{
  "name": "White bass bag and size limits by U.S. state (FishLimit)",
  "description": "Daily limits, length rules and season notes for white bass in Indiana, 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/white-bass/",
  "date_modified": "2026-11-03",
  "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, 24, 26): Indiana DNR",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "title": "2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 6–9, 18–19): ODNR 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 (White bass): 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": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Statewide (lakes, rivers and streams away from the Ohio River)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "12 per day, white bass and hybrid striped bass combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length; no more than 2 over 17 inches",
      "note": "Indiana's possession limit is twice the daily bag (24), but it does not apply to fish processed and stored at your primary residence. Striped bass have a separate bag of 2.",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 24, 26): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Yellow bass, statewide",
      "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, 24, 26): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Ohio River main stem (Indiana waters; not the tributaries or embayments)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day, white, yellow, striped and hybrid striped bass combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length; no more than 4 fish 15 inches or longer",
      "note": "Indiana and Kentucky honor each other's fishing licenses on the main stem, bank to bank. Yellow bass count toward the 30 here, unlike the unlimited statewide rule.",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 24, 26): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Statewide public waters (where no Lake Erie, Ohio River or site-specific rule applies)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day, white, striped and hybrid striped bass combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length; no more than 4 over 15 inches",
      "note": "The limit is shared: 20 white bass and 10 hybrids is a full limit. Ohio's site-specific waters pages (pp. 10–12) list no white bass exceptions.",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 6–9, 18–19): ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Lake Erie Sport Fishing District: the lake, Maumee and Sandusky bays, East, Middle and West harbors, and tributaries up to the listed end points",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit (striped, hybrid and white bass)",
      "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": "2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 6–9, 18–19): ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Ohio River, Western Unit (Ohio–Kentucky) and Eastern Unit (Ohio–West Virginia): the river, its embayments and tributaries up to the first riffle or dam",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day, white, striped and hybrid striped bass combined",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length; no more than 4 over 15 inches",
      "note": "These are unified rules agreed with Kentucky and West Virginia, so everyone fishing on the river or within a quarter mile of it follows them, whichever state licensed them.",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/OhioFishingRegs_English.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 6–9, 18–19): ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Pymatuning Lake (shared with Pennsylvania)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit (white bass fall under “all other fish”)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "An Ohio or a Pennsylvania license works from a boat; from the Pennsylvania shore or any island 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": "2026-27 Ohio Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 6–9, 18–19): ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Statewide public fresh water (no listed exception)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "25 per day",
      "size_rule": "Minimum length 10 inches",
      "note": "TPWD sets the possession limit at twice the daily bag, so 50 white bass. White bass have their own bag: they are not counted with striped or hybrid striped bass (5 a day combined, 18-inch minimum).",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (White bass): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "regs_valid": "Sept. 1, 2026 through Aug. 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Caddo Lake, Lake Texoma, Toledo Bend Reservoir, and the Sabine River from Toledo Bend Dam to the I.H. 10 bridge",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "25 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "These are shared waters with Louisiana or Oklahoma, and TPWD's water-body pages list no minimum length for white bass on each of them.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (White bass): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "state_name": "Texas",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "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 entirely inside a city's limits or a municipal, county or state park) and other small waters on TPWD's list",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "5 fish per day, all species combined (white bass included)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length (black bass excepted)",
      "note": "Pole and line only, no more than two poles. Only 1 of the 5 may be a black bass, and it must be 14 inches or longer.",
      "source_url": "https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits",
      "source_title": "Freshwater Bag and Length Limits (White bass): Texas Parks & Wildlife Department",
      "last_verified": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "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": "5 per day",
      "size_rule": "No statewide 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": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "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 to Leesville Dam and the Dan River and its tributaries to the Union Street Dam (Danville)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day",
      "size_rule": "Minimum length 14 inches",
      "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": "2026-11-03"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "white-bass",
      "species_name": "White bass",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "South Holston Reservoir (shared with Tennessee)",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "None: no harvest or possession",
      "size_rule": "Catch and release only; every white bass must be released",
      "note": "South Holston straddles the Tennessee line. A Virginia or Tennessee resident license plus the South Holston Reservoir License (currently $21 a year) lets you fish both states' impounded waters there, and the reservoir's own creel table repeats that every white bass must be released.",
      "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": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ]
}