{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-6-302","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-6-302","heading":"The taking of game fish - Bag limits - Penalty","body":"A. No person may take, kill or catch from any river, creek,\n\nlake, state pond or privately owned pond which is stocked by state\n\nor federal fish hatchery any game fish except by means of hook and\n\nline attached to a pole or rod, throwline, trotline or with speargun\n\nused by divers equipped with self-contained underwater breathing\n\napparatus, except for white bass which may be taken by the use of a\n\ngig and blue and channel catfish which may be taken by noodling. No\n\nperson may sell, offer to sell or have in possession for the purpose\n\nof selling any game fish. Game species open to taking by speargun\n\ninclude all except black bass, crappie, striped bass, walleye,\n\nnorthern pike and trout. Upon receiving information that damage to\n\nthe fish population is occurring in any of the waters of this state,\n\nthe Wildlife Conservation Commission shall give notice and hold a\n\nhearing to determine such fact and may, upon good cause shown,\n\nregulate the taking of fish to any extent necessary to protect fish\n\nin said waters of this state.\n\nB. Fish taken under subsection A of this section shall be in\n\naccordance with the method of taking, length limits and bag limits\n\nwhich shall be set by Commission resolution. Except in certain\n\nareas specifically designated as less in rules promulgated by the\n\nWildlife Conservation Commission, the Commission shall not\n\npromulgate any rule restricting a person from using up to seven rods\n\nwhile fishing.\n\nC. No nonresident may have upon leaving the state more than a\n\ntwo-day bag limit of any species of game fish.\n\nD. It shall be unlawful for any person to use in the waters of\n\nthis state a speargun having more than three points with more than\n\ntwo barbs on each point.\n\nE. 1. The portions of the Illinois River and its tributaries\n\nabove the Horseshoe Bend Boat Ramp on Tenkiller Reservoir shall be\n\nopen for the taking of nongame fish and white bass by gigging from\n\nDecember 1 through March 1 of each year. The portions of the\n\nIllinois River and its tributaries above United States Highway 62\n\nand State Highway 51 shall be open for the taking of nongame fish\n\nand white bass by gigging from December 1 through March 31 of each\n\nyear.\n\n2. Except as otherwise provided for in this paragraph,\n\nmotorized boats may be used in the upper Illinois River above the\n\nHorseshoe Bend boat ramp. Jet skis, jet boats and similar non-\n\npropeller-driven watercraft shall be prohibited in the Illinois\n\nRiver above the confluence with Barren Fork Creek, except when used\n\nfor law enforcement, hazard removal or search and rescue purposes.\n\nF. 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, any\n\nperson convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section\n\nshall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars\n\n($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).\n\n2. Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this\n\nsection by netting, snaglining or selling game fish shall be\n\npunished by imposition of a fine of not less than One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or\n\nby imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty\n\n(30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person, upon\n\nconviction of a second or subsequent violation of the provisions of\n\nthis section by netting, snaglining or selling game fish when said\n\nviolation occurred within two (2) years of a previous conviction for\n\nviolating said provisions, shall be punished by a fine of not less\n\nthan Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand\n\nDollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a\n\nperiod not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and\n\nimprisonment. In addition, all fishing licenses and fishing\n\nprivileges within the state of the person shall be revoked for a\n\nperiod of one (1) year from the date of the conviction.","path":["OK Code","Title 29"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os29.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"386f23b2957d0b528f96b3d8e1c2bfe0fed41728b1c40bf9e931a01be3dc6cab","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-6-301a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-6-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}