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Plain Language Rule Analysis: These rules will modify regulations with a management objective to provide excellent fishing opportunities statewide. Specifically, these rules would:
Sections 1 to 4, 14, 17, 23, 31, 33, 36, 41, 54, 58, 68, 73 and 74 establish permanent rules related to motor trolling. A sunset of the current trial rules is repealed. Trolling while using up to three lines per person is allowed in most counties. In some counties, trolling is restricted to the use of one line per person with a maximum of three lines used in a boat. Those counties are; Florence, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Sheboygan, Vilas and Waupaca.
Section 5 establishes a slot size limit for bass on Mason lake in Adams County.
Section 6 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Wisconsin river in all of Adams County.
Section 7 increases the bag limit for bass at Big and Little Dummy lakes in Barron County from 3 to 5.
Sections 8 and 9 increase the bag limit for bass at Pigeon lake in Bayfield County and establishes a slot size limit for bass at Atkins lake, Diamond lake, Lake Owen, Middle Eau Claire lake, Namekagon, and Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Section 10 increases the bag limit for bass at Lilly lake in Brown County from 3 to 5.
Section 11 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on Holcomb flowage and Lake Wissota in Chippewa County.
Section 12 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Wisconsin river in Columbia County.
Section 13 increases the size limit for bass on Lake Wingra in Dane County from 14 to 18 inches and sets the bag limit at 1. The section also establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Wisconsin river.
Section 15 establishes an 18 inch size limit for smallmouth bass and eliminates the size limit for largemouth bass on Bond lake, Lake Nebagamon, Lower Eau Claire lake, Upper St. Croix lake, and Whitefish lake in Douglass County.
Section 16 increases the daily bag limit for bass on Half Moon lake in Eau Claire County from 3 to 5.
Section 18 establishes a slot size limit for bass on Cosgrove and Little Cosgrove lakes in Florence County.
Section 19 establishes a 3 fish bag limit and 18 inch size limit for walleyes on Kettle Moraine lake, Long lake, Tittle lake, and Wolf lake in Fond du Lac County.
Sections 20 and 21 increase the bag limit for bass from 3 to 5 on Trump lake and establishes slot size limits and a 5 fish bag limit on Jungle lake and Lake Lucerne in Forest County.
Section 22 increases the bag limit for bass from 3 to 5 and, for panfish, establishes a 10 fish bag limit with a size limit of 10 inches for crappies on the Gile flowage in Iron County.
Section 24 establishes year round fishing on the Black river in Jackson County.
Section 25 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Wisconsin river in all of Juneau County.
Sections 26 and 27 reduce the bag limit from 5 to 3 and increase the size limit to 18 inches for walleye and sauger in Kenosha County.
Section 28 establishes year round fishing on the Black river in La Crosse county.
Section 29 increases the bag limit for muskellunge from 0 to 1 and establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on Yellowstone lake in Lafayette County.
Section 30 establishes a lake trout bag limit of 2, 17 inch size limit, and January through September season on Goto lake in Langlade County.
Section 32 establishes a 1 fish bag limit and 18 inch size limit for bass at Bass and Long lakes in Lincoln County.
Section 34 increases the daily bag limit for bass on Big bass and Mission lakes in Marathon County from 3 to 5.
Section 35 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on Caldron Falls flowage and High Falls flowage in Marinette County.
Section 37 establishes a slot size limit for bass on Mason lake in Marquette County.
Sections 38 and 39 establish year round fishing on the Black river in Monroe County.
Section 40 eliminates the minimum length limit for bass in Kelly Lake and establishes a 10 fish bag limit for panfish on Wheeler lake in Oconto County.
Sections 42 and 43 increase the bag limit for bass from 3 to 5 on Oneida lake, establish a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on Katherine lake and the Willow flowage, and establish a 10 fish bag limit for panfish on Bearskin lake in Oneida County.
Section 44 establishes a slot size limit for bass on Deer, Wapogasset, and Bear Trap lakes in Polk County.
Section 45 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Wisconsin river in Portage County.
Section 46 establishes that only 10 panfish of a single species are allowed in the bag limit of 25 on Soo lake (Lac Sault Dore), Grassy lake, and the Elk river between Jobes and Wiem dams in Price County.
Sections 47 to 49 reduce the walleye and sauger bag limit from 5 to 3 and increase the size limit to 18 inches county wide, increase the bag limit for northern pike from 2 to 5 and eliminate the minimum size limit on Browns lake, and eliminate special regulations for panfish on Eagle lake in Racine County.
Section 50 reduces the walleye and sauger bag limit from 5 to 3 and the size limit to 18 inches, and establishes a 10 fish bag limit for panfish on Lake Leota in Rock County.
Section 51 establishes a 50 inch size limit for muskellunge on the Holcombe flowage in Rusk County.
Sections 52 and 53 establish a slot size limit for bass on Devils lake and increase the muskellunge size limit to 50 inches on the Wisconsin river above WI & Southern railroad bridge in Sauk county
Sections 55 to 57 modify size and bag limits for fishing in Sawyer County. These Sections eliminate the size limit for largemouth bass and establishes an 18 inch size limit for smallmouth bass on Whitefish and Grindstone lakes. The size limit for muskellunge is increased to 50 inches on a stretch of the Chippewa river where it had not already been in effect, downstream from the Chippewa flowage (Winter dam) to the Arpin dam downstream to and including the Raddison flowage and all tributaries upstream to the first dam or lake, and on Whitefish lake in Sawyer County. Finally, Section 57 establishes a 5 fish bag limit and eliminates the minimum length requirement for trout on Beaver creek, Buckhorn creek and Buckhorn springs, Maple creek and Maple springs.
Sections 59 and 60 reduce the bag limit from 5 to 3 and increase the size limit to 18 inches for walleye and sauger in Sheboygan County.
Section 61 increases the daily bag limit for bass from 3 to 5 on Bass, Glen and Squaw lakes in St. Croix County.
Section 62 establishes year round fishing on the Black river in Trempealeau County
Sections 63 to 65 modify size and bag limits for fishing in Vilas County. For bass on Annabelle, Boulder, Razorback lakes a 1 fish bag limit and 18 inch size limit are established. On Nebish lake the slot size limit for bass if repealed and a maximum size limit of 14 inches is established. The size limit for muskellunge is increased from 45 to 50 inches on North and South Twin lakes. A walleye bag limit of 3 and size limit of 18 inches is established on Lac Vieux Desert.
Sections 66 and 67 modify size and bag limits for fishing in Walworth County. The bag limit for bass is increase from 3 to 5 on the Lauderdale lakes (Green, Middle and Mill). The bag limit for walleye and sauger is decreased from 5 to 3 and the size limit increased to 18 inches county wide. Finally, the size limit for muskellunge is increased from 45 to 50 inches on Lake Geneva.
Section 69 decreases the bag limit for walleye and sauger from 5 to 3 and increases the size limit to 18 inches on all waters in Washington County.
