NR 20.41(4)(4) Authorized methods. No person may fish in Escanaba, Nebish, or Pallette lakes while possessing fishing line with attached lead-containing jig-heads, sinkers, and weights that weigh less than 1 ounce or that measure less than 1 inch in any dimension.

NR 20.60(1)(1) A monthly sport trolling fishing report form required by s. 29.514 (2), Stats., shall be completed by the sport trolling licensee guiding persons in sport trolling in accordance with all of the following requirements:

NR 20.60(1)(a)(a) The licensee shall use the electronic reporting system designated by the department to report sport trolling guided fishing trips and other information by electronic means, except as provided in par. (c).

NR 20.60(1)(b)(b) For each fishing trip, the licensee shall accurately record the licensee’s name, license number, date, documented boat name or 8-digit state registration number, locations fished, number of anglers, hours fished, the total number of fish harvested, and other information required by the department on the report form in the electronic reporting system in the English language within 1/2 hour after completing each trip’s fishing activities after returning to the dock or shore. The number of fish of each species harvested and fin clip information, if required by the department, may be recorded in the electronic reporting system after returning to the dock or shore but shall be recorded in the electronic reporting system by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The electronic report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon request.

NR 20.60(1)(c)1.1. If the electronic reporting system is not in operation, the licensee shall complete and sign, in writing in the English language, a paper report on a form available from the department website containing the required information in par. (b) within 1/2 hour after completion of the fishing trip’s activities and reaching the dock or shore, with all information required in par. (b) recorded by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The licensee shall retain any paper reports completed under this subdivision in accordance with subd. 3. On the day of a fishing trip, the paper report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon request.

NR 20.60(1)(c)2.2. When the electronic reporting system is again functional, the licensee shall resume entering fishing trip reports into the electronic reporting system as described in pars. (a) and (b) and submitting the reports electronically to the department. The licensee shall retroactively enter the information from any paper reports into the electronic reporting system within 48 hours of completion of the fishing trip unless the department has granted an extension.

NR 20.60(1)(c)3.3. The licensee shall retain all paper copies of the trip report as part of the licensee’s records for a period of 5 years from the date on which the record or report was created, and shall make records available upon the request of a department representative within 24 hours of the request.

NR 20.60 NoteNote: Access to the electronic reporting system and copies of the paper report form are available on the department’s website at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing/lakemichigan/CharterForm.html.

NR 20.60(2)(2) A licensee shall submit each fishing trip entered into the electronic reporting system under sub. (1) (b) during the preceding calendar month to the department on or before the 10th day of each month.

NR 20.60(3)(3) If the licensee has not conducted any fishing trips under the authority of his or her sport trolling license in any given month after purchasing the license, the licensee shall submit a report indicating that no fishing trips were conducted that month through the electronic reporting system no later than the 10th day of the following month.

NR 20.60 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99; CR 22-057: renum. (1) to (1) (intro.) and am., cr. (1) (a) to (c), am. (2), cr. (3) Register April 2023 No. 808, eff. 5-1-23; CR 23-058: am. (1) (b) Register June 2024 No. 822, eff. 7-1-24.

NR 20.65(1)(a)(a) “Assist” or “assisting” means providing support or aid to a person with the activities associated with the act of fishing, including transporting anglers between the shore and an open water or on-ice fishing location.

NR 20.65(1)(b)(b) “Direct” or “directing” means to manage, supervise, or oversee an angler’s or anglers’ fishing activities and fishing trip conditions to aid the angler or anglers in attempting to catch fish.

NR 20.65(1)(c)(c) “Electronic guide reporting system” means a system established or authorized by the department for reporting guided fishing trips and other required information to the department by electronic means.

NR 20.65(1)(d)1.1. “Fishing guide” means any person required to be licensed under the provisions of s. 29.512 (1), Stats., that is actively engaged in guiding, directing, or assisting a person or persons for compensation or reward in fishing, as defined in s. NR 20.03 (12), in waters defined in pars. (f), (h), and (i).

NR 20.65(1)(d)2.2. “Fishing guide” does not include a person that rents boats, fishing shelters, fishing gear, or related equipment to an angler for the angler’s independent use, provided that the person does not offer any additional services to guide, direct or assist the angler in attempting to catch fish.

NR 20.65(1)(e)(e) “Fishing trip” means the time period during which an individual fishes or a group of anglers fishes together, commencing upon leaving the dock or shore and ending upon return to the dock or shore after the conclusion of fishing.

NR 20.65(1)(f)(f) “Green Bay” means those waters specified in s. NR 20.03 (15), (16), and (21).

NR 20.65(1)(g)(g) “Guide,” when used as a verb, or “guiding” means to advise, influence or superintend the conduct or instruction of an angler or anglers, including providing expertise to an angler or anglers on how to conduct fishing activities to improve the angler or anglers’ ability to catch fish.