312 IAC 9-7-15 - Minnows

Authority: IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22-16

Sec. 15.

(a) An individual may take minnows at any time during the year.

(b) An individual must not take minnows except by:

(1) a minnow trap;

(2) a dip net;

(3) a minnow seine;

(4) a cast net;

(5) lawful sport fishing methods provided in this rule; or

(6) methods authorized under a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6.

(c) An individual must not transport beyond the limits of this state more than one hundred (100) minnows in a twenty-four (24) hour period. This subsection does not apply to a person:

(1) engaged in commercially raising minnows in private waters for sale;

(2) with a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6; or

(3) with a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16.

(d) A person must not sell minnows unless the person is issued a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16.

(e) An individual must not use a cast net, seine, or any other device to collect minnows extending from a dam downstream five hundred (500) yards on:

(1) inland water; or

(2) the boundary waters of this state, except for the Ohio River.

Notes

312 IAC 9-7-15

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-15; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2720; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA Filed 10/24/2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRA Readopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA