North Dakota · Crappie (black and white)

Crappie (black and white) size limit in North Dakota

You can keep one today — within these limits

Statewide

Open year-round

Size limit	No size limit stated	total length
Daily bag	10	per person per day, both species combined
Possession	20	total you may hold

No minimum size, ten a day, twenty in possession.

Zander are folded into the walleye/sauger/saugeye combination specifically at Spiritwood and Alkali lakes (Stutsman County) — neither is a water this site covers, so that exception isn't modelled.
The Red River and Bois de Sioux River carry their own, lower walleye/pike/catfish numbers (3/3 and 5 with a 1-fish-over-24-inch catfish cap regardless of licenses held) — not modelled since this site doesn't cover either river.
Three tiny posted waters (OWLS Pond, State Fair Pond, McDowell Dam) run full or seasonal catch-and-release rules — not modelled, none is a water this site covers.
Legal live baitfish (150/150 combined) and leeches (300/300) are bait-possession limits, not sport-catch limits, and are not modelled here — consistent with excluding baitfish species elsewhere in this silo.
Snapping turtles, frogs, salamanders and crayfish carry their own limits in the same statewide table but are not finfish and are out of this silo's scope.

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Checked at the agency on August 11, 2026 · next check due March 1, 2027