Fishing Regulations for Traders Bayou - Unknown County
General Waterbody Restrictions
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.
Fishing Regulations
NOTE: Regulations listed below may not reflect fish species actually found in the lake. See Traders Bayou's
WDNR Lake Page for more information on this lake's characteristics.
Fish |
Season |
Regulation |
Catfish |
Open All Year |
See specific species regulations in this group |
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 |
Flathead catfish |
May 4, 2024 to September 30, 2024 |
The minimum length is 30, but flathead catfish from 36" to 42" may not be kept.The daily bag limit is 1. |
Panfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, sunfish, crappie and yellow perch) |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 25. |
Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass |
Open All Year |
The minimum length limit is 14" and the daily bag limit is 5. |
Muskellunge and hybrids |
May 4, 2024 to December 31, 2024 |
The minimum length limit is 50" and the daily bag limit is 1. |
Northern pike |
May 4, 2024 to March 2, 2025 |
The minimum length limit is 26" and the daily bag limit is 2. |
Trout |
See specific regulations |
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/fishing/trout/ |
Walleye, sauger, 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 |
Sauger and hybrids |
Open All Year |
The daily bag limit is 1. |
Bullheads |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is unlimited. |
Cisco and whitefish |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 10. |
Lake sturgeon |
Closed |
No fishing allowed. |
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. |
White perch |
Open All Year |
The daily bag limit is 0. One may be killed and transported to a WDNR Office. |