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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 150.470 (2026)

Creel and size limits for fish

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(1) No person shall take or have in his or her possession in any one (1) day more fish than the creel limit prescribed in the regulation. The regulation shall also provide the possession limit.

(2) No person shall take or have in his or her possession any fish smaller than the size limit prescribed in the regulation. Effective: June 19, 1952 History: Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 65, effective June 19, 1952. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 23. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 27. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 15. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 48. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1893d-9, 1954d-43.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1946–1963 · leading case: State v. Heard, 151 So. 2d 417 (Miss. 1963).
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State v. Heard, 151 So. 2d 417 (Miss. 1963). · cites it 2× “The court correctly analyzed the pertinent considerations in this way: "KRS 150.470 makes no distinction between fish taken from public and those taken from private waters.”
Draffen v. Black, 196 S.W.2d 362 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). · cites it 5× “The Chancellor decreed that a State fishing- license is riot required of any person fishing- in a private pond which has no inlet, outlet, or connection with a public stream; and that the provisions of KRS 150.470, imposing a limit on the number and size of fish withdrawn from…”
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