{
  "name": "Bluegill and sunfish bag and size limits by U.S. state (FishLimit)",
  "description": "Daily limits, length rules and season notes for bluegill and sunfish in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, one row per rule as published by each state wildlife agency. Every row carries the agency source URL and the date it was last verified.",
  "publisher": "FishLimit",
  "url": "https://fishlimit.com/fishing/bluegill/",
  "date_modified": "2026-11-01",
  "temporal_coverage": "2026-01-01/2027-08-31",
  "notice": "Facts restated from official state wildlife agency sources; always verify with the agency before you fish or hunt. FishLimit is independent and is not a legal source of regulations.",
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "state",
      "description": "Two-letter U.S. state code."
    },
    {
      "key": "state_name",
      "description": "State name."
    },
    {
      "key": "species",
      "description": "Species slug used in FishLimit URLs."
    },
    {
      "key": "species_name",
      "description": "Species name."
    },
    {
      "key": "agency",
      "description": "State wildlife agency that publishes the rule."
    },
    {
      "key": "regs_valid",
      "description": "Regulation period the figures apply to, as stated by the agency."
    },
    {
      "key": "scope",
      "description": "Waters or area the rule covers (for example statewide or a named water)."
    },
    {
      "key": "season",
      "description": "Open season or date window, when the rule is seasonal."
    },
    {
      "key": "daily_limit",
      "description": "Daily bag limit, restated."
    },
    {
      "key": "size_rule",
      "description": "Minimum, maximum or slot length rule, restated."
    },
    {
      "key": "note",
      "description": "Exception or clarification attached to the rule."
    },
    {
      "key": "source_url",
      "description": "Official state agency page the figures were read from."
    },
    {
      "key": "source_title",
      "description": "Title of that agency page."
    },
    {
      "key": "last_verified",
      "description": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) FishLimit last checked the agency page."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 12, 24): Indiana DNR",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "title": "2026-2027 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 5–10): Ohio Division of Wildlife",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/creel-and-length-limits.pdf",
      "title": "Creel (harvest) and length limits, 2026 Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Boating (p. 23): Virginia DWR",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and redear sunfish",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Bluegill, statewide public waters",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 12, 24): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and redear sunfish",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Redear sunfish, statewide public waters",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "25 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 12, 24): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and redear sunfish",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "J.C. Murphey Lake (Newton County)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "25 bluegill, redear sunfish and crappie, singly or combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 12, 24): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and redear sunfish",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Fidler Pond (Elkhart County), Failing Lake, also called Gentian Lake (Steuben County), and Flat Fork Creek Park ponds A and B (Hamilton County)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "15 bluegill, redear sunfish and crappie combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length listed for these species",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 12, 24): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Inland waters, statewide",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "20 combined (all sunfish species)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Lakes with a special 5-fish sunfish rule (more than 120 listed, for example Leech Lake in Cass County)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "5 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "On these lakes the daily limit drops but the statewide possession limit of 20 stays; while you are on that lake you may not have more than its daily limit with you. A few lakes instead set a possession limit of 5 or 10. Special and experimental regulations are listed lake by lake on pages 45–64 of the booklet.",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Lakes with a special 10-fish sunfish rule (about 60 listed, for example Osakis and Little Osakis lakes in Douglas and Todd counties)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "Same rule: lower daily limit, statewide possession limit of 20, but no more than the lake's daily limit with you while you are there.",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Rochester–Olmsted County area lakes (treated as one group of waters)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "10 sunfish, crappie and yellow perch combined, no more than 5 of them crappie",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "One limit covers the whole group, not each lake.",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Canada border waters (Basswood Lake excepted)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "20 per day, combined",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Basswood Lake, including Jackfish, Pipestone, Hoist and Back bays",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "5 per day",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Wisconsin border waters: St. Croix River below Taylors Falls Dam, Mississippi River and Lake Pepin",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "15 per day",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Wisconsin border waters: St. Louis River Estuary and St. Croix River above Taylors Falls Dam",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "25 per day",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Iowa border waters",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "25 per day, sunfish and crappie combined",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "The Iowa–Minnesota table counts crappie inside the same 25-fish limit.",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "South Dakota border waters",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day, combined",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "North Dakota border waters",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day",
