Section 830.70  Size Limit

a)         No channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish or white catfish under 15 inches in length, undressed, or 12 inches in length, dressed, or 10.7 inches when dressed with the first vertebrae (T bone) removed, may be taken except in the Ohio River.

b)         No shovelnose sturgeon under 24 inches or over 32 inches in length may be taken from the Mississippi River or the Ohio River.  No shovelnose sturgeon under 25 inches in length may be taken from the Wabash River.  All shovelnose sturgeon shall be measured using fork length, defined as:  "the length from the most anterior part of the fish to the tip of the median caudal fin rays" (from tip of the snout to the fork of the tail).

c)         There is no size limit on other species listed in Section 830.60(a).

d)         All washboard mussels shall measure not less than 4.0 inches.  All relic (dead) Washboards shall measure not less than 4.0 inches.

e)         All mapleleaf mussels shall measure not less than 2.75 inches.

f)          All threeridge mussels shall measure not less than 3.0 inches.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 13187, effective August 30, 2007)