NR 20.05(6)
(6) Fish for, possess or control fish in excess of the daily bag limit authorized in
s. NR 20.20 for that water while on the waters, banks or shores of waters or while fishing except as authorized on specific waters by
s. NR 20.35,
20.36 or
20.37 and minnows described in
s. NR 19.05 (3) (e) or
(f).
NR 20.05(7)
(7) Except for minnows purchased from a Wisconsin bait dealer, possess or control fish unless they are included as part of the daily bag limit. Fish that are not released immediately shall be included as part of the daily bag limit.
NR 20.05(8)
(8) Possess or control any fish in excess of the possession limit at any time.
NR 20.05(9)
(9) Possess or control fish of any size other than that authorized by the size restriction.
NR 20.05(10)
(10) Use, attach or implant a telemetry device on or into a fish.
NR 20.05(11)
(11) Raise, remove or otherwise tamper with another person's commercial fishing gear set in any water without permission from the licensed user. This restriction does not apply to agents of the department.
NR 20.05(12)
(12) Use, possess, control, set or place in any water any live box, or similar device that might be used for the keeping of fish unless a tag of permanent material bearing the name and address of the owner or user is securely attached and is readable and legible.
NR 20.05 Note
Note: This restriction does not apply to receptacles carried by the angler to contain fish while fishing.
NR 20.05(13)
(13) Sponsor a fishing tournament unless a permit has been obtained from the department pursuant to
s. NR 20.40.
NR 20.05(14)
(14) Capture, tag, mark or attach any object and release wild fish unless issued a permit by the department pursuant to
s. NR 19.11.
NR 20.05(15)
(15) Possess or control any fish in excess of the total daily bag limit each day.
NR 20.05(16)
(16) Possess or use a sinker release device while fishing in waters of the state.
NR 20.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99;
CR 01-012: am. (1) and (4),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 02-073: am. (5) and (6),
Register January 2003 No. 565, eff. 2-1-03;
CR 03-014: cr. (14)
Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 4-1-04;
CR 04-024: am. (8), cr. (15)
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05;
CR 06-011: cr. (16)
Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 4-1-07;
CR 07-014: am. (1)
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 4-1-08; emerg. am. (6) and (7), eff. 11-2-07;
EmR0808: emerg. am. (6) and (7), eff. 4-4-08;
CR 07-074: am. (6) and (7)
Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08;
CR 09-051: am. (14)
Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10.
NR 20.06
NR 20.06 Hook and line fishing. No person may do any of the following:
NR 20.06(1)
(1) Fish in inland waters by the method of trolling except where specifically authorized in
s. NR 20.20.
NR 20.06(2)
(2) Fish with more than 3 hooks, baits or lures.
NR 20.06(3)
(3) Fish with any hook and line fishing tackle, bait, hooks or lures on waters where its use is not authorized in
s. NR 20.20. Gear restrictions for trout and salmon on waters or portions of waters specified in
s. NR 20.20 apply to all species while fishing on those waters.
NR 20.06(3m)
(3m) Possess or control any live bait or any other baits, hooks or lures other than artificial lures while on the waters, banks or shores of waters where only the use of artificial lures is authorized in subch.
III.
NR 20.06(5)
(5) Use a gaff in any manner other than for landing a fish that is legally hooked.
NR 20.06(6)
(6) Fish by snagging, foul hooking or attempting to hook fish other than in the mouth.
NR 20.06(7)
(7) Possess, retain or fail to immediately release fish hooked other than in the mouth.
NR 20.06(8)
(8) Use, possess, control, set or place any snag line or snag pole, snaghook or cluster of hooks that could be placed into or drawn through the water for the purpose of catching fish or drawing the hooks into the body of fish.
NR 20.06(9)
(9) Fish with an unattended line except where specifically authorized under
s. NR 20.20. Failure to immediately respond to a line upon indication of a bite shall be prima facie evidence that the line is unattended.
NR 20.06 Note
Note: For further restrictions on the use of setlines and set or bank poles, see s.
NR 20.12.
