N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 504.01
The species listed in Table 500.1 below, shall be eligible for the trophy fish program if they meet the minimum qualifying weights for fish kept or minimum lengths for fish caught and released:
Table 500.1
Species Name | Scientific Name | Weight | Inches | |||||
FRESHWATER FISH | ||||||||
Atlantic salmon, Lake | Salmo salar | 5 lbs. | 24" | |||||
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | 2 lbs. | 14" | |||||
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | 1 lb. | 10" | |||||
Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | 2 lbs. | 16" | |||||
Brown bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | 2 lbs. | 14" | |||||
Brown trout | Salmo trutta | 5 lbs. | 25" | |||||
Carp, Common | Cyprinus carpio | 20 lbs. | 30" | |||||
Chain pickerel | Esox niger | 4 lbs. | 24" | |||||
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | 6 lbs. | 24" | |||||
Cusk (Burbot) | Lota lota | 6 lbs. | 28" | |||||
Fallfish | Semotilus corporalis | 2 lbs. | 15" | |||||
Lake trout | Salvelinus namaycush | 10 lbs. | 30" | |||||
Lake whitefish | Coregonus clupeaformis | 4 lbs. | 20" | |||||
Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | 5 lbs. | 20" | |||||
Northern pike | Esox lucius | 15 lbs. | 38" | |||||
Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | 10 oz. | 8" | |||||
Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 4 lbs. | 20" | |||||
Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | 1 lb. | 10" | |||||
Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieui | 4 lbs. | 19" | |||||
Walleye | Sander vitreus | 6 lbs. | 26" | |||||
White catfish | Ameiurus catus | 4 lbs. | 18" | |||||
White perch | Morone americana | 2.5 lbs. | 15" | |||||
Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | 1.5 lbs. | 14" | |||||
SALTWATER FISH | ||||||||
Atlantic mackerel | Scomber scombrus | 3 lbs. | 17" | |||||
Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | 15 lbs. | 34" | |||||
Cod | Gadus morhua | 40 lbs. | 44" | |||||
Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | 10 lbs. | 30" | |||||
Pollock | Pollachius virens | 30 lbs. | 40" | |||||
Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | 40 lbs. | 45" | |||||
Winter flounder | Pseudopleuronectes americanus | 2 lbs. | 17" | |||||
N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 504.01
(See Revision Notes at chapter headings for Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5613, eff 4-16-93, EXPIRED: 4-16-99
New. #7383, eff 10-25-00; ss by #8997, eff 9-29-07