Legal Sizes & Limits




Commonwealth Inland Waters
Species Seasons Minimum
Size
Daily Limit
All Species of Trout and Salmon
Regular Season - 8 a.m. on Apr. 18 to midnight on Sept. 1 7 inches 8 - Streams, lakes and ponds (combined species) except areas with special regulations
Extended Season - All approved trout streams and their downstream areas and all lakes and ponds, Jan. 1 to midnight Feb. 28 and Sept. 8 to midnight Dec. 31 7 inches 3 (combined species)
Bass
Largemouth,
Smallmouth
Spotted
All inland waters
Jan. 1 to midnight April 17 and 12:01 a.m. on June 17 to midnight Dec. 31 12 inches 6 (combined species from all habitats)
Muskellunge and Muskellunge Hybrids Jan. 1 to midnight Mar. 14 and 12:01 a.m. May 2 to midnight, Dec. 31 30 inches 2 (combined species)
Pickerel 15 inches 6
Pike
Northern, Amur
24 inches 2 (combined species)
Walleye
and hybrids (Saugeye)
15 inches 6
Sauger 12 inches 6
American Shad Open year round No minimum 6
American Shad
(Lehigh River and tributaries)
1
American Shad
(Susquehanna River and tributaries)
Closed year round Closed 0
Herring and Hickory Shad Open year round No minimum No daily limit
Striped Bass and Striped Bass/White Bass Hybrids Open year round 20 inches 2 (combined species)
Sunfish, Yellow Perch, Crappies, Catfish, Rock Bass, Suckers, Eels, Carp, White Bass Open year round No minimum 50 (combined species)
Baitfish, Fishbait
(except mud bugs)
50 (combined species)
Mud Bugs
(dragonfly nymphs)
Unlimited if taken from lakes, ponds, swamps, and adjacent areas.
50 per day if taken from moving waters (rivers and streams)
Paddlefish Closed year round Closed 0



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