Authority: IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 2. (a) An individual may take crayfish at any time of year.

(b) An individual must not take crayfish except by:

1. (1) a minnow trap;
2. (2) a dip net;
3. (3) a minnow seine;
4. (4) hands;
5. (5) a cast net;
6. (6) lawful sport fishing methods provided in 312 IAC 9-7; or
7. (7) methods authorized under a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6.

(c) An individual must not transport beyond the limits of this state more than one hundred (100) crayfish in a twenty-four (24) hour period, provided that this subsection does not apply to a person engaged in commercially raising crayfish in private waters for sale.

(d) An individual must not take crayfish unless the individual is:

1. (1) issued a sport fishing license under IC 14-22-12-1;
2. (2) issued a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6; or
3. (3) taking crayfish without a license under IC 14-22-11-1 and 312 IAC 9-2-14.

(e) An individual may use the aid of illumination from:

1. (1) a spotlight;
2. (2) a search light; or
3. (3) an artificial light;

to take crayfish.

(f) An individual must not take crayfish from the Ohio River except by:

1. (1) a minnow trap not to exceed three (3) feet long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter nor have a throat opening greater than one (1) inch in diameter;
2. (2) a dip net not to exceed three (3) feet in diameter;
3. (3) a minnow seine not to exceed thirty (30) feet in length and six (6) feet in diameter nor have a mesh size larger than one-fourth (1/4) inch bar mesh;
4. (4) a cast net;
5. (5) lawful sport fishing methods provided in 312 IAC 9-7-17(b); or
6. (6) methods authorized under a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6.

(g) A person must not sell crayfish unless the person is issued a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-9-2; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2726; 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 Feb 22, 2011, 1:13 p.m.: 20110323-IR-312100501FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)