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These important laws are reprinted for your convenience from the NH freshwater fishing digest.  We recommend you obtain a copy from the New Hampshire Department of Fish & Game and familiarize yourself with it's complete text before doing some fishing.

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Smallmouth Bass & Largemouth Bass
Ice-in to May 14 and June 16 to June 30 – 2 fish; May 15 to June 15 – all fish must be immediately released unharmed at site of catch; July 1 to ice-in – 5 fish.

Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
Combined daily limit : Open water – 5 fish or 5 pounds, whichever is reached first. Through the ice – 2 fish. No length limit.

Lake Trout
Open water season – April 1 to September 30; Ice-fishing season – January 1 to March 31. 2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 18 inches. Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish– (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each).

Landlocked Salmon
Season: April 1 to September 30. 2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 15 inches. Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish– (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each.)

Pickerel
No closed season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.

Northern Pike
No closed season. 1 fish daily limit; minimum length 28 inches.

Walleye
No closed season. 2 fish daily limit; minimum length 18 inches; no limits on weight.

White/Yellow Perch, Crappie, Horned Pout, Sunfish & Rockbass
No closed season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits.

Carp
No closed season; no daily limits; no length or weight limits.

Cusk
No closed season; no daily limits; no length or weight limits.

American Shad
No closed season; 2 fish limit.

Shad (Whitefish)
No length or weight limits; 2 fish daily limit.

Suckers
No closed season; no daily limits; no length or weight limits.