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Minnesota · Sunfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed and other sunfish)

Can you keep a sunfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed and other sunfish) in Minnesota?

Yes, with limits

Statewide

Open year-round
Size
No size limit stated
total length
Daily bag
20
per person per day, all listed sunfish species combined
Possession
20
total you may hold

No minimum size, twenty a day combined — kept as its own group, separate from crappie and rock bass in Minnesota's own table.

MN DNR source page

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Other species in Minnesota

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