmarked by December 31 for Fish of the Year. Shortly after the new year, entries are reviewed to determine the largest fish of each species. The anglers with the largest fish receive a certificate and patch. If you have a fish you would like to enter, we need the following information.
Entry forms are in the Fishing Guide, but you can also submit the following information in any format:. Washington St. On the days I move from snag to snag its one rod, some shrimp and a pair of waders. The bag says medium raw peeled shrimp.
I find they make a pretty big bait so I cut about a third off. The bag of shrimp has a ziplock so I take what I think I need and leave the rest in the freezer. Any shrimp will work, just cut a size piece according to the hook you use. Good Luck. Personally I usually use dead smelly baits for channels and live bait for flatheads. I like using bluegills because they are plentiful and easy to catch and also very tough.
Stay with your live bait on those rivers and you will be alot more succesful on the larger fish. I prefer live bait. But worms, frogs, and sunfish all will do. Really depends on what your looking to catch and where. My Dad really likes stink bait and usually out does me on numbers. The fish I catch are usually bigger though. I have had good luck with shrimp too.
On the Missouri stick with live bait. On the Sioux I catch alot of channels on stinkbait and ribbed rubber worm. Eater size mostly. I use live bait on the Big Sioux too. If something on the Sioux grabs your live bait, you know you got a big one! I agree with the others too about the choices of natural bait catching the larger fish. That has been my experience too.
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