Little Horseshoe Bayou

Special Fishing regulations: This lake has special fishing regulations that differ from statewide or border water regulations for those species identified below and take precedence. Regulations listed below are currently in place. Visit the fishing regulations page for links to upcoming regulations for specific lakes.

Special Waterbody Regulations

• Catch and release fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass is open year round unless otherwise noted. Motor Trolling is allowed with up to 3 hooks, baits, or lures, per angler. Open all year for all species except muskellunge, northern pike, flathead catfish and lake sturgeon.

Special Species Regulations

• Bullheads: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is unlimited
• Walleye, Saugers, and Hybrids: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag is 3, only one of which may be a sauger or hybrid
• Catfish: Open all year: See specific species regulations in this group
• Cisco and whitefish: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 10
• Lake sturgeon: Closed. No fishing allowed.
• Muskellunge and hybrids: May 3, 2025 to December 31, 2025: The minimum length limit is 50” and the daily bag limit is 1
• Northern pike: May 3, 2025 to March 1, 2026: The minimum length limit is 26” and the daily bag limit is 2
• Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass: Open all year: The minimum length limit is 14” and the daily bag limit is 5
• Largemouth bass: See Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass.
• Smallmouth bass: See Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass.
• Paddlefish: Closed. No fishing allowed.
• Rock, Yellow, and White Bass: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is unlimited
• Rough fish: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is unlimited
• Round goby: Open all year: The daily bag limit is 0. One may be killed and transported to a WDNR Office
• Ruffe: Open all year: The daily bag limit is 0. One may be killed and transported to a WDNR Office
• Shovelnose sturgeon: Closed. No fishing allowed.
• Trout and salmon: See Trout regulations layer.
• White perch: Open all year: The daily bag limit is 0. One may be killed and transported to a WDNR Office
• Bluegill: See Panfish.
• Bowfin: See Rough Fish.
• Channel catfish: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 25 in total, but only 24 if one flathead catfish is included
• Crappies: See Panfish.
• Flathead catfish: May 3, 2025 to September 30, 2025: The minimum length is 30, but flathead catfish from 36” to 42” may not be kept.The daily bag limit is 1
• Hybrid, Striped, Yellow, and White Bass: See Rock, Yellow and White Bass.
• Longnose gar: See Rough Fish.
• Sauger and hybrids: Open all year: The daily bag limit is 1
• Shortnose gar: See Rough Fish.
• Urban waters gamefish: This waterbody is not considered an urban water, Urban Waters Gamefish regulations do not apply.
• Walleye: See Walleye, Sauger, and Hybrids.
• Panfish: Open all year: No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 25