{
  "name": "Yellow perch bag and size limits by U.S. state (FishLimit)",
  "description": "Daily limits, length rules and season notes for yellow perch in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio 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/yellow-perch/",
  "date_modified": "2026-10-30",
  "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, 22): 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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife"
    },
    {
      "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": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Inland waters, 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, 22): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "state_name": "Indiana",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "April 2026 through March 31, 2027",
      "scope": "Lake Michigan (Indiana waters)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "15 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "Applies while fishing Indiana waters even under another state's license.",
      "source_url": "https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/26INFW_LR.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026-2027 Indiana Fishing Regulations Guide (DNR publication, pp. 8, 22): Indiana DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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 per day; possession limit 40",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Minnesota Department of Natural Resources",
      "regs_valid": "March 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027",
      "scope": "Lakes with a special perch rule (for example Crawford Lake in Wright County and La Salle Lake in Hubbard County)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "10 in possession",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "Special and experimental regulations are listed lake by lake on pages 45–64 of the booklet; look up your lake before you keep fish.",
      "source_url": "https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf",
      "source_title": "2026 Minnesota Fishing Regulations (booklet, pp. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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": "15 per day; possession limit 30",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "state_name": "Minnesota",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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": "50",
      "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. 20, 28–30, 45–64, 70–75): Minnesota DNR",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027 (Lake Erie perch limits: May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027)",
      "scope": "Statewide public waters (where no site-specific rule applies)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027 (Lake Erie perch limits: May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027)",
      "scope": "Lake Erie West Zone: Ohio waters west of 82°30′ W (roughly Toledo to Huron)",
      "season": "May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027",
      "daily_limit": "30 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027 (Lake Erie perch limits: May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027)",
      "scope": "Lake Erie Central Zone: between 82°30′ W and 81°20′ W (roughly Huron to Fairport Harbor)",
      "season": "May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027 (Lake Erie perch limits: May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027)",
      "scope": "Lake Erie East Zone: Ohio waters east of 81°20′ W (roughly Fairport Harbor to the Pennsylvania line)",
      "season": "May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027",
      "daily_limit": "20 per day",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife",
      "regs_valid": "March 1, 2026 through Feb. 28, 2027 (Lake Erie perch limits: May 1, 2026 – Apr. 30, 2027)",
      "scope": "Pymatuning Lake (shared with Pennsylvania)",
      "season": "Open all year",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit (perch fall under “all other fish”)",
      "size_rule": "No minimum length",
      "note": "",
      "source_url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/wildlife/laws-regs-licenses/perchwalleyedailylimits.pdf",
      "source_title": "Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch 2026-2027 Daily Bag Limits: ODNR Division of Wildlife",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "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": "No daily limit (yellow and white perch)",
      "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": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "Lake Moomaw",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "10 per day (yellow and white perch)",
      "size_rule": "No length limit listed for this lake",
      "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": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "state": "VA",
      "state_name": "Virginia",
      "species": "yellow-perch",
      "species_name": "Yellow perch",
      "agency": "Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources",
      "regs_valid": "January 2026 through Dec. 31, 2026",
      "scope": "Tidal rivers of the Chesapeake Bay below the fall line",
      "season": "",
      "daily_limit": "No daily limit listed",
      "size_rule": "No yellow perch under 9 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": "2026-10-30"
    }
  ]
}