NR 20.06(10)
(10) Fish in open water with a free-floating, remote controlled or anchored buoyant device with attached hook and line that is not held or otherwise controlled by the angler with the use of a line connected to the device.
NR 20.06 Note
Note: This method is commonly known as jug fishing.
NR 20.06(11)
(11) Fish with a minnow 8 inches or longer unless using a quick-strike rig that the person attempts to hook immediately into the mouth of a fish upon indication of a bite or unless using a non-offset circle hook.
NR 20.06 Note
Note: Sub. (11) is shown as created eff. 4-1-12 by
CR 11-006.
NR 20.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99; cr. (3m),
Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 4-1-00;
CR 01-012: am. (5),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 07-014: r. (4)
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 4-1-08;
CR 09-018: am. (10)
Register February 2010 No. 650, eff. 3-1-10;
CR 11-006: cr. (11)
Register October 2011 No. 670, eff. 4-11-12.
NR 20.07
NR 20.07
Special sturgeon hook and line fishing restrictions. No person may do any of the following:
NR 20.07(1)
(1) Possess a lake sturgeon taken by hook and line and not immediately release it, unless a hook and line lake sturgeon tag is immediately validated as required by the department and attached to the lake sturgeon and the tagged lake sturgeon is registered at a department lake sturgeon registration station by 6:00 p.m. on the day after it was taken.
NR 20.07 Note
Note: Hook and line lake sturgeon tags will be available at department service centers and regional offices each year prior to the open season.
NR 20.07(2)
(2) Remove the registration tag attached to the fish by the department until the carcass is prepared for final consumption. The hook and line lake sturgeon registration tag shall be retained by the person taking the lake sturgeon until the fish is consumed.
NR 20.07(3)
(3) Transport any lake sturgeon in or on any motor-driven vehicle from the time the lake sturgeon is taken to the time it is lawfully registered pursuant to
sub. (1) unless the lake sturgeon is carried openly exposed and in a manner so that the lake sturgeon tag attached to the lake sturgeon cannot be handled or manipulated by any occupant of the vehicle.
NR 20.07(4)
(4) Transport any lake sturgeon in or on any boat from the time the lake sturgeon is taken to the time it is lawfully registered pursuant to
sub. (1) unless the lake sturgeon is carried openly exposed.
NR 20.07(5)
(5) Obtain more than one hook and line lake sturgeon tag per season except that one additional hook and line lake sturgeon tag may be obtained for Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters per season.
NR 20.08
NR 20.08
Restrictions on the use of bait. No person may do any of the following:
NR 20.08(1)
(1) Use goldfish as bait or possess goldfish in any form or manner on any water of the state.
NR 20.08(2)
(2) Use alewife as bait or possess alewife in any form or manner on any water of the state except Lake Michigan, Lake Michigan tributaries, Green Bay, major Green Bay tributaries, and all other tributary streams, rivers and ditches to Green Bay upstream to the first dam or lake.
NR 20.08(3)
(3) Release any unused bait into any waters of the state unless issued a permit pursuant to s.
29.736, Stats.
NR 20.08(4)
(4) Use as bait, possess or release any minnows or other fish on the waters or shores of waters that have been chemically treated for trout management when posted by department signs.
NR 20.08(5)
(5) Take, gather, collect, possess or attempt to take, gather or collect larvae or nymphs of aquatic insects from any trout stream for use or sale as bait except that a licensed angler may take larvae or nymphs from trout streams by hand during the open trout season for immediate use as bait only in the trout stream from which the larvae or nymphs were taken.
NR 20.08(6)
(6) Possess for use as bait, or use as bait any live fish or live fish eggs if obtained outside of, or brought into, the state of Wisconsin, except for the following:
NR 20.08(6)(a)
(a) Live fish or live fish eggs imported in compliance with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection's import and health requirements in
ch. ATCP 10.
