I watched each time they measured them, were 15"+, two of them being 18".... Well, I got there and they had already brought some fish back to the car, then they threw 3 more in the bucket and brought them back which caught my eye.... Then another 2, then another 2 before I left, so I still don't know how many they got when I left.... But they didn't care, they were "GOOD EATING FISH" as the father told me.... BTW, he offered me one, but I opted out... One, I like to catch my own fish, and two, I don't like being part of a crime!