6. Eliminate the minimum size restriction for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Big McKenzie lake (Burnett/ Washburn counties).
7. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in Big McKenzie lake (Burnett/ Washburn counties) from 15 to 18 inches and decreases the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
8. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in Metonga lake (Forest county) from 15 to 18 inches and decreases the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
9. Standardize trout regulations for all of the Wolf river (Langlade county), allowing hook and line fishing only with artificial lures from the First Saturday in May at 5:00am until September 30 with a bag limit of 3 and a maximum size of 12 inches. There is also a catch and release season from October 1 to November 15 for hook and line fishing with artificial lures.
10. Eliminate the minimum size restriction for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Half Moon, Pipe, and Ward lakes (Polk county).
11. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in Big Butternut, Half Moon, Pipe, and Ward lakes (Polk county) from 15 to 18 inches and reduces the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
12. Eliminate the minimum size restriction for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Chain, Clear, Island, and McCann lakes (Island chain of lakes, Rusk county).
13. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in Chain, Clear, Island, and McCann lakes (Island chain of lakes, Rusk county) from 15 to 18 inches and reduces the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
14. Extend the season on Chippewa flowage (Sawyer county) from the first Saturday in May to the first Sunday in March for all species except muskellunge, walleye, and lake sturgeon.
15. Eliminate the minimum size restriction for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Whitefish and Sissabagama lakes, and the Chippewa flowage (Sawyer county).
16. Increase the minimum size restriction in Nelson, Sissabagama and Whitefish lakes from 15 to 18 inches and reduces the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
17. Change the panfish daily bag limit to 10 fish daily bag limit for all panfish all season on the Chippewa flowage, and creates a continuous open season for panfish. The previous panfish bag limits were 25 with no more than 15 crappie from the first Saturday in May until November 30 but no crappie from December 1 to the first Sunday in March, with fishing for panfish prohibited between the first Sunday in March and the first Saturday in May.
18. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in the Chippewa flowage from no minimum to 18 inches. The daily bag limit is unchanged at 3 walleye per day.
19. Make permanent the 45 inch minimum size restriction for muskellunge in Little St. Germain lake (Vilas county). The current 45-inch minimum regulation is scheduled to expire November 30, 2011.
20. Eliminate the minimum size restriction for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Middle McKenzie, Nancy and Long lakes (Washburn county).
21. Increase the minimum size restriction for walleye in Middle McKenzie (Washburn/ Burnett counties), Nancy and Long lakes (Washburn county) from 15 to 18 inches and reduces the daily bag limit for walleye from 5 fish to 3 fish.
22. Increase the minimum size restriction for northern pike on Big Muskego lake including Bass bay (Waukesha county) from 26 inches to 40 inches and reduces the daily bag limit from 2 to 1 fish.
23. Increase the minimum size restriction for bass in Marion Pond (Waupaca county) from 14 inches to 18 inches and reduces the daily angler bag limit from 5 to 1. This rule will expire on April 1, 2016.
24. Increase the minimum size restriction for northern pike in Marion pond (Waupaca county) from no minimum to 26 inches and reduces the daily angler bag limit from 5 to 2. This rule will expire April 1, 2016.
25. Decrease the minimum length restriction to 7 inches for all trout in the Waupaca river downstream of River road. Current regulations are 12 inches for brown trout and rainbow trout, and 8 inches for brook trout. It also increases the daily angler bag from 3 trout to 5 trout.
26. Prohibit night fishing from September 15 to the first Saturday in May in the section of the Oconto river from the upstream side of the US 141 Bridge to the Stiles dam (Oconto county).
27. Add a catch-and-release season for Lake Sturgeon on the St. Croix river from October 1 to 15. This section of the St. Croix river is a Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary water, and this section will make Wisconsin rules consistent with Minnesota rules.
28. Extend the largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing season on Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters from November 30 to December 31. This will make Wisconsin and Michigan rules consistent.
29. Eliminate the following fish refuges: on the Chippewa flowage for 500 feet below Moose lake (Sawyer county), on Spider creek between Spider lake and State highway 77 (Sawyer county), on Island creek between Island and Black Dan lakes (Sawyer county), on Malviney creek (Sawyer county), on the unnamed tributary of Lake Chetac from Lake Chetac to 1000 feet upstream (Sawyer county), on the Brunet River from Lake Winter to 500 feet downstream (Sawyer county), on the Couderay river from the Grimh (Radisson) dam to 500 feet downstream (Sawyer county) and on the Little Turtle river and Turtle-Flambeau flowage 200 feet upstream of Popko's Circle road until 200 feet downstream of Popko's Circle road (Iron county).
30. Replace the current no minimum length limit and 14 to 18 inch protected slot with no minimum length limit but only 1 fish over 14" and increase the daily bag limit from 3 to 5 for walleye on the Three Lakes chain, Oneida County.
