Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 14. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 16(g) of this rule, an individual may take or possess not more than twenty-five (25) crappies per day and an unlimited number of yellow bass per day.

(b) A crappie taken at Dogwood Lake in Daviess County and Hardy Lake in Scott County must be at least nine (9) inches long.

(c) Except on the Ohio River, an individual may take or possess not more than twenty-five (25) redear sunfish per day.

(d) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e), there is no bag limit, possession limit, or size limit for the following:

1. (1) Alewife.
2. (2) American eel.
3. (3) Bluegill.
4. (4) Bowfin.
5. (5) Buffalo.
6. (6) Bullhead.
7. (7) Carp.
8. (8) Chain pickerel.
9. (9) Chub.
10. (10) Gar.
11. (11) Gizzard shad.
12. (12) Lake herring.
13. (13) Shad.
14. (14) Smelt.
15. (15) Sucker.
16. (16) Yellow bass.
17. (17) Redear sunfish.
18. (18) Crappie.

(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (c), and (d), an individual must not take or possess more than the following:

1. (1) Twenty-five (25) of any combination of bluegill, redear sunfish, and crappie per day from J. C. Murphey Lake at Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area in Newton County.

2. (2) Fifteen (15) of any combination of bluegill, redear sunfish, and crappie per day from the following:

   1. (A) Fidler Pond in Elkhart County.
   2. (B) Failing Lake (also known as Gentian Lake) in Steuben County.
   3. (C) Flat Fork Creek Park Ponds A and B in Hamilton County.

(f) If a bowfin contains roe, the roe must remain intact and inside the body of the fish while on the body of water or adjacent to the water being fished, and until processing of the fish begins.

(g) An individual must not:

1. (1) screen;
2. (2) wash;
3. (3) otherwise process;
4. (4) preserve;
5. (5) store;
6. (6) maintain possession;
7. (7) gift to any other individual;
8. (8) sell; or
9. (9) transport;

roe removed from a bowfin without a roe harvester's license issued under 312 IAC 9-8-7.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-14; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2720; filed May 28, 1998, 5:14 p.m.: 21 IR 3723; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Feb 27, 2007, 2:25 p.m.: 20070328-IR-312060262FRA; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; filed Sep 13, 2013, 3:02 p.m.: 20131009-IR-312120670FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Oct 24, 2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; filed Oct 29, 2020, 9:53 a.m.: 20201125-IR-312200081FRA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)