Fishing Regulations for Bay Beach Lagoons
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.
Fishing Regulations
NOTE: Regulations listed below may not reflect fish species actually found in the lake. See Bay Beach Lagoons's
WDNR Lake Page for more information on this lake's characteristics.
Fish |
Season |
Regulation |
Trout and salmon |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 3, only youth and disabled may fish. |
Urban waters gamefish (largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskellunge and hybrids, northern pike and walleye, sauger and hybrids) |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 1, only youth and disabled may fish. |
Catfish |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 25. |
Panfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed, sunfish, crappie and yellow perch) |
Open All Year |
No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 10, only youth and disabled may fish; panfish regulations for urban waters include bullheads. |
Trout |
See specific regulations |
https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/trout/ |
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 possessed for transport to a wdnr office. |
Ruffe |
Open All Year |
The daily bag limit is 0, one may be killed and possessed for transport 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 possessed for transport to a wdnr office. |