Funny Fishing Rules, Laws, and Regulations 2025

As silly as hook and rod limits may seem, there are some INSANE fishing and wildlife regulations on the books. These wowzers include:

• You cannot shoot at any type of game when in a moving vehicle in California. UNLESS you’re shooting at a whale.
• Camel-back fishing is completely illegal in Idaho.
• You cannot go fishing in your favorite pajamas in Chicago.
• You can’t carry your fishing tackle into a Muncie, Indiana cemetery.
• In California, unless your target is the Moby Dick whale, it’s against the law to shoot at any kind of game.
• You can’t bare-handed grab any fish in Kansas or Indiana.
• Kentucky won’t allow you to use your bow and arrow to snag fish.
• Don’t chase fish in Louisiana city parks.
• Married women in Montana cannot fish by themselves on Sundays. It’s also against the law for unmarried Montana women to cast a line alone.
• You cannot legally go whaling in Ohio, Oklahoma, Nebraska, or Utah.
• You cannot share alcoholic beverages with fish in Ohio.
• You cannot travel by bus with your fish bowl-bound fish in Oklahoma.
• Leave the canned corn at the house in Oregon. It’s against the law to use it as bait for fishing.
• Make sure to tell the fish in Pennsylvania that they must bite your hook. It’s illegal to catch them any other way.
• Speaking of Pennsylvania, it’s illegal to lasso a fish – sorry buckaroo.
• You cannot use a lasso to rope a fish into your boat in Tennessee.
• New Jersey men must put down their knitting needles during fishing season.