FISH OHIO LENGTH RULES AND CHANGES FOR 2009

HERE ARE THE LENGTHS NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR FISH OHIO THIS YEAR;ACCORDING TO ODNR WEBSITE:
Qualifying Lengths to Receive
a Fish Ohio Pin


Brown Trout – 25 inches

Carp – 26 inches

Channel Catfish – 26 inches

Crappie – 13 inches

Flathead Catfish – 35 inches

Freshwater Drum – 22 inches

Hybrid Striped Bass – 21 inches

Largemouth Bass – 21 inches

Muskie – 36 inches Northern Pike – 32 inches

Rainbow Trout – 28 inches

Rock Bass – 10 inches

Saugeye – 21 inches

Smallmouth Bass – 20 inches

Sunfish – 9 inches

Walleye – 28 inches

White Bass – 16 inches

Yellow Perch – 13 inches

THESE LENGTHS AND ANYTHING BIGGER WILL QUALIFY YOU FOR A FISH OHIO PIN AND CERTIFICATE. fish can not be caught from a pay lake.
THE ONLY CHANGES I SAW FOR THIS YEAR WAS THAT IF YOU REGISTER YOUR FISH ONLINE IT ENTERS YOU TO WIN A FISHING TOWEL ,HAT, OR MUG. register at http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/FishingSubhomePage/programs__activitiesplaceholder/programs_and_activitieslandingpage/tabid/6498/Default.aspx. That's pretty cool. i'll be going after them and i am going after 4 different qualifying species this year so i can qualify for the MASTER ANGLER PIN. this might be new too, not sure, i thought it was only 3 fish, but it reads 4.

Yeah the master angler award was 4 last year also
I thought it was 3 too, I got luck and actually did get 4 qualifying species
Whitebass
Carp
Drum
Smallmouth