NR 20.08 Note
Note: Section
ATCP 10.62 (1) prohibits the importation into Wisconsin of live fish or live fish eggs for use as bait without a written import permit from the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
NR 20.08(6)(b)
(b) Live fish or live fish eggs obtained in Minnesota or Iowa and used as bait in or on waters of the Mississippi River lying between the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks on the Iowa or Minnesota side of the river, and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroad tracks lying on the Wisconsin side of the river, including all sloughs and backwaters, bays and newly extended water areas connected with the main channel of the Mississippi River by a channel which is navigable when the waters are approximately equal to the normal pool elevation as created by the U.S. army corps of engineers and in the waters of Lake St. Croix, and the St. Croix River and the St. Louis River as defined in
s. NR 21.02 (39).
NR 20.08(7)
(7) Possess for use as bait, or use as bait any dead fish, dead fish egg or any part of any dead fish or dead fish egg unless at least one of the following applies:
NR 20.08(7)(a)
(a) It is being possessed or used on Lake Michigan, Green Bay or any waters connected to these waters upstream to the first dam or other obstruction impassible to fish.
NR 20.08(7)(b)
(b) It is being possessed or used on the same water body from which it was obtained, or on any water connected to that water body that is not separated by a dam or other obstruction impassible to fish.
NR 20.08(7)(c)
(c) It has been preserved in a manner that does not require either refrigeration or freezing.
NR 20.08(7)(d)
(d) It is a minnow that is a "live fish" as defined in
s. NR 20.03 (19g) and was obtained and possessed lawfully from waters of the state or it was imported in compliance with
sub. (6) (a) or
(b).
NR 20.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99;
CR 01-012: am. (2),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02; emerg. cr. (6) and (7), eff. 11-2-07;
CR 07-074: cr. (6) and (7)
Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08;
CR 10-053: am. (6) (b)
Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11.
NR 20.09
NR 20.09
Spearing restrictions. No person may do any of the following:
NR 20.09(1)
(1) Possess or control any bow, spear or similar device while on any water or on the banks or shores of any water that might be used for the purpose of fishing except as specifically authorized in
s. NR 20.20.
NR 20.09(2)
(2) Use, possess or control any bow, spear or similar device from sunset to sunrise while on the waters or on the banks or shores of any waters except that a bow and arrow may be possessed and used for spearing rough fish from sunset to sunrise during the open season for spearing rough fish.
NR 20.09(3)
(3) Spear any game fish except that white bass, yellow bass, rock bass, panfish and bullheads may be speared while skin diving or scuba diving during the open season for rough fish spearing on waters specified in
s. NR 20.20, provided that the season for white bass, yellow bass, rock bass, panfish and bullheads is also open on the same water. Daily bag limits and size restrictions specified in
s. NR 20.20 for white bass, yellow bass, rock bass, panfish and bullheads also apply.
NR 20.09 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99; am. (2),
Register, February, 2000, No. 530, eff. 4-1-00;
CR 01-012: am. (3),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 02-073: am. (2),
Register January 2003 No. 565, eff. 2-1-03;
CR 04-024: am. (3)
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05;
CR 09-051: am. (2)
Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10.
NR 20.10
NR 20.10
Special sturgeon spearing restrictions. No person may do any of the following:
NR 20.10(1)
(1) Take, capture, kill or attempt to take, capture or kill sturgeon on Lake Winnebago system waters by any means other than spearing with a spear thrown by hand from inside a fishing shelter placed on the ice during the open season specified in
s. NR 20.20 (73) (e).
NR 20.10(1m)
(1m) Take, capture, kill or attempt to take, capture or kill sturgeon on Lake Winnebago unless the person possesses a current non-validated sturgeon carcass tag for Lake Winnebago.
NR 20.10(1r)
(1r) Take, capture, kill or attempt to take, capture or kill sturgeon on the upriver lakes unless the person possesses a current non-validated sturgeon spearing license and carcass tag for the upriver lakes issued by the department.
NR 20.10(2)
(2) Fish with or possess a fishing pole, hook and line or other similar devices that might be used for the purpose of catching fish within any fishing shelter containing an ice hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or square during the open season for spearing sturgeon on waters specified in
s. NR 20.20 (73) (e).
