Colorado Fishing Brochure 2012 : Page 3REFERENCE 2012 Colorado Fishing STATEWIDE BAG & POSSESSION LIMITS READING THE LIMITS CHART Statewide limits for species are listed in the chart to the right. Species not on this chart have no bag or possession limits or are restricted or illegal to take. See “Special Conditions and Restrictions,” page 8. Some waters have more restrictive limits than what is listed on the chart. See “Special Regulations for Fishing Waters,” page 10, for the area you plan to fish to learn more about specific waters. If a water is not on the list or no bag limit is specified, these statewide limits apply. Park. There, you will need a CPW fishing license but restrictions will be specific to the park. Before you plan your trip, check regulations online at: www.nps.gov/romo/ planyourvisit/fishing.htm . REFERENCE STATEWIDE LIMITS Type of fish TROUT, ARCTIC CHAR, GRAYLING, SALMON (except kokanee) in aggregate* 4 Daily mit Possession bag li limit 8 DAILY BAG LIMIT SEE “SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR FISHING WATERS” SECTION FOR WATERS WITH MORE RESTRICTIVE LIMITS. PAGES 10-33. FISHING IN STATE PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKS Maximum number of fish you can take in a day, regardless of what you do with them that day. » Fish caught and placed on a stringer, in a container or live well, or not returned to the water immediately count in your daily bag or possession limit. » Fish released immediately are not part of the limit. Trout include rainbow, brown, brook, cutthroat, splake, golden and lake trout BROOK TROUT 8 inches long or less (in addition to trout limit above) 10 10 Fishing is available at 38 of Colorado’s 42 state parks. If you plan a fishing trip to these waters, check the website for any additional entrance fees and restrictions that may apply: http://parks.state.co.us/fishing/ Pages/Fishing.aspx . National parks also offer fishing op-portunities around the state, but may have different bag limits and regulations. One ex-ample of this is at Rocky Mountain National POSSESSION LIMIT KOKANEE SALMON angling, snagging or archery 10 10 Maximum number of fish allowed at any time, including in the field, transporting, at home or in storage. Transporting live fish without proper permits is prohibited. » Fish taken and later smoked, canned, frozen or preserved for consumption are part of the posses sion limit until consumed. WALLEYE, SAUGEYE, SAUGER Statewide, in aggregate* On Arkansas and South Fork of Republican River drainages, in aggregate* 5 5 10 10 BASS: LARGEMOUTH, SMALLMOUTH, SPOTTED in aggregate* 5 5 MAP: WIPER/WHITE BASS AND WALLEYE/SAUGEYE BAG LIMITS The map below outlines the general areas of the Arkansas and North Republican River drain-ages (green) and the South Platte and North Republican drainages (yellow). If you are fishing for wiper, white bass, walleye or saugeye in these areas, the daily bag and possession limits are different for the two areas on the map. See the “Statewide Limits” chart at right for details. BASS: WHITE, STRIPED, WIPER Statewide, in aggregate* On Arkansas and South Fork of Republican River drainages, in aggregate* 10 10 20 20 CATFISH: CHANNEL, FLATHEAD, BLUE in aggregate* 10 10 CRAPPIE: WHITE, BLACK in aggregate* 20 20 BLUEGILL, HYBRID BLUEGILL, GREEN SUNFISH, REDEAR SUNFISH, PUMPKINSEED SUNFISH in aggregate* 20 20 YELLOW PERCH West of Continental Divide East of Continental Divide unlimited 20 1 unlimited 20 unlimited unlimited unlimited 20 1 unlimited 20 unlimited unlimited TIGER MUSKIE at least 36 inches long NORTHERN PIKE, WHITEFISH, BULLHEAD SPECKLED DACE, SCULPIN West of Continental Divide in aggregate* East of Continental Divide CRAYFISH (crawdads), BULLFROGS AQUATIC TIGER SALAMANDER LARVAE (gilled and less than 5 inches long) 50 50 * in aggregate means the limit may consist of one species or a mixed bag of more than one species. 3 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
