2.__Exceptions.__Notwithstanding the open seasons established under subsection 1:

A.__A person may take smelts at any time by the use of a dipnet in the usual and ordinary way in inland waters or portions of inland waters that are naturally free of ice, and where the taking of smelts is not prohibited by rules of the commissioner;

B.__There is a continued closed season on the dipping of smelts from Morrill Pond and its tributaries in Somerset County;

C.__Whenever the last day of open-water fishing season falls on a Saturday, the season is extended one day to include the following Sunday; and

D.__The commissioner by rule may extend the open-water fishing season as long as such an extension does not pose a threat to the fishery.__Rules adopted under this paragraph may include provisions that establish catch-and-release-only restrictions on landlocked salmon, trout, togue and bass.

§12457.__Restricted areas

1.__Closed waters.__Except as the commissioner may by rule provide, the following waters are closed to fishing:

A.__The area within 150 feet of any dam in which a fishway is located, except:

(1)__At the following places, the fishway and the area within 75 feet of any part of the fishway are closed to fishing at all times:

(a)__Grand Falls Powerhouse Dam on the St. Croix River in Baileyville; and

(b)__Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River in Baileyville;

(2)__At the following places, the area within 75 feet of the mouth of the fishway is closed to fishing at all times: