California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 2 - Statewide Regulations for Fishing and Frogging in Inland Waters
Article 4 - Species Regulations
Section 5.15 - Catfish and Bullheads
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Open season: All year, except for closures listed under special regulations.
(b) Limit: Bullheads, no limit; all other catfish, no limit, except as follows:
| BODY OR BODIES OF WATER | BAG LIMIT | ||
| (1) | All waters of the Colorado River District: | ||
| Also see subsection (c) below. | 10 | ||
| (2) | All waters of the Southern District not listed below: | 10 | |
| (3) | Alameda County: | ||
| Alameda Creek Quarry Ponds. | 5 | ||
| Chabot Lake. | 5 | ||
| Cull Canyon Lake. | 5 | ||
| Del Valle Reservoir. | 5 | ||
| Don Castro Lake. | 5 | ||
| Jordan Lake. | 5 | ||
| Shadow Cliffs Lake. | 5 | ||
| Temescal Lake. | 5 | ||
| (4) | Contra Costa County: | ||
| Contra Loma Lake. | 5 | ||
| Lafayette Lake. | 5 | ||
| San Pablo Lake. | 5 | ||
| (5) | Inyo County: | ||
| All waters | 10 | ||
| (6) | Los Angeles County: | ||
| Alondra County Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| Belvedere Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| Cerritos Regional Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| Earvin "Magic" Johnson County Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| John Anson Ford Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| Kenneth Hahn Regional Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| La Mirada Regional Park Lake. | 5 | ||
| (7) | Mono County: | ||
| All waters | 10 | ||
| (8) | San Bernardino County: | ||
| Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park Lakes. | 5 | ||
| Glen Helen Regional Park Lakes. | 5 | ||
| Gregory Lake. | 5 | ||
| Mojave Narrows Regional Park. | 5 | ||
| Prado Regional Park Lakes. | 5 | ||
| Yucaipa Regional Park Lakes. | 5 | ||
| (9) | San Diego County: All Waters except Barrett and Upper Otay lakes | 5 | |
| Barrett Lake. | 0 | ||
| Upper Otay Lake. | 0 | ||
| (10) | San Joaquin County: | ||
| Oak Grove Regional Park Lake in Stockton | 10 | ||
| (11) | Santa Clara County: | ||
| All waters | 5 |
(c) Carcasses: In the Colorado River and its backwaters, the carcasses of all catfish and bullheads imported, possessed or transported must have either the head, tail or skin attached so that the species can be identified and numbers can be determined until such fish are being prepared for immediate consumption.
1.
Amendment of subsection (b) filed 1-26-88; operative 3-1-88 (Register 88, No.
6).
2. New subsection (b)(3) filed 9-11-89 as an emergency;
operative 9-11-89 (Register 89, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be
transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on
1-9-90.
3. Subsection (b)(3) repealed by operation of law on 1-9-90.
Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2), and new subsection (b)(3) filed
3-1-90; operative 3-1-90 (Register 90, No. 10).
4. Repealer and new
section filed 12-12-94; operative 12-12-94 pursuant to Government Code section
11346.2(d)
(Register 94, No. 50).
5. Amendment of subsection (b)(9) filed
2-9-96; operative 2-9-96 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
205
(Register 96, No. 6).
6. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 2-5-98;
operative 3-1-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 98, No. 6).
7. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) filed
1-10-2002; operative 1-1-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
202 and
215
(Register 2002, No. 2).
8. Amendment of subsection (b)(8) filed
2-9-2010; operative 3-1-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2010, No. 7).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending
NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
10. Amendment of subsection
(b)(4) filed 12-6-2022; operative 12-6-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
and Fish and Game Code section
265
(Register 2022, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 205, 265, 270 and 275, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 110, 200, 205 and 265, Fish and Game Code.
