Section 97C.701 — Taking Mussels.
97C.701 TAKING MUSSELS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner’s authority. The commissioner may by rule set size limits and prescribe conditions for the taking, possession, transportation, sale, and purchase of mussels. Subd. 1a. [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1993 c 269 s 32] Subd. […]
Section 97C.801 — Taking Rough Fish On Mississippi River.
97C.801 TAKING ROUGH FISH ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1997 c 216 s 90; 1997 c 226 s 51] Subd. 2. Commercial fish netting on Mississippi River. (a) A license is required to commercially take rough fish with seines in the Mississippi River from the St. Croix River junction to St. Anthony Falls. (b) […]
Section 97C.805 — Netting Lake Whitefish And Ciscoes.
97C.805 NETTING LAKE WHITEFISH AND CISCOES. Subdivision 1. Open season. (a) The commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe the open season and open state waters for netting lake whitefish and ciscoes. The commissioner may open specific lakes and waters that are otherwise closed if the commissioner posts notice of the date and time in appropriate public […]
Section 97C.811 — Commercial Fishing In Inland Waters.
97C.811 COMMERCIAL FISHING IN INLAND WATERS. Subdivision 1. Inland waters defined. For the purposes of this section and section 97A.475, subdivision 30, “inland waters” means all waters entirely located within the boundaries of the state and the border waters between Minnesota and North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa, excluding those waters described in section 97C.801. […]
Section 97C.511 — Minnow Seines.
97C.511 MINNOW SEINES. Subdivision 1. Size restrictions. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a person may not take minnows with a seine longer than 25 feet, and deeper than: (1) 148 meshes of 1/4-inch bar measure; (2) 197 meshes of 3/16-inch bar measure; or (3) four feet of material of less than 3/16-inch bar measure. […]
Section 97C.515 — Imported Minnows.
97C.515 IMPORTED MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not bring live minnows into the state except as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Permit for transportation. (a) A person may transport live minnows through the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must state the name and address of the person, […]
Section 97C.395 — Open Seasons For Angling.
97C.395 OPEN SEASONS FOR ANGLING. Subdivision 1. Dates for certain species. (a) The open seasons to take fish by angling are as follows: (1) for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass, the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the last Sunday in February; (2) for […]
Section 97C.401 — Limits.
97C.401 LIMITS. Subdivision 1. Duty to prescribe limits. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioner shall, by rule, prescribe the limits on the number of each species of fish that may be taken in one day and the number that may be possessed. Subd. 2. Walleye. A person may have no more than one […]
Section 97C.411 — Sturgeon And Paddlefish.
97C.411 STURGEON AND PADDLEFISH. Lake sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon, and paddlefish may not be taken, bought, sold, transported or possessed except as provided by rule of the commissioner. The commissioner may only allow the taking of these fish in waters that the state boundary passes through and in tributaries to the St. Croix River. History: 1986 […]
Section 97C.415 — Trout And Salmon.
97C.415 TROUT AND SALMON. Subdivision 1. Hours for taking trout restricted. A person may not take trout, except lake trout, between 11:00 p.m. and one hour before sunrise. Subd. 2. Lake Superior streams. The commissioner may prescribe the open season and conditions for taking brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, and salmon in […]