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§12656.__Possession and use of unlawful implements and devices |
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| | | 1.__Prohibition.__A person may not: |
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| | | A.__Possess any grapnel, trawl, weir, seine, gill net or | | trap or set line on or adjacent to any of the inland waters | | of the State, except in accordance with sections 12157 and | | 12506 and section 12763, subsections 3 and 4; or |
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| | | B. Except as otherwise provided, use any grapnel, spear, | | spear gun, trawl, weir, gaff, seine, gill net, trap or set | | lines for fishing. |
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| | | (1)__A person may take suckers, eels, alewives and | | yellow perch in accordance with section 12506. |
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| | | (2)__A person may take baitfish with a baitfish trap, | | as defined in section 10001, subsection 7. |
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| | | 2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a | | Class E crime.__The court shall also impose a fine of $20 for | | each fish unlawfully possessed, none of which may be suspended. |
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| | | 1.__Prohibition.__Except as provided in subsection 2, a person | | may not deposit any meat, bones, dead fish, parts of meat, bones, | | or dead fish or other food for fish for the purpose of luring | | fish, a practice known as "advance baiting." |
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| | | 2.__Exception. A person may place food particles in a | | baitfish trap for the purpose of luring baitfish. |
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| | | 3.__Penalty.__A person who violates subsection 1 commits a | | civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor | | more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | §12658. Unlawfully trolling fly |
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| | | 1.__Prohibition.__A person may not troll a fly in inland | | waters restricted to fly-fishing. |
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| | | 2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a | | civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor | | more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | §12659. Ice fishing regulations |
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