Whitefish and Cisco Sport Gill Netting Regulations (Whitefish netting license required)

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1 Updated March 7, 2018 Whitefish and Cisco Sport Gill Netting Regulations (Whitefish netting license required) A person may use only one gill net, not exceeding 100 feet in length and 3 feet in width. One end of net must have a pole, stake, or buoy projecting at least two feet above the surface of the water or ice. Nets must have an identification tag attached near the first float of the end that is projecting from the surface of the water or ice. Identification tags must be a minimum of 2 ½ inches by 5/8 inch permanently bearing the name and address of the owner. Identification tags for marking nets are provided by the owner. Nets may not be set after sunset or raised before sunrise. All gill nets must be set and lifted by the licensee only. Nets must be tended at least once every 24 hours A net may not be set in any water deeper than six feet. A net may not be set within 50 feet of another net. gill net shall be no less than 1-3/4 or 3-1/2 inch stretch measure depending on the lake (see attached schedules) Nets used in designated infested waters must be dried for a minimum of 10 days or frozen for 2 days before using in a different water body. Nets should be dried for 10 days or frozen for 2 before moving from one lake to another. Nets used in spiny water flea and/or zebra mussel infested waters should not be used in any other waterbody Nets should be transported in sealed container. Whitefish and ciscoes taken by sport gill netting may not be bought or sold. Whitefish and ciscoes taken by sport gill netting may not be used as bait. The possession limit for whitefish taken by sport gill netting within the Leech Lake Reservation boundaries is 25. Net placement should not inhibit use of the lake by other boaters

2 Seasons Open for Taking Whitefish and Ciscoes Schedules Designating Open Seasons for Certain Waters The waters listed in each of the following schedules will be open during the designated seasons for the netting of whitefish and ciscoes. Unless otherwise noted, the names of the bodies of water refer to lakes. Schedule I Water Bodies All water bodies listed in this schedule are to be opened and closed on a 48 hour notice posted at the lake accesses and other public places. Opening and closing of the season for these water bodies is based on the following information: game fish abundance, climatic conditions that affect the vulnerability of game fish to accidental harvest, and abundance of whitefish and ciscoes. Lakes in bold and marked with asterisk are designated infested with spiny water fleas and/or zebra mussels. Nets used in designated infested waters should be dried for a minimum of 10 days or frozen for two before using in any other waterbody 3-1/2 inches 1-3/4 inches Name DOW # County allowed allowed Balsam, Big Itasca X Basswood* Lake X Bear Island St. Louis X Deer Itasca X Devil Track* Cook X Ely (Closed for 2018) St. Louis X Fall* Lake X Green* Kandiyohi X Greenwood* Cook X Mille Lacs* (Closed for 2018) Ida* Douglas X Nashwauk Itasca X Newton* Lake X Ojibway Lake X Poplar Cook X Rachel Douglas X Shagawa* St. Louis X Side St. Louis X Straight Becker X South Sturgeon St. Louis X Turtle Itasca X Vermilion* (all except Pike Bay, south and west of a north-south line at narrowest portion between Echo Point and Punchers Point.) St. Louis X

3 Schedule II Water Bodies All bodies of water listed in this schedule, known as schedule II, are open during the dates indicated by one of the following letters: A = Lake is open second Friday of October through First Sunday of December (Oct. 12, 2018 to Dec. 2, 2018) B = Lake is open first Friday of November through second Sunday of December (Nov. 2, 2018 to Dec. 9, 2018) C = Lake is open second Friday of November through second Sunday of December (Nov. 9, 2018 to Dec. 9, 2018) Ball Club Itasca X B Bass Crow Wing X B Bass(north basin & Snyder Bay To the narrows) Itasca X B Bass, Big Cass X B Beltrami Beltrami X B Bemidji, Little Becker X B Benedict Hubbard X B Black Bear* Crow Wing X B Blackduck Beltrami X B Blackwater Cass X B Bowstring Itasca X B Bowstring, Little Itasca X B Boy Cass X B Brule Cook X A Buffalo Becker X C Buzzle Beltrami X B Caribou* Cook X A Carr Beltrami X B Cass* Beltrami X B Clear Crow Wing X B Clearwater Beltrami X B Cotton Becker X B Crane* St. Louis X A Crooked Cass X B Crooked Crow Wing X B Crow Wing, Fifth & Sixth (channel between) &93 Hubbard X B Crow Wing, Seventh & Eighth(channel between) &72 Hubbard X B Crow Wing, Ninth Hubbard X B Crystal* Ottertail X C

