Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 810 - SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
Section 810.35 - Statewide Sportfishing (Hook and Line and Other Non-Bowfishing or Non-Snagging Legal Methods Under a Sportfishing License) Regulations - Daily Harvest and Size Limits
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Length is measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail with the fish laid flat on a ruler, with the mouth of the fish closed and the tail lobes pressed together.
b) No fish species may be dressed (filleted or head and tail removed) on any waters to which length or bag limits are applicable. Regardless of where taken, no fish less than the specified minimum length or more than the daily harvest shall be possessed while taking from, or on, any waters to which length or bag limits and/or daily harvest limits apply. While taking from areas designated as "Catch and Release Only", all catch and release species must be immediately released back into the waters from which taken.
c) Statewide limits by type of fish:
There are no daily harvest or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
There are no harvest or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
There are no harvest or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
There are no daily harvest limits or minimum size limits for striped bass (ocean rockfish), white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, which are less than 17" in total length, except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations. For those fish 17" in total length or longer, the daily limit is 3 fish, either singly or in the aggregate, except in the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri where there is a 30 fish daily harvest limit for all striped, white, yellow or hybrid striped bass. In the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa, there is a 25 fish daily harvest on striped bass, white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, either singly or in the aggregate.
Daily harvest limit is 5 trout or salmon, either singly or in the aggregate.
Daily harvest limit is 2 paddlefish.
For injurious species, as described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 805, there are no harvest or size limits. Possession of live specimens, progeny thereof, viable eggs, or gametes is prohibited.
Harvest limit is 1 alligator gar per 24 hours.
d) The limits established in this Part on the number and size of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters wholly within his or her private property. [515 ILCS 5/10-150 ]