NR 20.10(3)
(3) Cover ice holes cut, used or maintained for sturgeon spearing pursuant to
s. NR 20.11 (2) with a fishing shelter except during the period from 48 hours before and continuing through the open season for sturgeon spearing.
NR 20.10(3m)
(3m) Use or possess any artificial light in order to illuminate any waters open to sturgeon spearing during the period beginning 48 hours before and continuing through the open season for sturgeon spearing.
NR 20.10(3s)
(3s) Cut, use or maintain ice holes larger than 48 square feet for sturgeon spearing pursuant to
s. NR 20.11 (2).
NR 20.10(4)
(4) Possess a validated sturgeon carcass tag unless it is attached to a legally killed sturgeon.
NR 20.10(5)
(5) Possess a speared sturgeon unless immediately validating the sturgeon carcass tag by slitting the marks designating the month, day, time and location of kill and immediately attaching the validated tag to the sturgeon carcass. Failure to completely validate the sturgeon carcass tag and immediately attach the tag to the sturgeon carcass renders the possession of the sturgeon illegal and the sturgeon carcass tag invalid. A sturgeon carcass tag shall be issued with each sturgeon spearing license and shall remain intact until the spearer spears a sturgeon.
NR 20.10(6)
(6) Transport a sturgeon in any manner from the time the sturgeon is taken to the time it is lawfully registered pursuant to
sub. (10) unless the sturgeon is carried openly exposed and in a manner so that the sturgeon carcass tag attached to the sturgeon cannot be handled or manipulated.
NR 20.10(7)
(7) Possess a speared sturgeon unless the person who spears and tags the sturgeon accompanies the sturgeon carcass during transport until the sturgeon has been registered pursuant to
sub. (10).
NR 20.10(8)
(8) Possess a sturgeon speared from lake Butte des Morts, Poygan or Winneconne under
s. NR 20.20 (73) (e) 2. b. outside the following area unless the sturgeon has been registered pursuant to
sub. (10): from the intersection of highways 45 and 21 in Oshkosh west on highway 21 to highway 116; north on highway 116 to county highway B; west on county highway B to county highway D; west on county highway D to highway 49; north on highway 49 to county highway H; east on county highway H to highway 10; east on highway 10 to highway 110; south on highway 110 to county highway M; south on county highway M to highway 116; east on highway 116 to highway 110; south on highway 110 to highway 45; south on highway 45 to highway 21.
NR 20.10(9)
(9) Possess a sturgeon speared from Lake Winnebago under
s. NR 20.20 (73) (e) 2. c. outside the following area unless the sturgeon has been registered pursuant to
sub. (10): from the intersection of highways 10 and 114 in Menasha, east on highway 114 to highway 55; south on highway 55 to U.S. highway 151; south on U.S. highway 151 to Scott street in Fond du Lac; west on Scott street to highway 45; north on highway 45 to Main street in Oshkosh; north on Main street to Waugoo avenue; east on Waugoo avenue to Bowen street; north on Bowen street to North Shore drive; north on North Shore drive to county highway A; north on county highway A to highway 114 in Neenah; east on highway 114 to the intersection of highways 10 and 114 in Menasha.
NR 20.10(10)
(10) Possess a sturgeon unless each person who has speared a sturgeon during the open season for spearing sturgeon exhibits the sturgeon, with the person's sturgeon carcass tag attached as required by s.
29.237, Stats., to a warden or other authorized department personnel at an official sturgeon registration station. Sturgeon shall be intact and registered at a station on Lake Winnebago if speared in Lake Winnebago. Sturgeon shall be intact and registered at a station on Lake Butte des Morts, Winneconne or Poygan if speared in Lake Butte des Morts, Winneconne or Poygan. Sturgeon shall be exhibited at a sturgeon registration station not later than 1:30 p.m. on the day speared. The registration tag shall remain attached and locked to the sturgeon until the carcass is prepared for final consumption.
NR 20.10(10m)
(10m) Fish for sturgeon during the open season by the method of spearing or possess or control a spear or similar device within a fishing shelter on Lake Winnebago system waters from 12:30 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. of the following day.
