NR 26.12
NR 26.12
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 15 to May 15 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.12(4)(a)(a) Eau Claire Chain of Lakes. That part of the Eau Claire river system connecting the Eau Claire Chain of Lakes in Barnes township.
NR 26.12(59)(a)(a) Wolf river. That part of the Wolf river located in the SW ¼, section 36, township 27 north, range 15 east starting at the Shawano Paper Mill dam and extending downstream to the Shawano county highway M bridge.
NR 26.12 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; cr. (4),
Register, December, 1978, No. 276, eff. 1-1-79; cr. (59) (b),
Register, December, 1980, No. 300, eff. 1-1-81; r.(59) (b),
Register, December, 1984, No. 348, eff. 1-1-85.
NR 26.13
NR 26.13
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill, or fish for fish in any manner from September 1 to December 31 in each year, both dates inclusive, in, on, or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.13(15)(a)(a) Strawberry creek. That stream known as Strawberry creek in the SE ¼ of the SE ¼
, section 16, township 27 north, range 26 east from the Sturgeon Bay ship canal upstream to its source.
NR 26.13(15)(c)
(c) That portion of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal within 500 feet of Strawberry creek in the SE ¼ of the SE ¼
, section 16, township 22 north, range 26 east.
NR 26.13 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; r. (15) (b),
Register, September, 1979, No. 285, eff. 11-1-79; cr. (15) (c),
Register, January, 1980, No. 289, eff. 2-1-80.
NR 26.14
NR 26.14
Fish refuges. The following areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from the first Saturday in September to October 15, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described areas:
NR 26.14(9)
(9) Chippewa county. That part of the Chippewa river from a point beginning 1,000 feet below the Jim Falls dam located in section 20, township 30 north, range 7 west, and extending downstream to the new CTH Y bridge in section 30, township 30 north, range 7 west.
NR 26.14 History
History: CR 01-013: cr.
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02.
NR 26.15
NR 26.15
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner or at any time except during the open season for muskellunge in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.15(54)(a)(a) Flambeau river. That part of the Flambeau river within 200 feet of all hydroelectric dams.
NR 26.15 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; cr. (54),
Register, December, 1978, No. 276, eff. 1-1-79; r. (57) (a),
Register, December, 1981, No. 312, eff. 1-1-82.
NR 26.16
NR 26.16
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 15 to June 1 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water are as:
NR 26.16(7)(a)(a) Clam river. That part of the Clam river beginning at the dam located in section 26, township 39 north, range 16 west, commonly known as the Clam lake dam, and extending downstream for a distance of 300 feet.
NR 26.16(57)(a)(a) Chief river. That part of the Chief river beginning at a point 200 feet upstream from the county trunk highway B bridge and extending upstream to the dam at the outlet of Callahan lake, all in sections 34 and 35, township 41 north, range 7 west.
NR 26.16(57)(b)
(b) Chippewa river. Beginning at the gate of the reservoir dam known as the Winter dam in government lots 1 and 9 in section 2, township 39 north, range 6 west, and extending downstream 1,000 feet.
NR 26.16(57)(c)
(c) Whitefish creek. The entire length of Whitefish creek from Whitefish lake to Lac Courte Oreilles, all lying in sections 11 and 12, township 39 north, range 9 west.
NR 26.16 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77;cr. (51),
Register, December, 1980, No. 300, eff. 1-1-81; r. (51),
Register, December, 1982, No. 324, eff. 1-1-83.
NR 26.17
NR 26.17
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges, and it shall be unlawful for any person to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from February 15 of each year to the date immediately preceding the opening date of the general fishing season, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.17 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77;am. (intro.),
Register, January, 1980, No. 289, eff. 2-1-80; renum.(14) to be NR 26.08 (14) (c),
Register December, 1984, No. 348,eff. 1-1-85.
NR 26.18
NR 26.18
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges, and it shall be unlawful for any person to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from March 1 to April 15, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.18(66)(a)(a) Milwaukee river (Newburg dam). That part of the Milwaukee river beginning at the Newburg dam in the town of Trenton and extending downstream for a distance of 300 feet.
NR 26.18 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77.
NR 26.19
NR 26.19
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 10 to May 10 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following describe water areas.
NR 26.19(44)(a)(a) Squirrel river. That part of the Squirrel river from the Squirrel lake dam in the NW ¼ of the NE ¼, section 30, township 39 north, range 5 east, downstream from the said dam for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.19(64)(a)(a) Helen creek. The entire length of stream from the point it enters Mamie lake in the SE ¼ of the NW ¼, section 20, township 43 north, range 9 east upstream to the stream source in the NW ¼ of the SW ¼
, section 31, township 43 north, range 9 east.
