2023 Fishing Regulations - 5

STATEWIDE CREEL LIMITS
See pages 20-24 for complete statewide regulations. There are many exceptions to statewide regulations on pages 8-18. Refer to page 7
to learn to find regulations for specific waters.
Category
Trout in combination (includes brown, cutthroat, grayling, golden,
rainbow, salmon, tiger trout, and other trout hybrids). Excludes
brook trout, lake trout and splake.
Brook trout
Lake trout and splake in combination
Burbot (ling)
Channel catfish
Largemouth and smallmouth bass in combination
Northern pike
Sauger
Shovelnose sturgeon
Tiger muskie (sterile northern pike muskellunge hybrid)
Walleye
Whitefish
Yellow perch, black bullhead, stonecat, crappie, rock bass, bluegill,
pumpkinseed, green sunfish, green sunfish-bluegill hybrid, freshwater
drum in combination
Except as otherwise provided, no person shall harvest and keep
during any one (1) day, or have in possession, more than the number
and length of game fish specified as the creel limits listed above.
Exceptions are listed with the regulations for each drainage area
on pages 8-18.
Except as otherwise provided in the exception for an individual water,
the total combined creel and possession limit for the trout category,
regardless of the waters (streams, lakes, or a combination of both) a
person is fishing, shall not exceed six (6) trout per day or in possession.
Any fish caught that is not to be counted in the creel limit shall
be immediately released to the water with as little injury to the fish
as possible. Any fish placed on a stringer, in a container, in a live
well, or not released immediately to the water, shall be considered
to be reduced to possession of the angler and shall be killed prior
to being transported from the water of origin. No fish that has been
reduced to possession of the angler shall be released alive without
prior written approval from the Department.
Creel and Possession Limits
All lakes, unless indicated otherwise: six (6)
All streams, unless indicated otherwise: Three (3) No more than
one (1) trout shall exceed sixteen (16) inches.
TOTAL STREAMS AND LAKES COMBINED: six (6)
Sixteen (16)
Six (6) No more than one (1) lake trout or splake shall exceed
twenty-four (24) inches.
Three (3). See drainage area exceptions on pages 8, 13 and 16.
Six (6)
Six (6)
See drainage area exceptions.
Two (2)
Two (2)
One (1), all tiger muskie less than thirty-six (36) inches in length
shall be released to the water immediately.
Six (6)
Six (6)
Fifty (50)
All fish possessed or transported shall be kept in a manner that
species and numbers can be determined. When length limits apply,
the whole body shall remain intact (gills and entrails can be removed)
while in transit or in the field. Where length limits do not
apply, a piece of skin large enough to allow species identification
(at least one (1) inch square) shall remain on all fish fillets while or
in the field, except as otherwise
provided in Areas 2, 3 and 5 for
walleye and sauger harvested in
the Wind River, Bighorn River and
Tongue River drainages and Glendo
Reservoir and in Area 4 for
lake trout harvested in Flaming
Gorge Reservoir.
There are no creel or possession limits on nongame fish. Nongame
fish may be taken by the use of legal fishing methods during any
season open for the taking of game fish.
FREE Fishing Day! June 3rd, 2023
You can fish without a license on Free Fishing Day! Each year, the Wyoming Game
and Fish Department designates the first Saturday of National Boating and Fishing
Week as a free fishing day when anyone can fish in Wyoming without a fishing license.
National Boating and Fishing Week is a celebration that highlights the importance of
recreational boating and fishing in enhancing quality of life and preserving our country's
national beauty. All fishing regulations, creel and size limits, gear restrictions, and
stream closures remain in effect. We hope you will take the opportunity to celebrate
this special week by going fishing with family and friends.
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