Master Angler Requirements

specie name adult C&R Min inches adult weight min youth C&R min inches youth weight min
Bass, largemouth 21 5 lbs 7 ounces 16 2 lbs 5 ounces
Bass, rock 10 0 lbs 14 ounces 9 0 lbs 10 ounces
Bass, smallmouth 21 5 lbs 15 ounces 16 2 lbs 8 ounces
Bass, white 16 2 lbs 1 ounces 13 1 lbs 2 ounces
Bluegill 11 1 lbs 5 ounces 10 0 lbs 15 ounces
Bowfin 26 6 lbs 10 ounces 20 3 lbs 0 ounces
Buffalo, black 27 12 lbs 13 ounces 21 6 lbs 5 ounces
Buffalo, bigmouth 32 21 lbs 6 ounces 27 12 lbs 13 ounces
Walleye 26 6 lbs 5 ounces 24 5 lbs 1 ounces
Walleye, Sauger hybrid 25 5 lbs 7 ounces 22 3 lbs 9 ounces
Muskellunge 46 27 lbs 12 ounces 44 24 lbs 0 ounces
Muskellunge, tiger 42 22 lbs 13 ounces 40 19 lbs 3 ounces
Perch, yellow 15 1 lbs 15 ounces 12 0 lbs 15 ounces
Pike, northern 40 18 lbs 5 ounces 35 12 lbs 3 ounces
Pike, northern (silver) 35 12 lbs 2 ounces 34 11 lbs 2 ounces
Pumpkinseed 9 0 lbs 12 ounces 8 0 lbs 9 ounces
Quillback 19 3 lbs 7 ounces 17 2 lbs 8 ounces
Buffalo, smallmouth 24 9 lbs 10 ounces 23 8 lbs 6 ounces
Bullhead, black 14 1 lbs 10 ounces 13 1 lbs 4 ounces
Bullhead, brown 20 4 lbs 15 ounces 15 2 lbs 0 ounces
Bullhead, yellow 14 1 lbs 11 ounces 13 1 lbs 6 ounces
Burbot (eelpout) 32 9 lbs 1 ounces 28 6 lbs 1 ounces
Carp 34 19 lbs 9 ounces 30 13 lbs 9 ounces
Carpsucker, river 14 1 lbs 7 ounces 13 1 lbs 2 ounces
Catfish, channel 30 11 lbs 15 ounces 26 7 lbs 6 ounces
Catfish, flathead 33 16 lbs 6 ounces 30 11 lbs 15 ounces
Crappie, black 15 2 lbs 4 ounces 13 1 lbs 7 ounces
Crappie, white 15 1 lbs 15 ounces 13 1 lbs 4 ounces
Drum (sheepshead) 30 14 lbs 15 ounces 26 9 lbs 7 ounces
Eel, american 36 5 lbs 0 ounces 30 4 lbs 8 ounces
Gar, longnose 46 10 lbs 3 ounces 40 6 lbs 3 ounces
Gar, shortnose 30 3 lbs 13 ounces 26 2 lbs 8 ounces
Goldeye 14 0 lbs 15 ounces 13 0 lbs 13 ounces
Hogsucker, northern 12 0 lbs 12 ounces 10 0 lbs 7 ounces
Mooneye 12 0 lbs 11 ounces 10 0 lbs 7 ounces
Redhorse, golden 15 1 lbs 9 ounces 14 1 lbs 4 ounces
Redhorse, greater 24 7 lbs 0 ounces 20 3 lbs 15 ounces
Redhorse, river 24 6 lbs 11 ounces 20 3 lbs 10 ounces
Redhorse, shorthead 19 3 lbs 1 ounces 17 2 lbs 3 ounces
Redhorse, silver 19 3 lbs 4 ounces 17 2 lbs 5 ounces
Salmon, chinook 40 25 lbs 6 ounces 34 15 lbs 0 ounces
Salmon, coho 23 3 lbs 0 ounces 20 2 lbs 2 ounces
Salmon, pink 19 3 lbs 15 ounces 17 2 lbs 15 ounces
Sauger 22 3 lbs 8 ounces 20 2 lbs 9 ounces
Splake 23 4 lbs 14 ounces 20 3 lbs 2 ounces
Sturgeon, lake 54 21 lbs 10 ounces 45 12 lbs 11 ounces
Sturgeon, shovelnose 22 4 lbs 0 ounces 19 3 lbs 0 ounces
Sucker, blue 24 8 lbs 8 ounces 20 4 lbs 9 ounces
Sucker, longnose 16 2 lbs 1 ounces 14 1 lbs 5 ounces
Sucker, white 19 3 lbs 4 ounces 18 2 lbs 12 ounces
Sunfish, green 10 0 lbs 14 ounces 9 0 lbs 10 ounces
Sunfish, hybrid 10 1 lbs 1 ounces 9 0 lbs 12 ounces
Trout, brook 20 3 lbs 8 ounces 15 1 lbs 7 ounces
Trout, brown 25 8 lbs 2 ounces 22 5 lbs 5 ounces
Trout, lake 34 15 lbs 12 ounces 30 10 lbs 9 ounces
Trout, rainbow 32 15 lbs 10 ounces 28 10 lbs 4 ounces
Trout, tiger 15 1 lbs 4 ounces 13 0 lbs 9 ounces
Tullibee 17 2 lbs 1 ounces 15 1 lbs 6 ounces
Whitefish, lake 24 5 lbs 9 ounces 24 5 lbs 9 ounces
Whitefish, menominee 17 1 lbs 14 ounces 15 1 lbs 4 ounces