Fishing / Site-Specific Regulations

These regulations apply only to the water areas listed under the LOCATION column.

Species Location Daily Limit Minimum Size
Crappies Acton, Alum Creek, Atwood, Berlin, Buckeye, Caesar Creek, C.J. Brown, Clear Fork, Clendening, Deer Creek (Fayette-Pickaway Co.), Delaware (including the Olentangy River upstream to the Waldo dam and Whetstone Creek upstream to St.Rt. 229), Dillon, East Fork, Ferguson, Grand Lake St. Marys, Griggs, Hargus, Hoover, Indian, Kiser, Knox, Leesville, Loramie, Madison, Mahoning River: from the dam at Lake Milton to the Mahoning-Trumbull Co. line and between Berlin Lake and Lake Milton (Mahoning-Portage Co.), Metzgor, Lake Milton, Mosquito, Nimisila, O'Shaughnessy, Portage Lakes: East, Long, North, Turkeyfoot, and West, Paint Creek, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Rocky Fork, Rush Creek, Salt Fork, Seneca, Springfield (Summit County), Tappan, Veterans Memorial, and West Branch Lakes 30 9 inches
Crappies Killdeer Plains, Oxbow, St. Joseph River Wildlife Area Lakes 10 none
Sunfish (all species) Killdeer Plains, Oxbow Lake, St. Joseph River Wildlife Area 10 none
Largemouth, Smallmouth, & Spotted Bass Killdeer Plains, Knox, Oxbow, St. Joseph River Wildlife Area, Tycoon Lakes 5 18 inches
Largemouth, Smallmouth, & Spotted Bass Acton, Adams, Blue Rock, Caesar Creek, Caldwell, Cowan, Dale Walborn, Greenfield, Hancock County Wetlands, Hargus, Kenton, Lake Milton including the Mahoning River connecting Berlin Lake and Lake Milton, Monroeville Reservoir, Monroe, New Lyme, Ohio-Erie Canal, Paint Creek, Pike, Pine, Ross, Rush Creek, Rush Run, Salt Fork, Seneca, Silver Creek, Sippo, Spencer, Vesuvius, Wellington Reservoir South, Zepernick Lakes 5 15 inches
Largemouth, Smallmouth, & Spotted Bass Alum Creek, Atwood, Berlin, Bresler, Buckeye, Charles Mill, C.J. Brown, Clear Fork, Clendening, Deer Creek (Fayette-Pickaway Co.), Delaware, Dillon, East Fork, Findlay #2, Grand Lake St. Marys, Hoover, Indian, LaDue, Leesville, Loramie, Mogadore, Mosquito, Nimisila, O'Shaughnessy Resevoir, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Rocky Fork, Tappan, Turkeyfoot, West Branch, Wills Creek Lakes 5 12 inches
Largemouth, Smallmouth, & Spotted Bass Belmont, Burr Oak, Dow, Findley, Fox, Hammertown (Jackson City Reservoir), Highlandtown, Lake Rupert (Wellston City Reservoir), Slope Creek (Barnesville #3), Snowden, Timbre Ridge, Turkey Creek, Wolf Run, and AEP ReCreation Lands, MB40, MB41, MB42, MM29, MM34, NB43 Lakes 5 none may be taken between 12 & 15 inches
Largemouth Bass La Su An, Resthaven Pond #8 Special Limits are Posted
Striped Bass Kiser, Seneca Lakes 1 26 inches
Hybrid Striped Bass East Fork Lake 4 15 inches
Walleye, Saugeye, Sauger Acton, Alum Creek, Atwood, Berlin, Buckeye, C.J. Brown, Caeser Creek, Ferguson, Findlay 1 & 2, Indian, Lake Milton including the Mahoning River connecting Berlin Lake and Lake Milton, Lake Snowden, Metzger, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Rocky Fork, Seneca, Tappan, West Branch Lakes 6

15 inches

Trout (all species) Mad River and its tributaries, Clear Fork River and its tributaries, Clear Creek from the first Fairfield County Road 69 bridge (east of the junction of County Road 26 and 29) to U.S. Rt. 33 bridge in Hocking County 2 12 inches
Brook Trout Chagrin River and its tributaries (Geauga Co.); Rocky River and its tributaries (Medina Co.) Possession is Prohibited

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