Ind. Admin. Code tit. 312, r. 9-7-3
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 3. (a) An individual must not take or possess a channel catfish, blue catfish, or flathead catfish from a river or stream unless the catfish is at least thirteen (13) inches long. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual may take or possess an unlimited number of channel catfish, blue catfish, or flathead catfish from a river or stream.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), an individual must not take or possess more than ten (10) catfish in aggregate of any size from a lake or reservoir per day.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an individual may take channel catfish from Turtle Creek Reservoir (Sullivan County) without regard to a bag limit.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (c), an individual must not take more than one (1) each per day of a:
from a river, stream, lake, or reservoir.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an individual must not take more than five (5) channel catfish from:
(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-3; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2718; filed May 28, 1998, 5:14 p.m.: 21 IR 3721; filed Dec 26, 2001, 2:40 p.m.: 25 IR 1539; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; filed Mar 15, 2013, 2:33 p.m.: 20130410-IR-312120403FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Nov 4, 2015, 1:10 p.m.: 20151202-IR-312140510FRA; filed Oct 24, 2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)