4 Schedule II Continued Curfman Becker X B Cut Foot Sioux* Itasca X B Deer Beltrami X B Deer Itasca X B Detroit* Becker X B Eagle Crow Wing X B Elbow St. Louis X A Elbow Becker X C Eunice* Becker X B Fish* Otter Tail X C Fish Hook Hubbard X B Floyd Becker X B Franklin Otter Tail X C Gilstad Beltrami X B Graham Otter Tail X B Grant Beltrami X B Graves Itasca X B Gull* Cass X B Gull, Upper* Cass X B Hanging Horn, Big Carlton X B Howard Cass X B Ice Cracking Becker X C Isabella Lake X A Island Hubbard X B Jack Cass X B Jessie Itasca X B Jewett Otter Tail X C Kabekona Hubbard X B Kabetogama* St. Louis X A Kimble Crow Wing X B Kitchi* Beltrami X B Lake of the Woods* Lake of the Woods X A Leaf, East Otter Tail X C Leaf, Middle Otter Tail X C Leaf, West Otter Tail X C Leavitt Cass X B Leech, including Kabekona Bay and all other bays Cass X A Lida* Otter Tail X C Lizzie* Otter Tail X C Long Becker X B Long Hubbard X B Long Otter Tail X C Long, Lower South Crow Wing X B Long, North* Crow Wing X B

5 Schedule II Continued Many Point Becker X B Maple Itasca X B Margaret* Cass X B Marquette Beltrami X B Maud Becker X B McCraney Mahnomen X B Melissa* Becker X B Moore Becker X B Movil Beltrami X B Murphy Otter Tail X B Namakan*(Closed in the Narrows between Namakan And Sandpoint Lake) St. Louis X A Net Becker X B Oak Hubbard X B Ossawinamakee* Crow Wing X B Pelican* Crow Wing X B Pelican, Big* Otter Tail X C Pike Becker X B Pike, East Cook X A Pike Bay* Cass X B Pillager Cass X B Pimushe Beltrami X B Pine, Big Otter Tail X C Pine, Little Otter Tail X C Pine Mountain Cass X B Plantaganette Hubbard X B Pokegama Itasca X B Portage Cass X B Portage Crow Wing X B Potato & Eagle (Channel Between) &256 Hubbard X B Prairie St. Louis X B Pughole (Little Thunder) Cass X B Rainy* St. Louis X A Round Becker X B Round* Crow Wing X B Round Itasca X B Rush Island Itasca X B Sand, Big* Itasca X B Sand Point*(Except the narrows Between Sand Point & Namakan Lakes, and Sand Point & Vermilion Lakes) St. Louis X A Sandy Beltrami X B

6 Schedule II Continued Sandy, Big Aitkin X B Sauk, Big Todd X B Silver Island Lake X A Snyder Mahnomen X B Spring Itasca X B Stalker Otter Tail X C Star Crow Wing X B Star Otter Tail X C Steamboat Cass X B Strawberry Becker X B Sucker, Lower Cass X B Swan Itasca X B Ten Mile Cass X C Thunder Cass X B Tulaby Becker X B Turtle, Big Beltrami X B Turtle, Little Beltrami X B Turtle River Lake Beltrami X B Twin Lakes Itasca X B Wabedo Cass X B Washburn Cass X B White Earth Becker X B Wilson Bay(gull Lake)* Cass X B Wimer Otter Tail X C Winnibigoshish* Cass X B Winnibigoshish, Little* (except those portions within On-fourth mile of river channels) Itasca X B Wolf, Big* Beltrami X B Woman Cass X B