NR 21.04(16)(16) A person may not possess or have under control more than 2 times the daily bag limit of fish, or more than the possession limit of turtles when not on the waters or ice during the open season for each species. NR 21.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; am. (7) (a) and cr. (7) (b), Register, December, 1987, No. 384, eff. 1-1-88; am. (1) (a), renum. (1) (b) to be (1) (c), cr. (1) (b), Register, November, 1988, No. 395, eff. 12-1-88; emerg. am. (2), (3) and (11), eff. 4-25-89; am. (1) (c), (2) to (4) and (11), renum, (13) to (15) to be (14) to (16), cr. (13), Register, December, 1989, No. 408, eff. 1-1-90; am. (7) and (11) (a), Register, February, 1991, No. 421, eff. 3-1-91; am. (2) (d), (3) (c), (7) (b), (8) (a), (11) (a) and (13), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (11), Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 4-1-97; r. and recr. (15), Register, October, 1998, No. 514, eff. 10-1-98; r. (2) (b), am. (2) (c), Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 4-1-99; am. (1), Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 4-1-00; CR 01-012: am. (2) (a) and (3) (a), Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02; correction in (13) was made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2001 No. 551; CR 04-024: am. (16) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-011: am. (2) (a) and (d) and (3) (a) Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 4-1-07; CR 07-014: am. (11) (b) Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 4-1-08; CR 08-012: am. (7) (a) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 1-1-09; CR 10-025: am. (7) (a) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; CR 15-023: am. (7) (a), (b), cr. (7) (c), am. (8) (a), (11) (a), r. (11) (b), renum. (13) to (13) (a) and am. Register December 2015 No. 720, eff. 4-1-16; CR 19-009: am. (5) (a), cr. (5) (a) 2., 3., am. (5) (b), cr. (5) (b) 2., 3. Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; CR 19-016: r. and recr. (2) (c), (3), (4), cr. (4g), (4r), am. (5) (b) 1., (8) (b) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 19-091: am. (4g) (title), (4r) (title) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 21-058: am. (2) (c) 2., r. (3) (b) 2., am. (4), (4g), cr. (4m), r. (5) (b) 1. b. Register March 2022 No. 795, eff. 4-1-22; CR 23-009: am. (2) (a), cr. (2) (b), am. (3) (a), cr. (3) (am), am. (4), (4g), (4m), (5) (a) (intro.), cr. (5) (am) Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24. NR 21.05(1)(1) Only rough fish legally taken during the open season by hook and line, spear, bow and arrow, or crossbow, or by hand may be sold, purchased, bartered, offered for sale, or under the control or possession of any person for the purpose of sale or barter. NR 21.05(2)(2) Rough fish taken by other than commercial gear may be bought and sold during the open season. A wholesale fish dealer’s license is required if such fish are sold to any person other than the final consumer. (23.11, 29.503, 29.539) NR 21.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; CR 19-009: r. and recr. (1) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; correction in (1) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2020 No. 770. NR 21.06NR 21.06 Sport fishing restrictions. NR 21.06(1)(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, only the following methods or manners of fishing shall be lawful. Any person: (29.041) NR 21.06(1)(a)(a) May fish for fish with no more than 3 hooks, baits or lures. NR 21.06(1)(b)(b) May use landing nets and a gaff only for the purpose of landing a fish that is legally hooked. However, landing nets may be used to remove winterkilled fish in those areas and at those times designated by the department by posting, and to net fish as authorized with the use of dip nets under this chapter or ch. NR 20. NR 21.06(1)(c)(c) May take, catch, kill or fish for fish by means of trolling from a motor-driven boat, sailboat or other boats. NR 21.06(1)(d)(d) Except in Lake Superior, its bays and tributaries, may take rough fish by means of spear, bow and arrow, or crossbow, by hand, or by dip nets and landing nets not to exceed 24 inches in diameter or square only from sunrise to sunset from the Saturday nearest April 21 to March 1, except that the use of dip nets and landing nets not to exceed 24 inches in diameter or square for the taking of rough fish in the St. Croix river downstream to the St. Croix Falls dam is permitted from the Saturday nearest May 15 to June 30 each year, and bow