Hey everyone i hope your all doing well and catching tons of fish. Today i want to bring up a topic that i have neglected to bring up earlier on in full. (Partly because its kind of dull, sorry guys) The topic I am talking about is laws and regulations. While rules are never very fun or interesting they serve a purpose and are for everyone's benefit.

The rules I am specifically referring to are the ways your allowed to catch fish, how many your allowed to keep, what size they have to be, and things specific to certain locations. The fishing regulations vary based upon body of water, state/local jurisdictions, and the state of the ecosystem each year. That being said make sure you are aware of the laws in the place that you live or are visiting to ensure that you will not accidentally break a law.



This is what the regulation handbook looks like for Indiana. As i stated earlier laws change based upon location and time. Always be sure be up to date on your local laws. Most state governments have the laws published online as well as hard copies. For example http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-2012FG.pdf is the pdf link to an electronic copy of Indiana's fishing regulations.