Section 23.12. Special sturgeon hook and line fishing restrictions.

  No person who catches a lake sturgeon may do any of the following:

(1)  Possess a lake sturgeon taken by hook and line and not immediately release it, unless a hook and line lake sturgeon tag belonging to the person who caught the lake sturgeon is immediately validated as required by the department and attached to the lake sturgeon by immediately affixing the tag to the sturgeon in front of the fish's tail, and the tagged lake sturgeon is registered at a department lake sturgeon registration station by 6:00 p.m. on the day after it was taken.

(2)  Remove the registration tag attached to the fish by the department until the carcass is prepared for final consumption. The hook and line lake sturgeon registration tag shall be retained by the person taking the lake sturgeon until the fish is consumed.

(3)  Transport any lake sturgeon in or on any motor-driven vehicle from the time the lake sturgeon is taken to the time it is lawfully registered pursuant to sub. (1) unless the lake sturgeon is carried openly exposed and in a manner so that the lake sturgeon tag attached to the lake sturgeon cannot be handled or manipulated by any occupant of the vehicle.

(4)  Transport any lake sturgeon in or on any boat from the time the lake sturgeon is taken to the time it is lawfully registered pursuant to sub. (1) unless the lake sturgeon is tagged and carried openly exposed.

CR 09-051 : cr. Register June 2010 No. 654 , eff. 7-1-10.

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Note: Hook and line lake sturgeon tags will be available at department service centers and regional offices each year prior to the open season. Department service centers may be located by viewing http://www.dnr.wisconsin.gov . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1