and arrow or crossbow may be possessed and used for spearing rough fish from sunset to sunrise during the open season for spearing rough fish. NR 21.06(1)(e)(e) May only fish with a line or lines while they are attended. NR 21.06(1)(f)(f) May take, catch, kill or fish for flathead or channel catfish or bullheads with a bow and arrow or crossbow during the open season for spearing rough fish, or by hand, in boundary waters within Wisconsin. NR 21.06(2)(2) Any fish taken and retained in possession that is not released freely into the water immediately after capture shall be considered part of the angler’s daily bag limit. NR 21.06(3)(3) Possession of illegal equipment. No spear, spring gaff or bow and arrow shall be possessed in a fish house (shanty). No person shall have in possession on the water or immediate banks of the water any spear, bow and arrow or similar device except during the open season. NR 21.06(4)(4) No person may fish by snagging, foul hooking or attempting to hook fish other than in the mouth. Possessing, retaining or failing to immediately release fish hooked other than in the mouth is prohibited. NR 21.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; am. (1) (a), Register, December, 1985, No. 360, eff. 1-1-86; am. (1) (d), Register, November, 1994, No. 467, eff. 1-1-95; am. (2), Register, May, 1996, No. 485, eff. 6-1-96; CR 01-012: cr. (4), Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02; CR 08-010: am. (1) (b) and (d) Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 4-1-09; CR 09-051: am. (1) (d) Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10; CR 13-001: am. (1) (d) Register August 2013 No. 692, eff. 9-1-13; CR 19-009: am. (1) (d), cr. (1) (f) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; correction in (1) (d) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2020 No. 770. NR 21.065NR 21.065 Fishing near dams. Notwithstanding ss. NR 21.11 and 21.15, which remain in effect, no person may fish within 200 feet of any fishway, lock or dam by any means other than hook and line. NR 21.065 HistoryHistory: CR 01-012: cr. Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02. NR 21.07NR 21.07 Ice fishing shelters. Buildings, vehicles, tents, fish shanties or similar enclosures may be used on the ice for fishing purposes on the Mississippi river, Lake St. Croix, the St. Croix river and St. Louis river as defined in s. NR 21.02 (39) from the time the ice forms; provided, however, that all such enclosures or shelters shall be removed from the ice on or before March 1 of each year. The door of any such enclosure or shelter must be equipped with a latch which will permit the door to be readily opened from the outside at all times while the enclosure or shelter is occupied. Fishing shelters that are not occupied or otherwise in use shall have the name and residential address of the person owning such shelter or enclosure painted or permanently affixed in the English language on the outside of the structure with lettering a minimum of one inch square. Residents of Wisconsin or Minnesota angling from a fish house shall comply with the law of their respective states relative to licensing and identification of fish houses. Residents of states other than Wisconsin and Minnesota who hold a nonresident fishing license from either state must comply with the law of the issuing state relative to the licensing and identification of fish houses. NR 21.08NR 21.08 Minnow nets and traps. Except as provided in ss. NR 20.20 and 21.06 (1) (d), no person may take fish other than smelt with nets or traps in the St. Louis river. No person may take minnows or shiners from the St. Louis river. Only those minnow seines, minnow dip nets, cast nets, minnow traps or crayfish scoops described as follows and operated in the manner specified may be used for the taking of minnows: NR 21.08 NoteNote: For the reference to s. NR 20.20, see (73) (L) 5. of that table. NR 21.08 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; emerg. am. (intro.), eff. 4-25-89; am. (intro.), Register, December, 1989, No. 408, eff. 1-1-90; am. (intro.), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; CR 04-024: am. (intro.) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-04; correction in (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2004 No. 588. NR 21.09NR 21.09 Carp as bait. Live carp taken and possessed for the purpose of bait shall only be transported live by boat or other floating conveyance while in possession on Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters.
