Section 23.05. Hook and line fishing.

 

(1)  No person may use more than 3 hooks, baits or lures. The line or lines shall be attended at all times.

(1m)  No person may set, use or operate a landing net for any purpose other than for the purpose of landing fish legally hooked or to take fish as authorized with the use of dip nets under this chapter or ch. NR 20 .

(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.

(3)  No person may take fish by snagging or foul hooking unless authorized by s. NR 20.06 .

(4)  No person may fish for fish of any variety during the closed season for trout in the Brule river upstream from the railroad bridge in section 29, township 42 north, range 34 west, Iron county, Michigan and section 25, township 41 north, range 15 east, Florence county, Wisconsin and in the Montreal river above the Saxon Falls flowage.

(5)  The seasons, size limits and bag and possession limits for hook and line fishing in the Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters for the species listed in this subsection, except as provided in s. NR 23.06 , are as follows: - See PDF for table

Cr. Register, March, 1986, No. 363 , eff. 4-1-86; am. (5) (d), Register, November, 1988, No. 395 , eff. 12-1-88; am. (5) (h), cr. (5) (i), Register, December, 1989, No. 408 , eff. 1-1-90; am. (5) (g), Register, January, 1991, No. 421 , eff. 2-1-91; am. (1) (c), Register, March, 1992, No. 435 , eff. 4-1-92; am. (5) (intro.), (a) and (b), r. and recr. (5) (d), (e), (f) and (h), cr. (5) (j), Register, November, 1993, No. 455 , eff. 1-1-94; am. (2), Register, May, 1996, No. 485 , eff. 6-1-96; am. (5) (d) 1., r. (5) (d) 2., Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 4-1-99; correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, June, 1999, No. 522 ; am. (5) (c), Register, December, 1999, No. 528 , eff. 4-1-00; reprinted to correct error in (5) (d) 1., Register November 2001 No. 551 ; CR 03-014 : r. and recr. (5) (c) Register November 2003 No. 575 , eff. 4-1-04; CR 04-012 : am. (5) (intro.) and (e) Register December 2004 No. 588 , eff. 4-1-05; CR 06-011 : am. (5) (c) 1. Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 08-010 : cr. (1m) Register November 2008 No. 635 , eff. 4-1-09; CR 09-051 : cr. (5) (c) 1m. Register June 2010 No. 654 , eff. 7-1-10; CR 10-025 : am. (5) (d) 1. Register October 2010 No. 658 , eff. 11-1-10; CR 11-006 : cr. (5) (k) Register October 2011 No. 670 , eff. 4-1-12; CR 13-019 : am. (5) (d), (e) Register December 2013 No. 696 , eff. 4-1-14; EmR1511 : emerg. am. (h), eff. 5-1-15; EmR1609 : emerg. am. (h), eff. 2-3-16; CR 15-042 : am. (5) (h) 1., 2., cr. (5) (h) 3., 4. Register March 2016 No. 723 , eff. 4-1-16; CR 15-066 : am. (5) (c) 1., 1m. Register May 2016 No. 725 , eff. 6-1-16.