31. Replace the no minimum length limit but only 1 fish over 14" with a 15" minimum length limit for walleye on Sevenmile lake, Oneida County.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress will hold its election of county delegates in each county. Upon completion of the delegate elections, the joint Spring Hearing/Conservation Congress meeting will convene to take comments on the foregoing rule modifications and Conservation Congress advisory questions.
Hearing Information
The hearings will be held on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Adams Adams County Courthouse
County Board Room, 402 Main Street
Friendship
Ashland Ashland Senior High School
1900 Beaser, Ashland
Barron Old County Courthouse, Auditorium
330 E. LaSalle Avenue, Barron
Bayfield Bayfield County Courthouse
County Board Room
117 E. 5th Street, Washburn
Brown Southwest High School, School Auditorium
1331 Packerland Drive, Green Bay
Buffalo Alma High School, Gymnasium
S1618 STH 35, Alma
Burnett Burnett County Government Center
7410 County Road K, Siren
Calumet Calumet County Courthouse, Rm. B025
206 Court Street, Chilton
Chippewa Chippewa Falls Middle School Auditorium
750 Tropicana Blvd., Chippewa Falls
Clark Greenwood High School, Cafetorium
306 W. Central Avenue, Greenwood
Columbia Portage Junior High School
2505 New Pinery Road, Portage
Crawford Crawford County Courthouse
2nd Floor Courtroom
220 N. Beaumont Road, Prairie du Chien
Dane E.F. Schwan Performing Arts Center
Monona Grove High School
4400 Monona Drive, Monona
Dodge Horicon City Hall, 404 E. Lake Street
Horicon
Door Sturgeon Bay High School, Auditorium
1230 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay
Douglas Superior Senior High School, Cafeteria
2600 Catlin Avenue, Superior
Dunn Dunn County Fish and Game Club
1900 Pioneer Avenue, Menomonie
Eau Claire South Middle School, Auditorium
2115 Mitscher Avenue, Eau Claire
Florence Florence Natural Resource Center
5631 Forestry Drive, Florence
Fond du Lac Theisen Middle School
525 E Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac
Forest Crandon Area School District
9750 US HWY 8 West, Crandon
Grant Lancaster High School, Hillary Auditorium,
806 East Elm Street, Lancaster
Green Monroe Middle School
1220 16th Avenue, Monroe
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Small Gym
612 Mill Street, Green Lake
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium
912 Chapel Street, Dodgeville
Iron Mercer Community Center
2648 W Margaret Street, Mercer
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Rm.
1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park Activity Center
503 N. Jackson, Jefferson
Juneau Olson Middle School, Auditorium
508 Grayside Avenue, Mauston
Kenosha Bristol Elementary School
20121 83rd Street, Bristol
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Auditorium
911 Third Street, Kewaunee
La Crosse Onalaska High School
700 Hilltopper Pl., Onalaska
Lafayette Darlington High School, Auditorium
11838 Center Hill Road, Darlington
Langlade Antigo High School
1900 10th Avenue, Antigo
Lincoln Tomahawk Elementary School
1048 East King Road, Tomahawk
Manitowoc UW-Manitowoc, Theatre/Auditorium
705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc
Marathon D.C. Everest Middle School, Auditorium
9302 Schofield Avenue, Schofield
Marinette Crivitz High School, Auditorium
400 South Avenue, Crivitz
Marquette Montello High School, Community Room
222 Forest Lane, Montello
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse
Courthouse Lane, Keshena
Milwaukee Nathan Hale High School
11601 W. Lincoln Avenue, West Allis
Monroe Sparta Meadowview School
A103 Cafetorium
1225 North Water Street, Sparta
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria
411 E Algoma Street, Suring
Oneida James Williams Middle School, Auditorium
915 Acacia Lane, Rhinelander
Outagamie Riverview Middle School, Auditorium
101 Oak Street, Kaukauna
Ozaukee Webster Middle School, Commons
W75 N624 Wauwatosa Road, Cedarburg
Pepin Pepin County Government Center
County Board Room
740 7th Avenue West, Durand
Pierce Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium
323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth
Polk Unity High School
1908 150th Street, Balsam Lake
Portage Ben Franklin Junior High School
Auditorium - Room 1208
2000 Polk Street, Stevens Point
Price Price County Courthouse
126 Cherry Street, Phillips
Racine Union Grove High School
3433 S. Colony Avenue, Union Grove
Richland Richland County Courthouse, Courtroom
181 West Seminary, Richland Center
Rock Pontiac Convention Center
2809 N. Pontiac Drive, Janesville
Rusk Ladysmith High School
1700 Edgewood, Ladysmith
Saint Croix St Croix Central High School, Commons
1751 Broadway Street, Hammond
Sauk UW Baraboo Campus, A4 Lecture Hall
1006 Connie Road, Baraboo
Sawyer Winter High School Cafeteria
6585W Grove Street, Winter
Shawano Shawano Middle School, LGI Room
1050 S. Union Street, Shawano
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls High School, Auditorium
220 Amherst Avenue, Sheboygan Falls
