(DNR # FH-18-12)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that t
he Wisconsin Natural Resources Board proposes an order to revise chs.
NR 20 and
23 pertaining to sport fishing regulations on inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 8, 2013, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress will hold its election of county delegates in each county. Upon completion of the delegate elections, the joint Spring Department of Natural Resources Rules Hearing and Conservation Congress Meeting will convene to take comments on the Department's proposed rule changes and Conservation Congress advisory questions.
Hearing Information
The public hearings/meetings will be held on Monday, April 8, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Adams Adams County Courthouse, County Board
Room A230, 400 Main Street
Friendship, WI 53934
Ashland Ashland County Court House, 201 Main
Street West, Ashland, WI 54806
Barron Barron Government Center, Auditorium,
330 E. LaSalle Ave., Barron, WI 54812
Bayfield Bayfield County Courthouse, County
Board Room, 117 E. 5th Street
Washburn, WI 54891
Brown Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
(SC132), 2740 W. Mason St.
Green Bay, WI 54313
Buffalo Alma High School, Gymnasium
S1618 STH 35, Alma, WI 54610
Burnett Burnett County Government Center, Room
165, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872
Calumet Calumet County Courthouse, Rm. B025, 206
Court Street, Chilton, WI 53014
Chippewa Chippewa Falls Middle School, 750 Tropicana
Blvd., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Clark Greenwood High School, 306 W. Central Ave.
Greenwood, WI 54437
Columbia Wayne E. Bartels Middle School, Gymnasium
2505 New Pinery Rd., Portage, WI 53901
Crawford Prairie du Chien High School, Auditorium
800 E. Crawford St.
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Dane Sun Prairie High School, Performing
Arts Center, 888 Grove St.,
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Dodge Horicon International Education Center
Lower Level Auditorium, N7725 STH 28
Horicon, WI 53032
Door Sturgeon Bay High School, 1230 Michigan St.
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Douglas Superior Senior High School, Cafeteria
2600 Catlin Ave., Superior, WI 54880
Dunn Dunn County Fish and Game Club
1600 Pine Ave., Menomonie, WI 54751
Eau Claire CVTC Business Education Center
Auditorium, 620, W. Clairemont Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Florence Florence Natural Resource Center
Basement Conference Rm.
5631 Forestry Dr., Florence, WI 54121
Fond du Lac Theisen Middle School, 525 E. Pioneer Rd.
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Forest Crandon High School, Auditorium
9750 US HWY 8 West, Crandon, WI 54520
Grant Lancaster High School, Auditorium
806 East Elm Street, Lancaster, WI 53813
Green Monroe Middle School, 1510 13th Avenue
Monroe, WI 53566
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Small Gym
612 Mill St., Green Lake, WI 54941
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium
912 Chapel Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533
Iron Iron County Courthouse, 300 Taconite Street
Hurley, WI 54534
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Room
1202 Pierce Street
Black River Falls, WI 54615
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park, Activity Center
503 N. Jackson, Jefferson, WI 52549
Juneau Olson Middle School, Auditorium
508 Grayside Avenue, Mauston, WI 53948
Kenosha Bristol Elementary School, Gymnasium
20121 83rd Street, Bristol, WI 53104
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Auditorium
911 Third Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216
La Crosse Onalaska High School, Auditorium
700 Hilltopper Place, Onalaska, WI 54650
Lafayette Darlington Elementary School
11630 Center Hill Road
arlington, WI 53530
Langlade Antigo High School, Volm Theater
1900 10th Ave., Antigo, WI 54409
Lincoln Tomahawk High School, Field House
1048 E. Kings Road, Tomahawk, WI 54487
Manitowoc UW-Manitowoc, Auditorium
705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc, WI 54220
Marathon D.C. Everest Middle School, Auditorium
9302 Schofield Avenue, Weston, WI 54476
Marinette Wausaukee School, N11041 Highway 141
Wausaukee, WI 54177
Marquette Montello High School, Community Room
222 Forest Lane, Montello, WI 53949
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse
3269 Courthouse Lane, Keshena, WI 54135
Milwaukee Nathan Hale High School, Auditorium
11601 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis, WI 53227
Monroe Tomah High School, Cafeteria
901 Lincoln Ave., Tomah, WI 54660
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria
411 E Algoma St., Suring, WI 54174
Oneida James Williams Middle School
915 Acacia Lane, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Outagamie Appleton North High School
5000 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI 54913
Ozaukee Webster Middle School, Commons
W75 N624 Wauwatosa Rd.
