West Virginia Regulations Summary

Black Bass
Smallmouth,
Largemouth, and
Spotted
6*
(in aggregate)
None* 12*
(in aggregate)
Jennings Randolph Lake: 12-inch minimum size limit, daily creel
limit 5, and possession limit 10.
See Special Area Regulations
for additional restrictions.
Trout
Rainbow, Golden, Brook
and Brown
6*
(in aggregate)
None 12*
(in aggregate)
Jennings Randolph Lake: Daily creel limit 5, and possession
limit 5.
See Special Area Regulations
for additional restrictions.
Muskellunge 2* 30 inches* 4*
Jennings Randolph Lake: 36-inch minimum size limit, daily creel
limit 1, and possession limit 1 for muskellunge in aggregate with
Tiger Musky.
See Special Area Regulations
for additional restrictions.
Tiger Musky 2* 28 inches* 4*
Northern Pike 2 28 inches* 4*
Jennings Randolph Lake: 30-inch minimum size
limit, daily creel limit 2, and possession limit 2.
Hybrid Striped Bass 4* 15 inches* 8*
Beech Fork, Bluestone and R.D. Bailey lakes and all rivers: Daily
creel limit 4 and possession limit 8 applies to fish 15 inches or larger
in aggregate with striped and white bass. No restrictions for these
fish under 15 inches.
Mt. Storm and East Lynn: 15-inch minimum size limit.
Rollins Lake: catch-and-release
Striped Bass
4* None* 8*
Beech Fork, Bluestone and R.D. Bailey lakes and all rivers:
Daily creel limit 4 and possession limit 8 applies to fish 15 inches or
larger in aggregate with hybrid striped, striped, and white bass. No
restrictions for t White Bass hese fish under 15 inches.
Paddlefish
Shovelnose Sturgeon 0 0 0 All fish must be returned to the water immediately.
Lake Sturgeon
Sauger Lakes - 8*
Rivers - 10*
(in aggregate)
None*
Lakes - 16*
Rivers - 20
(in aggregate)
Jennings Randolph Lake: 15-inch minimum size limit, daily creel
limit 5, and possession limit 5 for walleye.
See Special Area Regulations for additional restrictions on walleye.
Saugeye
Walleye
Blue Catfish 2* 24 inches* None Statewide: 24-inch minimum size limit and daily creel limit 2.
Channel Catfish 4* None 16*
In state-managed impoundments: Daily creel limit 4, possession
limit 16. Does not apply to Mt. Storm, Stonecoal, Cheat, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers lakes and all rivers and streams.
See Public Fishing Lakes
and Ponds Chart.
Yellow Perch None* None None Cheat Lake: Daily creel limit 15
All Others None* None* None*
Jennings Randolph Lake: 14-inch minimum
size limit, daily creel limit 5, and possession
limit 5 for chain pickerel.
Frogs 10 None 20
Season: 9 p.m. DST, June 12 to midnight July 31.
Big Sandy and Tug Fork rivers bordering Kentucky
Season: Noon, May 21 to midnight, October 31.
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