Clinton Lake Fishing Regulations 2026

3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

for Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches

Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

for Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches

Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

No Harvest Or Size Limits Except In Those Waters Listed Under Site Specific Regulations. May be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, spear or gig.

Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)

All Smallmouth Bass Must Be Immediately Released Between April 1 And June 15

All Fish must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15

All Smallmouth Bass must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15 no more than 1 Fish greater than or equal to 12 inches and 2 Fish less than 12 inches

Contain No More Than 3 Smallmouth Bass. In Rivers And Streams And Their Tributaries Statewide, Except For The Mississippi, Ohio (Including The Golconda Marina), Wabash And Illinois Rivers, Calumet River, Lake Calumet Connecting Channel, Calumet Sag Channel

Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)

Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish greater than or equal to 12 inches and less than 18 inches

All Smallmouth Bass Must Be Immediately Released Between April 1 And June 15.

No Statewide Size Limit. In Rivers And Streams And Their Tributaries Statewide, Except For The Mississippi, Ohio (Including The Golconda Marina), Wabash And Illinois Rivers, Calumet River, Lake Calumet Connecting Channel, Calumet Sag Channel And Navigable Portions Of The Grand Calumet River And Little Calumet River, all Smallmouth Bass must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15. In Rivers And Streams And Their Tributaries Statewide, Except For The Mississippi, Ohio (Including Golconda Marina), And Wabash Rivers.

with no more than 1 Fish greater than or equal to 18 inches and 3 Fish less than 14 inches Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish greater than or equal to 14 inches and less than 18 inches

Largemouth Bass 12 inch Minimum Length Limit

No Statewide Size Limit. either singly or in the aggregate with Smallmouth Bass and Spotted Bass, except as specified under site specific regulations

no more than 1 Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches and 2 Fish less than 28 inches

no more than 1 Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches and 2 Fish less than 28 inches

Flathead Catfish 10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit

no more than 1 Fish >28 inches and 2 Fish <28 inches

No Harvest Or Size Limits Except In Those Waters Listed Under Site Specific Regulations. May be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, spear or gig.

Striped Bass 32 inch Minimum Length Limit; 2 Fish Daily Harvest Limit Striped Bass 32 inch Minimum Length Limit

25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit On Striped Bass, White Bass, Yellow Bass And Their Hybrids, Either Singly Or In The Aggregate

Excludes endangered and threatened species and the following game species: Crappie, Channel/Blue/Flathead Catfish, Rock Bass, Warmouth, White/Yellow/Striped/Hybrid Striped Bass, Trout, Largemouth/Smallmouth/Spotted Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Chain/Grass Pickerel, Walleye, Sauger, Paddlefish

No More Than 1 Muskellunge Or Muskellunge Hybrid (Tiger Muskie) May Be Taken Per Day, Except As Specified Under Site Specific Regulations. All Muskellunge And Muskellunge Hybrids (Tiger Muskie) Taken Must Be 36˝ In Total Length Or Longer, Except As Specified Under Site Specific Regulations.

Sport fishermen may take carpsuckers by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas

Sport fishermen may take carpsuckers by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas

Sport fishermen may take carp by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas

Sport fishermen may take carp by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas

Sport fishermen may take buffalo by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas

Sport fishermen may take buffalo by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed recreation areas