2012 Utah Bag & Posession Limits

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2012 General Statewide Bag & Posession Limits

Any trout, salmon or grayling that is not immediately released and that�s held in your possession�whether the fish is dead or alive�is part of your bag and possession limit.
A trout, salmon or grayling may not be released if it�s been held in or on a stringer, fish basket, livewell or by any other device.
Any fish that doesn�t meet the size, bag or species rules for the water you�re fishing must be returned to the water immediately.
In Utah, the bag and possession limits are the same. For example, once you�ve harvested a limit of trout you cannot harvest any more trout until you�ve consumed or donated at least some of the trout you�ve harvested. So, if you eat one trout, you can harvest one more the next day; if you eat a full limit, you can harvest a full limit the next day.
You may not fish at waters that have a specific bag or size limit if you possess fish in violation of that limit. For example, if the cutthroat trout limit at a river you�d like to fish is two cutthroats, and you harvested three cutthroats earlier that day at another water, you can�t fish at that river until you consume or donate at least one of the cutthroats you harvested earlier.
Residents and nonresidents who are under 12 years of age may fish without a license and take a full bag and possession limit.

The following general bag and possession limits apply statewide, except as provided in the Rules for Specific Waters section of the fishing guide:

Fish Species	Bag & Posession Limit
Bluegill & Green Sunfish* (combined total)	50 fish
Bonneville Cisco	30 fish
Brook Trout bonus limit on specific waters	See current fishing guide
Bullhead Catfish	24 fish
Burbot	No limit (All Burbot must be kept and immediately killed.)
Channel Catfish*	8 fish
Crappie*	50 fish
Crayfish (Crawdads)	No limit
Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass (combined total)*	6 fish
Nongame Species (Except prohibited species. See current proclamation.)	No limit
Northern Pike*	6 fish
Tiger Muskellunge* (hybrid)	1 fish over 40 inches
Sacramento Perch	10 fish
Striped Bass	No limit
Trout,Salmon, & Grayling (including hybrids, as a combined total, except no more than 2 can be Lake Trout, also you can take extra brook trout at some waters)	4 fish
Walleye*	10 fish (only 1 over 24 inches
Whitefish*	10 fish
White Bass	No limit
Wiper* (hybrid white bass x striped bass)	6 fish
Yellow Perch*	50 fish

*On some waters, specific bag or size restrictions apply. Please see the Rules for Specific Waters section of the Fishing Guide.