NR 20.10(11)
(11) Attempt to register a sturgeon unless the license information can be verified. The station operator shall collect biological information, lock a registration tag to the carcass immediately in front of the tail and remove the validation portion of the sturgeon carcass tag leaving the remainder of the sturgeon carcass tag attached to the sturgeon.
NR 20.10 History
History: Cr.
Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99;
CR 01-012: am. (4) to (6), (10) and (11),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 01-013: cr. (3m) and (3s),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 12-1-01;
CR 02-014: am. (10), cr. (10m),
Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02;
CR 03-014: cr. (1m) and (1r)
Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 4-1-04;
CR 05-073: am. (1r) and (8)
Register January 2006 No. 601, eff. 3-1-06.
NR 20.105
NR 20.105
Sturgeon spearing licenses. NR 20.105(1)
(1)
Upriver lakes license application procedures. Persons applying to spear sturgeon on the upriver lakes shall apply for an upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license as follows:
NR 20.105(1)(a)
(a)
Application deadlines
. All upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license applications shall be received by the date established by the department to be considered for selection. The annual application deadline date may be no earlier than July 1.
NR 20.105 Note
Note: The department conducts extensive publicity on the application deadlines beginning several months prior to any deadline. Application deadline dates are published in news releases, license outlet handouts, and pertinent regulation pamphlets. Applications may be obtained from any department license vendor. Applications and information may be obtained from the Bureau of Customer Service and Licensing address is 101 South Webster, Box 7924, Madison, WI 53707.
NR 20.105(1)(b)
(b)
Group applications. If a maximum of 4 persons wish to spear sturgeon on the upriver lakes together, each shall first apply for an individual upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license and then complete a group application form. The group application shall be treated as one application for purposes of random selection under the cumulative preference system and consideration for a license. The group's preference standing shall be that of the member with the lowest number of preference points. If the group is selected to receive upriver lakes sturgeon spearing licenses, all members of the group will lose all accumulated preference points.
NR 20.105(1)(c)
(c)
Prohibition of purchase of Lake Winnebago spearing license. No person who applies for an upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license may purchase a Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license in the same year, except unsuccessful applicants for an upriver lakes license may purchase a Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license after October 1.
NR 20.105(1)(d)
(d)
Applications for upriver lakes. No person may apply for an upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license unless they will become 14 years of age before or on the last day of the upcoming sturgeon spearing season.
NR 20.105(2)(a)(a) If the number of applications for licenses for the upriver lakes sturgeon spearing season exceeds the available quota of licenses, successful applicants shall be randomly selected in accordance with the preference system established under s.
29.192 (4), Stats. No person may purchase an upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license unless they are a successful applicant who has received authorization to purchase from the department.
NR 20.105 Note
Note: Section
29.192, Stats., Regulation of takings of certain wild animals. (4) If the department decides to limit the number of hunters or trappers taking Canada geese, sharp-tailed grouse, fishers, otters, bobcats or sturgeon by issuing permits and if the number of persons seeking the permits exceeds the number of available permits, the department shall issue the permits according to a cumulative preference system established by the department. The department shall give a preference point to each applicant for each previous season for which the applicant applied but was not issued a permit. The system shall establish preference categories for these applicants, with higher priority given to those categories with more points than those with fewer points. Applicants who fail to apply at least once during any 3 consecutive years shall lose all previously accumulated preference points. If the number of applicants within a preference category or a subcategory exceeds the number of permits available in the category or subcategory, the department shall select at random within the category or subcategory the applicants to be issued the permits.
NR 20.105(2)(b)
(b) Upon selection, all successful applicants lose all accumulated preference points regardless of the length of the sturgeon spearing season or whether or not the successful applicant purchases a license. Unsuccessful applicants who subsequently purchase a Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license shall retain all accumulated preference points.
NR 20.105(3)(a)(a) The department shall issue a notice of approval to those qualified applicants selected to receive an upriver lakes sturgeon spearing license. A person who receives a notice of approval and who pays the fee in the manner required by the department shall be issued an upriver lakes spearing license.