      "size_rule": "No size limit printed in the border-water table",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 13–14, 20, 28, 30, 41, 45–64, 68–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Statewide public waters, including Lake Erie",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit (sunfish are not listed on the statewide table)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 5–10): Ohio Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Killdeer Plains, Oxbow and St. Joseph River wildlife areas",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day (all sunfish species)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 5–10): Ohio Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Appalachian Hills Wildlife Area; Jesse Owens State Park and Wildlife Area",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "20 per day, all sunfish species singly or in combination",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 5–10): Ohio Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Pymatuning Lake (Ohio–Pennsylvania)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit (falls under \"all other fish\")",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "From shore on the Pennsylvania side you need a Pennsylvania license.",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 5–10): Ohio Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Statewide public fresh water (bluegill, redear, green, warmouth, longear and other sunfish)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily bag limit",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "Waters on TPWD's exceptions list can be stricter; a water body that is not listed follows these statewide rules.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Community Fishing Lakes (public lakes of 75 acres or less inside a city or a municipal, county or state park)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "5 fish per day, all species combined (sunfish count toward the 5); only 1 of the 5 may be a black bass",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length for sunfish (black bass 14 inches)",
      "note": "Pole and line only, no more than two poles per angler.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Ten other listed small waters with the same 5-fish cap",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "5 fish per day, all species combined; only 1 may be a black bass",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length for sunfish (black bass 14 inches)",
      "note": "Canyon Lake Project #6, Como (Fort Worth), Elm, Madisonville, Pilant, Tucker Lake, Deputy Darren Goforth Park Lake, Brushy Creek Lake and Brushy Creek down to the Williamson/Milam County line, the North Concho River (O.C. Fisher dam to Bell Street dam) and the South Concho River (Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam). Pole and line only, no more than two poles.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Six park waters with a 5-fish cap and catch-and-release bass",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "5 fish per day, all species combined, not counting catch-and-release species",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "Generations Park, Nelson Park, Forest Park (Denton), Buck Lake (South Llano River State Park), and Lost Maples Upper and Lower. Largemouth bass (all black bass at Lost Maples) are catch-and-release only and do not count toward the 5. Pole and line only, no more than two poles.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Lake Kyle",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "Catch-and-release only for sunfish (none may be kept)",
      "size_rule": "Not applicable",
      "note": "Largemouth bass and channel catfish are also catch-and-release only; other species fall under a 5-fish combined bag. Pole and line only, no more than two poles.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (Sunfish): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-01"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "Statewide (waters with no listed exception)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "50 per day, bluegill and other sunfish combined",
      "size_rule": "No statewide length limit",
      "note": "Crappie, rock bass (redeye) and Roanoke bass have separate limits and do not count toward the 50.",
      "source_url": "https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/creel-and-length-limits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Creel (harvest) and length limits, 2026 Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Boating (p. 23): Virginia DWR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "bluegill",
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      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "Lake Gaston and Buggs Island Lake/Kerr Reservoir, including the Staunton (Roanoke) River and its tributaries up to Difficult Creek (Charlotte County) and the Dan River and its tributaries up to the Banister River (Halifax County)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit",
      "size_rule": "No length limit",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/creel-and-length-limits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Creel (harvest) and length limits, 2026 Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Boating (p. 23): Virginia DWR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "New River from the Virginia–North Carolina line down to the confluence of the New and Little rivers (Grayson County)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit",
      "size_rule": "No length limit",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/creel-and-length-limits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Creel (harvest) and length limits, 2026 Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Boating (p. 23): Virginia DWR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "bluegill",
      "species_name": "Bluegill and sunfish",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "South Holston Reservoir (Virginia–Tennessee reciprocal rules)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "50 bluegill per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/creel-and-length-limits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Creel (harvest) and length limits, 2026 Virginia Freshwater Fishing & Boating (p. 23): Virginia DWR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-31"
    }
  ]
}