North Dakota · Muskellunge (pure or hybrid)
Muskellunge (pure or hybrid) size limit in North Dakota
You can keep one today — within these limits
Statewide
Open year-round| Size limit | 48 inches and up | total length |
|---|---|---|
| Daily bag | 1 | per person per day, and in possession — effectively a hard cap of one fish |
| Possession | 1 | total you may hold |
48 inches, one fish — daily and possession limits are identical, so a second legal muskie cannot be added to the freezer on a later trip while the first is still in possession.
What we left out on purpose
- 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.
Other species limits in North Dakota
Where to try today
- Devils Lake 6/10 · Biting