NR 26.19(64)(b)
(b) Spring creek. That part of Spring creek from the point it enters Mamie lake in the NE ¼ of the SW ¼
, section 21, township 43 north, range 9 east upstream to the Spring lake outlet in the NE ¼ of the NW ¼, section 27, township 43 north, range 9 east.
NR 26.19(64)(c)
(c) Big Arbor Vitae lake. That part of Big Arbor Vitae lake beginning at the lake outlet in the NE ¼ of the SE ¼, section 30, township 40 north, range 7 east, extending downstream for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.19(64)(d)
(d) Little Arbor Vitae lake outlet. That part of Little Arbor Vitae lake outlet beginning at the Little Arbor Vitae lake dam in the NE ¼ of the SE ¼, section 33, township 40 north, range 7 east extending downstream to Carrol lake, except unnamed lakes in the NE ¼ of the SE ¼, section 33, township 40 north, range 7 east.
NR 26.19 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; am. (64) (d),
Register, November, 1995, No. 479, eff. 4-1-96.
NR 26.20
NR 26.20
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 10 to the date immediately preceding the opening date of the general fishing season of each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.20(44)(a)(a) Wisconsin river. That part of the Wisconsin river beginning from the Rainbow flowage dam, county highway D, the SW ¼ of the SW ¼
, section 30, township 39 north, range 8 east, downstream from the said dam for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.20(44)(b)
(b) Pelican river. That part of the Pelican river below the 5th lake dam of the Moen lake chain in the SE ¼, section 4, township 36 north, range 10 east and extending downstream from the said dam for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.20(44)(c)
(c) Little Rice creek. That part of Little Rice creek below the Oneida lake dam in the NE ¼ of the NE ¼
, section 8 extending downstream to Hancock lake.
NR 26.20 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77.
NR 26.21
NR 26.21
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 10 to May 20 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas.
NR 26.21(44)(a)(a) Tomahawk river. That part of the Tomahawk river beginning from the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company bridge in the NE ¼ of the NE ¼
, section 27, township 38 north, range 5 east, downstream for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.21(44)(b)
(b) Willow river. That part of the Willow river beginning at the upstream end of the rapids in the NE ¼ of the NE ¼, section 15, township 37 north, range 4 east, and extending downstream for a distance of 2,000 feet.
NR 26.21 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; cr. (44) (b),
Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; am. (44) (a),
Register, May, 1996, No. 485, eff. 7-1-96.
NR 26.22
NR 26.22
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from April 10 to May 15 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.22(64)(a)(a) Little St. Germain. That part of Little St. Germain beginning at the lake outlet in the SW ¼ of the SE ¼, section 35, township 40 north, range 8 east extending downstream for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.22(64)(b)
(b) Allequash creek. That part of Allequash creek beginning at county highway M, NW ¼ of the NW ¼
, section 20, township 41 north, range 7 east, extending downstream to Trout lake and into Trout lake for a distance of 100 feet in all directions.
NR 26.22 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; am. (64) (a),
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 1-1-95; cr. (64) (b),
Register, November, 1995, No. 479, eff. 4-1-96.
NR 26.23(1)(1) In order to prevent substantial depletion of the fish supply, the following described spawning areas and nursery areas in Lake Superior are hereby created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner at any one time in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.23(1)(a)
(a) All waters bounded by a line from the Gull island light south to the northernmost point of Michigan island and then proceeding in a southerly direction following the shoreline of Michigan island to the Michigan island light, thence southerly towards the center of the mouth of the Bad river in Ashland county to latitude 46o 40‵, thence due east to the Michigan state line; thence northerly along the state line to latitude 46 o 59.3
‵; from that point due west to longitude 90o 26.5‵ and thence due south to the Gull island light; except that licensed commercial fishers may fish all that area within these external boundaries wherein the lake bottom lies at a depth of 35 fathoms (210 feet) or more; and, except in those included waters less than 7 fathoms in depth which immediately adjoin Michigan island, gill nets with a mesh size of 2 3/4‵‵ or less stretch measure may be used from November 5 to December 5 for the taking of menominee whitefish. Float nets with a maximum stretch measure of 3 inches may be fished in this area for lake herring from November 1 to December 15 out to a bottom depth of 25 fathoms. The nets shall be a minimum of 2 fathoms from the bottom.
NR 26.23(1)(b)
(b) All waters in which the bottom lies at a depth of less than 35 fathoms northerly from a line beginning 2 miles north of the Outer island light and extending westerly to the north end of North Twin island, then along the shoreline to the south end of North Twin island, then southwesterly to the north end of South Twin island, then northerly to the north end of Rocky island, then along the north shoreline to the northwest point of Rocky island, then northwesterly to the south end of Devils island, then along the shoreline to the north end of Devils island, then westerly to a point 2 1/2 miles north of the York Island Shoal bell buoy. The area within the refuge south of a line running northwesterly from the north tip of Devils Island to the refuge's western boundary, thence due south to the southwest corner of the refuge and back to the north tip of Devils Island shall be open to sport and commercial fishing during period 3 (June 1 to September 30).