Cedarburg, WI 53012
Pepin Pepin County Government Center
County Board Room, 740 7th Ave. West
Durand, WI 54736
Pierce Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium
323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth, WI 54011
Polk Unity High School, Auditorium
1908 150th St. Hwy 46
Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Portage Ben Franklin Junior High School, Auditorium
2000 Polk St., Stevens Point, WI 54481
Price Price County Courthouse, Board Room
126 Cherry St., Phillips, WI 54555
Racine Union Grove High School
3433 S. Colony Ave., Union Grove, WI 53182
Richland Richland County Courthouse
Upstairs Courtroom, 181 West Seminary
Richland Center, WI 53581
Rock Milton High School, Auditorium
114 W. High Street, Milton, WI 53563
Rusk Ladysmith High School, Auditorium
1700 E. Edgewood Ave.
Ladysmith, WI 54848
Saint Croix St Croix Central High School, Commons
1751 Broadway St., Hammond, WI 54015
Sauk UW Baraboo Campus, Lecture Hall A-4
1006 Connie Road, Baraboo, WI 53913
Sawyer Hayward High School
10320 N. Greenwood Lane
Hayward, WI 54843
Shawano Shawano Middle School, LGI Room
1050 S. Union St., Shawano, WI 54166
Sheboygan Plymouth High School, Auditorium
125 Highland Ave., Plymouth, WI 53073
Taylor Multi-purpose building, Hwy 64/ Hwy 13
Medford, WI 54451
Trempealeau Whitehall City Center,
18620 Hobson St., Whitehall, WI 54773
Vernon Viroqua High School, Commons Area, 100 Blackhawk Drive, Viroqua, WI 54665
Vilas St. Germain Elementary School, Gymnasium
8234 Hwy 70 West, Saint Germain, WI 54558
Walworth Delavan-Darien High School
150 Cummings St., Delavan, WI 53115
Washburn Spooner High School, Auditorium
801 County Highway A, Spooner, WI 54801
Washington Washington County Fair Park
3000 Cty Hwy PV, West Bend, WI 53095
Waukesha Waukesha Co. Tech. College
Richard Anderson Ed. Center
800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
Waupaca Waupaca High School, PAC-Auditorium
E2325 King Road, Waupaca, WI 54981
Waushara Waushara County Courthouse
County Board Rm. 265, 209 S. St. Marie St.
Wautoma, WI 54982
Winnebago Webster Stanley Middle School, Auditorium
915 Hazel Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901
Wood Pittsville School District
Administrative Bldg., Auditorium
5459 Elementary Ave., Pittsville, WI 54466
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of information material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Kari Lee-Zimmermann at (608) 266-0580 with specific information on your request by April 1, 2013.
Copies of Proposed Rules and Submittal of Written Comments
The proposed rule and supporting documents may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov (search wildlife rule “WM-01-13" and fisheries rule “FH-18-12"). A copy of the proposed rules and supporting documents may also be obtained from Kate Strom Hiorns, Bureau of Fisheries Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or
kathryn.stromhiorns@wisconsin.gov; or Scott Loomans, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or
scott.loomans@wisconsin.gov Written comments shall be postmarked not later than April 8, 2013. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will be summarized for the Natural Resources Board, however, they will not be tallied along with the responses received at the county hearings.
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail or email to Kate Strom Hiorns or Scott Loomans at the addresses noted above.
Summary of Proposed Rule
The Department of Natural Resources will take public input on proposed rule changes relating to fishing on the inland, outlying, and boundary waters of Wisconsin. The proposed rules will:
• Allow fishing by the method of trolling on all inland waters with up to three hooks, baits, or lures.
• Allow rough fish to be taken by hand year round or by handheld spear from June 1 to August 31, where spearing is allowed, on inland waters within 200 feet of a fishway, lock, or dam.
• Alter the hours to legally spear sturgeon on lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts, Winneconne, and Poygan from 6:30 AM - 12:30 PM to 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM, and change the daily deadline for sturgeon spearers to register their fish from 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM.
• Make permanent a protected slot limit regulation on walleye, sauger, and hybrids where there is a daily bag limit of 5 fish and the minimum length is 15 inches, but fish from 20 to 28 inches may not be kept and only 1 fish over 28 inches is allowed on the Wisconsin River north of the Prairie du Sac Dam in Columbia County up to the Grandfather Dam in Lincoln County and several of its tributaries. The season is open year round. The regulation would also be applied to the Big Rib River downstream from Highway 29, Peplin Creek, Johnson Creek, Little Eau Claire River, and Little Eau Pleine River in Marathon County; and the Little Eau Claire River and the Little Eau Pleine River in Portage County under this proposal, but the season would only be open from the first Saturday in May to the first Sunday in March.
• Remove the Northern Bass Management Zone early catch and release season for largemouth bass and allow their harvest under existing size and bag limits. Smallmouth bass must be immediately released during the early catch and release season.
• Simplify rough fish spearing season dates on inland waters statewide by opening most waters in all but 9 northern counties to rough fish spearing year-round. All Lake Winnebago System waters will have an April 21 to February 1 open season.
