(a) A person may,
with a valid fishing license, fishing permit or group fishing permit, in
addition to any entry permit, the Wahiawa Special Entry Permit, or the Wahiawa
Fishing Tournament Permit, if required, while within the Wahiawa public fishing
area:
(1) Fish with hook-and-line using one
lure, one baited hook, or two artificial flies attached to a single line,
provided:
(A) On weekends and holidays, any
person shall not use more than one line; and
(B) On weekdays, any person shall not use
more than two lines;
(2)
Use attended traps and dip nets up to two feet (0.61 meters) in length, height,
or width, excluding the handle, for baitfish, provided that tucunare, bass,
channel catfish and oscar shall not be used as bait;
(3) Fish for, catch, take, possess, or remove
any fish, subject to section
13-62-8 and the following limits that are
applicable at all times:
(A) Not more than
three channel catfish per person per day; and
(B) Not more than one oscar per person per
day; and
(4) Use dip
nets up to two feet (0.61 meters) in length, height, or width, excluding the
handle, to land hooked fish.
(b) The department may issue a permit, to be
known as the Wahiawa Special Entry Permit, to use or manage the Wahiawa public
fishing area and to manage, preserve, protect, conserve, and propagate any
freshwater fish, including any listed species, or other freshwater life found
within the Wahiawa public fishing area. The applicant must be an adult,
although not all persons covered under the permit have to be adults. The
department may establish all terms and conditions of the Wahiawa Special Entry
Permit it deems necessary.
The department may limit the number of Wahiawa Special
Entry Permits it issues, either in total or to any one group and all
applications must be received by the department at least thirty days in advance
of the first proposed date of the activity.
(c) The department may issue a permit, to be
known as the Wahiawa Fishing Tournament Permit, to conduct fishing tournaments
in the Wahiawa public fishing area, and to temporarily hold listed species
during the permitted tournament, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Applications must be for groups of ten
fishers or more with valid fishing licenses, fishing permits or group fishing
permits, in addition to any entry permit, if required; provided that the
applicant is an adult; and
(2)
Applications must be received by the department at least thirty days in advance
of the first proposed fishing date.
No registered participant of a permitted tournament may
possess any dead listed species while in the Wahiawa public fishing
area.
The department may limit the number of Wahiawa Fishing
Tournament Permits it issues, either in total or to any one group, and
establish all terms and conditions it deems necessary.
