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

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or section 16(g) of this rule, an individual may take or possess not more than five (5) black bass in aggregate per day.

(b) An individual may take or possess not more than three (3) black bass from Lake Michigan in aggregate per day. An individual must not possess more than three (3) black bass in aggregate while fishing in or on Lake Michigan.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual must not take or possess a black bass except:

1. (1) if taken from rivers or streams in Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio, and Dearborn counties the black bass must be at least twelve (12) inches long;
2. (2) if taken from rivers or streams, except as stated in subdivision (1), the black bass must be greater than fifteen (15) inches long or less than twelve (12) inches long, with not more than two (2) being greater than fifteen (15) inches; or
3. (3) if taken from lakes or reservoirs (including Lake Michigan), the black bass must be at least fourteen (14) inches long.

(d) An individual may take or possess largemouth bass of any length in the following lakes:

1. (1) Brownstown Pit in Jackson County.
2. (2) Burdette Park Lakes in Vanderburgh County.
3. (3) Chandler Town Lake in Warrick County.
4. (4) Cypress Lake in Jackson County.
5. (5) Deming Park Lakes in Vigo County.
6. (6) Garvin Park Lake in Vanderburgh County.
7. (7) Glen Miller Pond in Wayne County.
8. (8) Hayswood Lake in Harrison County.
9. (9) Henry County Memorial Park Lake in Henry County.
10. (10) Hovey Lake in Posey County.
11. (11) Krannert Lake in Marion County.
12. (12) Lake Sullivan in Marion County.
13. (13) Ruster Lake in Marion County.
14. (14) Schnebelt Pond in Dearborn County.

(e) An individual must not take or possess a largemouth bass unless the largemouth bass is less than twelve (12) inches long or more than fifteen (15) inches long from the following designated lakes:

1. (1) Buffalo Trace Lake in Harrison County.
2. (2) Ferdinand State Forest Lake in Dubois County.
3. (3) Montgomery City Park Lake in Daviess County.

(f) An individual may take or possess not more than one (1) largemouth bass from Turtle Creek Reservoir in Sullivan County. An individual must not take or possess a largemouth bass from Turtle Creek Reservoir unless the largemouth bass is at least twenty (20) inches long.

(g) An individual may take or possess not more than five (5) largemouth bass in aggregate per day from Patoka Lake in Orange, Crawford, and Dubois counties. An individual must not take or possess a largemouth bass from Patoka Lake unless the largemouth bass is at least fifteen (15) inches long.

(h) An individual must not take or possess a largemouth bass from Harden Lake in Parke County unless the largemouth bass is at least sixteen (16) inches long.

(i) An individual must not take or possess more than two (2) largemouth bass per day, and an individual must not take or possess a largemouth bass unless the largemouth bass is at least eighteen (18) inches long from the following designated waters:

1. (1) Tri-County State Fish and Wildlife Area.
2. (2) Robinson Lake in Whitley County and Kosciusko County.
3. (3) Ball Lake in Steuben County.
4. (4) Loon Pit at Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area in Warrick County.
5. (5) Bluegrass Pit at Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area in Warrick County.
6. (6) J. C. Murphey Lake at Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area in Newton County.
7. (7) Kunkel Lake in Wells County.
8. (8) Fidler Pond in Elkhart County.
9. (9) Failing Lake (also known as Gentian Lake) in Steuben County.
10. (10) Flat Fork Creek Park Ponds A and B in Hamilton County.
11. (11) Bixler Lake in Noble County.
12. (12) Henderson Lake in Noble County.
13. (13) Little Long Lake in Noble County.
14. (14) Round Lake in Noble County.

(j) An individual must not take or possess more than five (5) black bass in aggregate per day from the Blue River located in Crawford and Harrison counties and Big Long Lake in LaGrange County. Each black bass taken from the Blue River in Crawford and Harrison counties and Big Long Lake in LaGrange County must be less than twelve (12) inches long or more than fifteen (15) inches long but not more than two (2) per day can be taken that are longer than fifteen (15) inches.

(k) An individual may take or possess not more than one (1) black bass from Sugar Creek located in Parke, Montgomery, Boone, Clinton, and Tipton counties per day, and the black bass must be at least twenty (20) inches long.

(l) If this section prohibits an individual from taking or possessing a black bass from a specified water of the state, an individual must not possess a black bass of the prohibited class on or adjacent to the specified water of the state.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-6; 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; filed Sep 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 549; 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 Apr 25, 2012, 3:48 p.m.: 20120523-IR-312110358FRA; errata filed Jun 4, 2012, 3:20 p.m.: 20120613-IR-312120283ACA; filed Sep 13, 2013, 3:02 p.m.: 20131009-IR-312120670FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 p.m.: 20150715-IR-312140453FRA; 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)