Fish creek limit

[Birdgod]

Hi, I was fishing today which some friends and we have different view of the creek limit for the kansas. My friends argue that there is no size and number limit on fish you catch in the river as we saw some people who fish at the kansas River was keeping everthing they catch. people are keeping more then 2 wiper and they look undersize. So my question is "are there creek limit for kansas river?"

[bluebasser86]

From KDWPT's website;
Species Creel Limit Size Limit
Black bass: largemouth, 5* 15"
spotted, or smallmouth
Channel catfish or 10* --
blue catfish
Trout 5*/2*** --
Flathead catfish 5 --
Walleye, sauger, saugeye 5* 15"
Pike family: northern pike, 2* 30"
tiger, or muskellunge
Striped bass 2 --
Wiper: striped bass hybrid 2 --
Paddlefish 2** --
Crappie: white or black 50* --
All other species No limit --

[cbass12]

When we fish the creeks above the lakes we still obey that specific lake's length and creel limits. Not sure if we need to but to us there really isn't a reason to risk it, especially at LaCygne where the river is essentially part of the lake.

[Craig Johnson]

....So my question is "are there creek limit for kansas river?"

Yes, there is. Statewide length limits apply.

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From: http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Fishin...-Length-Limits

Statewide Creel & Length Limits

Unless otherwise listed in the "Special Regulations" of a certain lake, the following length and daily creel limits apply to all Kansas waters that are open to public fishing access, and to all rivers and streams. City, county, and other locally-managed waters may have more restrictive length and creel limits, as posted on the areas. Special Regulations for certain waters are posted on the Fishing Location Pages or you can contact a district biologist for more information.


CULLING: Once a daily creel limit of any particular species has been possessed, any other fish of that species that is caught must be released immediately, unharmed, into the water. It may not replace another fish already in the creel.


THE POSSESSION LIMIT ON ALL FISH IS THREE TIMES THE DAILY CREEL LIMIT.

Type of Fish	Number of Fish	Length of Fish
Channel and Blue catfish (single species or in combination)	10
Walleye, sauger, saugeye (single species or in combination)	5	15 inches
Rainbow trout, brown trout (single species or in combination)	5
Black basses (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, single species or in combination)	5	15 inches
Flathead catfish	5
Northern pike	2	30 inches
Striped bass	2
Wiper (white bass/striped bass hybrid)	2
Crappie	50
White bass, bullhead, bluegill and all other legal species	No limit
Paddlefish	2	34 inches

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If you are fishing the portion of the Missouri River that borders both Kansas and Missouri different harvest regulations apply.

From: http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Fishin...Missouri-River


Fishing on the Missouri River

FISHING ON THE MISSOURI RIVER

In agreement with the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has established special rules regarding that portion of the Missouri River that borders both Kansas and Missouri. These rules apply only to that portion of the Missouri River that creates a common boundary between Kansas and Missouri. All fish caught from the Missouri River Boundary Waters that are a size or number that is illegal to possess shall be released unrestricted to the water immediately. Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Alert – Asian Carp, Zebra Mussels, and White Perch.



LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:


Anglers with either a valid Kansas or Missouri fishing license may fish any flowing portion and backwaters of the Missouri River and any oxbow lake through which the river flows. They may fish from and attach any legal fishing equipment to the land adjoining these waters.


LIMITATIONS


Tributaries of the Missouri may not be fished without a valid fishing license from the state through which the tributary flows. If any law or regulation governing fishing in the Missouri River is different from the corresponding law or regulation in the state for which the angler has a license, the more restrictive state’s law or regulation will apply. Each angler must keep all legally caught fish restrained separately from any other angler. Bow and arrow or crossbow with a barbed head and a line attached are legal only from sunrise to midnight. Each angler may use three fishing lines. In addition, each angler may use one trotline with no more than 25 hooks OR eight setlines with no more than two hooks each, OR eight floatlines.


LENGTH LIMITS
Black Bass: 12-inch minimum
Paddlefish: 24-inch minimum
Channel Catfish: 15-inch
Sauger and Walleye: 15-inch

DAILY CREEL LIMITS
Black Bass: 6
Channel catfish: 10
Blue Catfish: 5
Crappie: 30
Flathead catfish: 5
Paddlefish: 2
Walleye, sauger, and their hybrids (single species or in combination): 4
Yellow bass, striped bass, white bass, and their hybrids (single species or in combination): 15

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[Craig Johnson]

When we fish the creeks above the lakes we still obey that specific lake's length and creel limits. Not sure if we need to but to us there really isn't a reason to risk it, especially at LaCygne where the river is essentially part of the lake.

cbass,

You are doing it correctly.

Length and creel limits in place for a reservoir apply to upstream reaches of the creeks that are still within the wildlife area or lake property boundaries.

Stilling basins (aka the outlet, the tubes, the spillway) downstream of the reservoir are covered by the statewide length and creel limits and not the reservoir length and creel limits.

Always check the posted regulations for the specific water body you are fishing.

[Birdgod]

Thanks for the info.