Master Angler Qualifying Fish
Does Your Catch Qualify?
| Species Name | Adult | Youth | ||
| Catch & Release | Harvested | Catch & Release | Harvested | |
| Min Length | Min Weight | Min Length | Min Weight | |
| Bass, largemouth | 21" | 5 lbs 7 oz | 16" | 2 lbs 5 oz |
| Bass, rock | 10" | 0 lbs 14 oz | 9" | 0 lbs 10 oz |
| Bass, smallmouth | 21" | 5 lbs 15 oz | 16" | 2 lbs 8 oz |
| Bass, white | 16" | 2 lbs 1 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 2 oz |
| Bluegill | 11" | 1 lbs 5 oz | 10" | 0 lbs 15 oz |
| Bowfin | 26" | 6 lbs 10 oz | 20" | 3 lbs 0 oz |
| Buffalo, bigmouth | 32" | 21 lbs 6 oz | 27" | 12 lbs 13 oz |
| Buffalo, black | 27" | 12 lbs 13 oz | 21" | 6 lbs 5 oz |
| Buffalo, smallmouth | 24" | 9 lbs 10 oz | 23" | 8 lbs 6 oz |
| Bullhead, black | 14" | 1 lbs 10 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 4 oz |
| Bullhead, brown | 20" | 4 lbs 15 oz | 15" | 2 lbs 0 oz |
| Bullhead, yellow | 14" | 1 lbs 11 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 6 oz |
| Burbot (eelpout) | 32" | 9 lbs 1 oz | 28" | 6 lbs 1 oz |
| Carp | 34" | 19 lbs 9 oz | 30" | 13 lbs 9 oz |
| Carpsucker, river | 14" | 1 lbs 7 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 2 oz |
| Catfish, channel | 30" | 11 lbs 15 oz | 26" | 7 lbs 6 oz |
| Catfish, flathead | 33" | 16 lbs 6 oz | 30" | 11 lbs 15 oz |
| Crappie, black | 15" | 2 lbs 4 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 7 oz |
| Crappie, white | 15" | 1 lbs 15 oz | 13" | 1 lbs 4 oz |
| Drum (sheepshead) | 30" | 14 lbs 15 oz | 26" | 9 lbs 7 oz |
| Eel, american | 36" | 5 lbs 0 oz | 30" | 4 lbs 8 oz |
| Gar, longnose | 46" | 10 lbs 3 oz | 40" | 6 lbs 3 oz |
| Gar, shortnose | 30" | 3 lbs 13 oz | 26" | 2 lbs 8 oz |
| Goldeye | 14" | 0 lbs 15 oz | 13" | 0 lbs 13 oz |
| Hogsucker, northern | 12" | 0 lbs 12 oz | 10" | 0 lbs 7 oz |
| Mooneye | 12" | 0 lbs 11 oz | 10" | 0 lbs 7 oz |
| Muskellunge | 46" | 27 lbs 12 oz | 44" | 24 lbs 0 oz |
| Muskellunge, tiger | 42" | 22 lbs 13 oz | 40" | 19 lbs 3 oz |
| Perch, yellow | 15" | 1 lbs 15 oz | 12" | 0 lbs 15 oz |
| Pike, northern | 40" | 18 lbs 5 oz | 35" | 12 lbs 3 oz |
| Pike, northern (silver) | 35" | 12 lbs 2 oz | 34" | 11 lbs 2 oz |
| Pumpkinseed | 9" | 0 lbs 12 oz | 8" | 0 lbs 9 oz |
| Quillback | 19" | 3 lbs 7 oz | 17" | 2 lbs 8 oz |
| Redhorse, golden | 15" | 1 lbs 9 oz | 14" | 1 lbs 4 oz |
| Redhorse, greater | 24" | 7 lbs 0 oz | 20" | 3 lbs 15 oz |
| Redhorse, river | 24" | 6 lbs 11 oz | 20" | 3 lbs 10 oz |
| Redhorse, shorthead | 19" | 3 lbs 1 oz | 17" | 2 lbs 3 oz |
| Redhorse, silver | 19" | 3 lbs 4 oz | 17" | 2 lbs 5 oz |
| Salmon, chinook | 40" | 25 lbs 6 oz | 34" | 15 lbs 0 oz |
| Salmon, coho | 23" | 3 lbs 0 oz | 20" | 2 lbs 2 oz |
| Salmon, pink | 19" | 3 lbs 15 oz | 17" | 2 lbs 15 oz |
| Sauger | 22" | 3 lbs 8 oz | 20" | 2 lbs 9 oz |
| Splake | 23" | 4 lbs 14 oz | 20" | 3 lbs 2 oz |
| Sturgeon, lake | 54" | 21 lbs 10 oz | 45" | 12 lbs 11 oz |
| Sturgeon, shovelnose | 22" | 4 lbs 0 oz | 19" | 3 lbs 0 oz |
| Sucker, blue | 24" | 8 lbs 8 oz | 20" | 4 lbs 9 oz |
| Sucker, longnose | 16" | 2 lbs 1 oz | 14" | 1 lbs 5 oz |
| Sucker, white | 19" | 3 lbs 4 oz | 18" | 2 lbs 12 oz |
| Sunfish, green | 10" | 0 lbs 14 oz | 9" | 0 lbs 10 oz |
| Sunfish, hybrid | 10" | 1 lbs 1 oz | 9" | 0 lbs 12 oz |
| Trout, brook | 20" | 3 lbs 8 oz | 15" | 1 lbs 7 oz |
| Trout, brown | 25" | 8 lbs 2 oz | 22" | 5 lbs 5 oz |
| Trout, lake | 34" | 15 lbs 12 oz | 30" | 10 lbs 9 oz |
| Trout, rainbow | 32" | 15 lbs 10 oz | 28" | 10 lbs 4 oz |
| Trout, tiger | 15" | 1 lbs 4 oz | 13" | 0 lbs 9 oz |
| Tullibee | 17" | 2 lbs 1 oz | 15" | 1 lbs 6 oz |
| Walleye | 26" | 6 lbs 5 oz | 24" | 5 lbs 1 oz |
| Walleye, Sauger hybrid | 25" | 5 lbs 7 oz | 22" | 3 lbs 9 oz |
| Whitefish, lake | 24" | 5 lbs 9 oz | 21" | 3 lbs 6 oz |
| Whitefish, menominee | 17" | 1 lbs 14 oz | 15" | 1 lbs 4 oz |