NR 21.11(3)(c)3.3. In lower pool 8, Bluff Slough from 7th Street downstream to where Bluff Slough enters Running Slough, closed from April 15 through October 30. NR 21.11(3)(d)(d) A commercial fisher and his or her crew members may not remove more than 100 pounds of catfish per seine haul from the Saturday nearest October 1 to April 30. NR 21.11(3)(e)(e) A commercial fisher and his or her crew members may not take more than 100 pounds of catfish per day in seines regardless of the number of seine hauls done in one day, from the Saturday nearest October 1 through April 30. NR 21.11(3)(f)(f) A commercial fisher and his or her crew members may only take 100 pounds of catfish from a seine haul even if the seine haul takes more than one day to complete. NR 21.11(3)(g)(g) Shovelnose (hackleback) sturgeon may not be taken in seines. NR 21.11(3)(h)(h) Seines may not be drawn, lifted or operated in any manner between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise without permission of the department. NR 21.11 NoteNote: Contact a local department conservation warden or fish manager to request prior permission.
NR 21.11(3)(j)(j) All game fish that are not commercial fish and all fish that are listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species that are taken in seines shall be immediately returned to the water with as little injury as possible as soon as they appear in the operation. Seines may not be bagged in a manner that causes either game fish that are not commercial fish or fish that are listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species to die while bagged in the net. The presence of dead game fish that are not commercial fish or dead fish that are listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species in a seine bag shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this paragraph. Rough fish that are not listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species and commercial fish that are bagged as part of a seine haul may not be held in any bag, seine or other type of live box for more than 24 hours without prior permission from the department. NR 21.11 NoteNote: Contact a local department conservation warden or fish manager to request prior permission.
NR 21.11(3)(k)(k) Seines may not be set or operated in a manner that will shut-off more than one-half the width of any channel, bay or slough. NR 21.11(3)(L)(L) No seine may be set or operated within 1,000 feet of any other commercial fisher’s gill net, frame net or seine. NR 21.11(3)(m)(m) No licensee or crew member may join a net to that of any other licensee. NR 21.11(4)(4) Setlines; seasons, closed areas, setline restrictions. In the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters, no person may conduct commercial fishing operations with the use of setlines except in the manner prescribed as follows: NR 21.11(4)(a)(a) Setlines may be used in the waters of the Mississippi river from the Saturday nearest April 1 to October 31, except for the closed areas listed in pars. (b) and (c). NR 21.11(4)(b)1.1. Within 900 feet below any U.S. corps of engineers lock or dam on the Mississippi river. NR 21.11(4)(b)3.3. Trempealeau lakes known as Second, Third and Round Lakes lying in Trempealeau county. NR 21.11(4)(b)4.4. Lagoon, which is located on Barron island within the corporate city limits of LaCrosse, as well as the connecting waterway south to state highway 16. NR 21.11(4)(b)5.5. In upper pool 8, the Black river from the Onalaska 9-foot spillway dam downstream to the Soo Line railroad bridge. NR 21.11(4)(c)1.1. Pool 4, between river mile 780 and 797, closed from March 1 through May 31. NR 21.11(4)(c)2.2. In lower pool 8, Bluff Slough from 7th Street downstream to where Bluff Slough enters Running Slough, closed from April 15 through October 30. NR 21.11(4)(d)(d) Each licensee is limited to 8 setlines with not to exceed a total of 50 hooks on each line or 4 setlines with not to exceed 100 hooks on each line. NR 21.11(4)(e)(e) No person may use frogs or game fish, whether dead or alive, or any part of a frog or game fish as bait on a setline in the Mississippi river. NR 21.11(4)(f)(f) There shall be a buoy at each end of every setline. The buoys shall have a staff extending at least 3 feet above the surface of the water. Upon the upper end of each staff there shall be a flag at least 10 inches square. Upon the bowl of each buoy there shall be maintained in plain figures the license number of the licensee. NR 21.11(4)(g)(g) Setlines shall be marked by a metal tag which is stamped to designate the number of the license issued to the commercial fisher using the setline. The tag shall be attached to the buoy or staff at one end of the setline so that the tag will be visible above the surface of the water. NR 21.11(4)(h)(h) Setlines set in open water shall be lifted and all fish removed at least once each day following the day set.