NR 26.23(2)
(2) In order to prevent substantial depletion of the fish supply, the following described spawning area in Lake Superior is hereby created and established as a fish refuge and no person may take, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner in, on or along Lake Superior from the outlet of the cooling water discharge of the Northern States Power Company in the City of Ashland to a line located 50 feet in all directions from the outlet, from March 1 through May 15.
NR 26.23 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252, eff. 1-1-77; am. (1),
Register, January, 1980, No. 289, eff. 2-1-80; emerg. cr. (3), eff. 10-6-80; cr. (3),
Register, March, 1981, No.303, eff. 4-1-81; emerg. am. (1) (a) and r. and recr. (2), eff.7-1-81; am. (1) (a) and r. and recr. (2),
Register, August, 1981, No. 308, eff. 9-1-81; am. (3)
Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84; emerg. am. (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (a), eff.4-22-86; am. (1) (a) and (b) and (2) (a),
Register, October, 1986, No. 370,eff. 11-1-86; am. (3)
Register, June, 1989, No. 402, eff. 7-1-89;cr. (2) (b),
Register, July, 1989, No. 403, eff. 8-1-89; reprinted to correct printing error in (1) (a),
Register, April, 1992, No. 436; am. (1) (a), (b) and (2) (intro.) and (b), r. (2) (a),
Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97; r. (3),
Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 4-1-99;
CR 05-115: am. (1)
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 26.24
NR 26.24
Fish refuges. The following areas are created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from March 1 to May 15 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas.
NR 26.24(9)(a)(a) That portion of Otter creek from the Otter lake dam in section 11, township 30 north, range 5 west, downstream for a distance of 300 feet.
NR 26.24(9)(b)
(b) That portion of the Yellow river from the Cadott (Svetlik) dam in section 31, township 29 north, range 6 west, downstream to the Main Street (also known as 257th street) bridge in Cadott when posted closed to fishing with department signs.
NR 26.24(13)(a)(a)
Wingra creek. That portion of Wingra creek, including the entire spillway of Wingra lake, extending downstream for a distance of 50 feet from the spillway.
NR 26.24(13)(b)
(b) Yahara river. That portion of the Yahara river beginning at the Dunkirk dam in section 20, township 5 N, range 11 E downstream to highway N in section 21, township 5 N, range 11 E.
NR 26.24(15)(a)(a) Ahnapee river. That portion of the Ahnapee river from the Forestville dam in section 29, township 26 north, range 25 east, downstream for a distance of 500 feet.
NR 26.24(61)
(61) Taylor county. That portion of Otter creek from county highway H, on the Chippewa-Taylor county line, upstream to the north boundary of section 19, township 30 north, range 4 west.
NR 26.24 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1976, No. 252. eff. 1-1-77; am. (intro.),
Register, July, 1989, No. 403, eff. 8-1-89; cr. (38),
Register,December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; cr. (9), (61),
Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 1-1-95;
CR 01-013: am. (9),
Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02;
CR 04-012: cr. (13)
Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 4-1-05;
CR 07-014: cr. (13) (b)
Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08;
CR 11-006: r. (38)
Register October 2011 No. 670, eff. 11-1-11.
NR 26.25
NR 26.25
Fish refuges. The following described areas are hereby created and established as fish refuges and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from the first Saturday in May to June 1 of each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.25(26)(a)(a) That part of the Manitowish river from the bridge at state highway 47, sec. 9, township 42 north, range 4 east, upstream to the Vilas county line, sec. 12, township 42 north, range 4 east.
NR 26.25(63)(a)(a) That portion of the Manitowish river (excluding the lake basins of Vance, Sturgeon and Benson lakes) from U.S. highway 51, sec. 7, township 42 north, range 5 east, downstream to the Iron county line, sec. 7, township 42 north, range 5 east.
NR 26.25 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1977, No. 264, eff. 1-1-78.
NR 26.26
NR 26.26
Panfish spawning refuges. The following described areas are created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from the third Monday in May and continuing for 19 consecutive days, both dates inclusive, in on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.26(25)(a)(a) That portion of the Cox Hollow lake within 100 feet of the shoreline on the southern arm of the lake that is marked with buoys.
NR 26.26 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 4-1-00.
NR 26.27(1)(1) The following described areas are created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, disturb, catch, capture, kill or fish for fish in any manner from March 1 to May 18 each year, both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas:
NR 26.27(16)(a)(a) St. Louis river. That part of the St. Louis river beginning STH 23 bridge section 8, township 48 N, range 15 W upstream to the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.
NR 26.27 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1980, No. 300, eff. 1-1-81; emerg. am.(1), eff. 4-25-89; am. (1),
Register, December, 1989, No. 408,eff. 1-1-90.
