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.521 — Transporting Carp Fingerlings Prohibited.
97C.521 TRANSPORTING CARP FINGERLINGS PROHIBITED. Except as provided in section 17.4984, subdivision 2, paragraph (g), a person may not transport live carp fingerlings. History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 50; 2000 c 331 s 5
Section 97C.525 — Restrictions On Transporting Minnows.
97C.525 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSPORTING MINNOWS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section does not apply to the transportation of 24 dozen minnows, or less, or to transportation with a permit issued under section 97C.515, subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Transporting out of state. A person may not transport minnows out of the state, except as provided in this […]
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 […]
Section 97C.417 — Reporting Invasive Carp.
97C.417 REPORTING INVASIVE CARP. A person who takes any of the following invasive carp species must report the type of carp taken to the commissioner within seven days of taking: (1) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella); (2) bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis); or (3) silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). History: 2007 c 131 art 1 s 50; 2014 […]
Section 97C.501 — Minnow Licenses Required.
97C.501 MINNOW LICENSES REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Minnow retailers. (a) A person may not be a minnow retailer without a minnow retailer license except as provided in subdivisions 2, paragraph (d), and 3. A person must purchase a minnow retailer license for each minnow retail outlet operated, except as provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (d). (b) […]