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LD 190
Session - 128th Maine Legislature
 
LR 784
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Allow Spearfishing for Northern Pike in Sebago Lake

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12656, sub-§1, ¶B,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

B.  Except as otherwise provided, use any grapnel, spear, spear gun speargun, 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.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12656, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:

1-A Exceptions.   Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraph B, a person may:
A Take suckers, eels, alewives and yellow perch in accordance with section 12506;
B Take baitfish with a baitfish trap, as defined in section 10001, subsection 7; and
C Use a spear or speargun to fish for northern pike in Sebago Lake.

SUMMARY

This bill allows the use of a spear or speargun to fish for northern pike in Sebago Lake.


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