Kentucky Commercial Fishing Regulations

The following is a link to Kentucky Commercial Fishing Regulations:

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/301/001/155.htm



Section 4 deals with size limits and is cut and pasted from the page above:

Section 4. Commercial Fishing Season and Size Limits. (1) commercial fishing season shall be open year round in the waters listed in 301 KAR 1:150 with the following exceptions:

(a) As described in 301 KAR 1:140 for Kentucky and Barkley lakes;

(b) The commercial fishing season for shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) shall extend from October 15 through May 15.

(2) There shall be no size limits on any commercially-harvested rough fish except that a commercial fisherman shall only harvest shovelnose sturgeon between twenty-four (24) and thirty-two (32) inches, as measured from tip of snout to the fork of the tail fin.




The following link is to the waters in the state that are open to commercial fishing:

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/301/001/150.htm




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