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LR 2121
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§12656.__Possession and use of unlawful implements and devices

 
1.__Prohibition.__A person may not:

 
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

 
B. Except as otherwise provided, use any grapnel, spear,
spear gun, trawl, weir, gaff, seine, gill net, trap or set
lines for fishing.

 
(1)__A person may take suckers, eels, alewives and
yellow perch in accordance with section 12506.

 
(2)__A person may take baitfish with a baitfish trap,
as defined in section 10001, subsection 7.

 
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.

 
§12657. Advance baiting

 
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."

 
2.__Exception. A person may place food particles in a
baitfish trap for the purpose of luring baitfish.

 
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.

 
§12658. Unlawfully trolling fly

 
1.__Prohibition.__A person may not troll a fly in inland
waters restricted to fly-fishing.

 
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.

 
§12659. Ice fishing regulations


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