Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-14 - Walleye and yellow perch daily bag limits in the lake Erie sport fishing district

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In accordance with inter-agency fisheries quota management on lake Erie,
				this rule establishes annual walleye, sauger, saugeye and yellow perch daily
				bag limits in the lake Erie sport fishing district that will prevent sport
				harvest in excess of  quota
				allocations for these fish species.
Each year, a total allowable catch (TAC) will be determined for
				one walleye and three yellow perch stocks by the lake Erie committee of the
				great lakes fishery commission. Ohio's annual TAC for walleye
				will be derived  using an
				area-based  formula of walleye
				habitat within Ohio's jurisdiction in the western and central basins of lake
				Erie. Ohio's annual TACs for yellow perch will be derived
				 using an area-based
				 formula for the Ohio
				jurisdiction in the west (lake Erie yellow perch
				management unit 1), west-central (lake Erie
				yellow perch management unit 2), and east-central (lake
				Erie yellow perch management unit 3) basins and associated
				quotas will be issued for each management unit as defined
				in rule
				1501:31-1-02
				of the Administrative Code.
Based upon Ohio's walleye TAC and based upon
				Ohio's
				yellow perch TAC for each lake Erie yellow perch management unit,
				the seasonal daily bag limit for walleye, sauger or saugeye and yellow perch
				will be determined by using the tables listed in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this
				rule. The bag limits will be posted on the Ohio division of wildlife website at
				wildohio.gov, in a statewide news release, and in a printed pamphlet prior to
				May first.
(A) Bag limits for walleye,
			 sauger or saugeye and yellow perch will take effect on May first each
			 year.
(B) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person to take or possess more than the daily bag limit of walleye, sauger
			 or saugeye, singly or in the aggregate in the lake Erie sport fishing district
			 as determined in the following table and published by the division and posted
			 on the Ohio division of wildlife website at wildohio.gov:
Lake Erie TAC and daily bag limits for walleye, sauger or
				saugeye, singly or in the aggregate
A
B
C
Ohio TAC (numbers of fish)
Daily bag limit for walleye, sauger or saugeye May 1-
						  last day of February in the lake Erie sport fishing district
Daily bag limit for walleye, sauger and saugeye March
						  1-April 30 in the lake Erie sport fishing district
Greater than or equal to 3,000,000
6
6
950,000 to less than 3,000,000
6
4
850,000 to less than 950,000
5
4
750,000 to less than 850,000
4
4
650,000 to less than 750,000
3
3
550,000 to less than 650,000
2
2
Less than or equal to 550,000
1
1
(C) It
			 shall be unlawful for any person to take more than
			 thirty yellow perch in a calendar day from the lake Erie sport fishing
			 district. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for any person to take
			 or possess more than the daily bag limit of yellow perch in
			 any lake
			 Erie yellow perch management unit, as determined in the following table
			 and published by the division and posted on the Ohio division of wildlife
			 website at wildohio.gov:
Lake Erie TAC and daily bag limits for
				yellow perch
Daily Bag
						  limit
Lake Erie Yellow Perch
						  Management Unit 1 Ohio TAC (Pounds of Fish)
Lake Erie Yellow Perch
						  Management Unit 2 Ohio TAC (Pounds of Fish)
Lake Erie Yellow Perch
						  Management Unit 3 Ohio TAC (Pounds of Fish)
30
Greater than or equal to
						  800,000
Greater than or equal to
						  1,600,000
Greater than or equal to
						  800,000
20
400,000 to
						  799,999
800,000 to
						  1,599,999
400,000 to
						  799,999
10
Less than
						  400,000
Less than
						  800,000
Less than
						  400,000