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Michigan · White bass

Can you keep a white bass in Michigan?

Yes, with limits

Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, St. Marys River, St. Clair River, Detroit River

Open year-round
Size
No size limit stated
total length
Daily bag
25
per person per day
Possession
25
total you may hold

No minimum size. The 25-fish bag applies on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, including both waters this site tracks.

DNR source page

inland waters

Open year-round
Size
No size limit stated
total length
Daily bag
10
per person per day
Possession
10
total you may hold

No minimum size, but less than half the Great-Lakes bag — ten a day on inland lakes and rivers.

DNR source page

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Other species in Michigan

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