2013-2014
Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations
License Information (includes stamps, report cards)
- General Provisions and Definitions
- Fishing Methods and Gear Restrictions
- Fishing Hours
- Fishing Districts
- Bait Regulations
- Unlawful Actions Information
- Low-Flow Restrictions (closures affecting specific waters during low water levels)
- Species
Regulations some of the most common:
- Bass, Black (largemouth, small mouth, redeye and spotted)
- Bass, Striped
- Bass, White
- Bluegill (see Sunfish)
- Bullheads
- Candlefish
- Catfish
- Corvina (Salton Sea)
- Crappie
- Crayfish (Crawdads)
- Croaker, Gulf (Salton Sea)
- Lamprey
- Mountain Whitefish
- Northern Pike
- Salmon (see Trout and Salmon)
- Sargo (Salton Sea)
- Shad, American
- Splittail
- Steelhead (see Trout and Salmon)
- Striped Bass
- Sturgeon
- Sunfish
- Trout and Salmon
- White Bass
2013-2014 Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations
Effective March 1, 2013
Species Regulations (CCR, T14, Chapter 2, Article 4, Section 5.05)
5.05. Amphibians.
- (a) Only the following amphibians may be taken under the authority of a sportfishing license, subject to the restrictions in this section. No amphibians may be taken from ecological reserves designated by the commission in Section 630 or from state parks, or national parks or monuments.
- (b) Limit: The limit for each of the species listed below is four, unless otherwise provided. Limit, as used in this section, means daily bag and possession limit.
- (1) Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)
- (2) Rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)
- (3) Northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile)
- (4) Black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus): See Special Closure (f)(1)
- (5) Clouded salamander (Aneides ferreus)
- (6) Arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris)
- (7) California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)
- (8) Pacific slender salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus)
- (9) Dunn’s salamander (Plethodon dunni)
- (10) Ensatina salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii)
- (11) Western toad (Bufo boreas)
- (12) Woodhouse’s toad (Bufo woodhouseii)
- (13) Red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus)
- (14) Great Plains toad (Bufo cognatus)
- (15) Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea (Scaphiopus) intermontana)
- (16) California chorus frog (Pseudacris (Hyla) cadaverina)
- (17) Pacific chorus frog (Pseudacris (Hyla) regilla)
- (18) Southern leopard frog
- (Rana Lithobates) sphenocephalus): Limit: No limit.
- (19) Rio Grande leopard frog (Rana (Lithobates) berlandieri): Limit: No limit.
- (20) Bullfrog (Rana (Lithobates) catesbeiana): Limit: No limit.
- (c) Open season: All year. The season closures in Chapter 3 (District Trout and Salmon District General Regulations and Special Regulations) do not apply to fishing for amphibians with methods other than hook and line (see sections 7.00 and 7.50(a)(2)).
- (d) Hours: Amphibians may be taken at any time of day or night.
- (e) Methods of take:
- (1) Amphibians may be taken only by hand, hand-held dip net, or hook and line, except bullfrogs may also be taken by lights, spears, gigs, grabs, paddles, bow and arrow, or fishing tackle.
- (2) It is unlawful to use any method or means of collecting that involves breaking apart of rocks, granite flakes, logs, or other shelters in or under which amphibians may be found.
- (f) Special closures:
- (1) No black salamanders (Aneides flavipunctatus) may be taken in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.