RELATES TO:
KRS
150.010,
150.120,
150.170,
150.175,
150.445,
150.450,
150.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
150.025(1) authorizes the
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative
regulations regarding the buying, selling, and transporting of fish and
wildlife, the restriction of places where taking is permitted, and the
application of administrative regulations to a limited area or to the entire
state. This administrative regulation establishes the areas where commercial
fishing is allowed.
Section 1. Rivers
and Creeks.The rivers and creeks established in subsections (1) through (7) of
this section shall be open to commercial fishing pursuant to
301 KAR 1:146 and
301 KAR 1:155:
(1) Cumberland River from its junction with
the Ohio River upstream to the Highway 62 bridge;
(2) Green River from its junction with the
Ohio River upstream to 200 yards below Green River Lock and Dam 4;
(3) Kentucky River from its junction with the
Ohio River upstream to the junction of the North and Middle Forks of Kentucky
River;
(4) Mississippi River from
the mouth of the Ohio River downstream to the Tennessee line;
(5) Ohio River from its junction with the
Mississippi River upstream to the West Virginia state line except those
segments of the river that extend below the following locks and dams where slat
baskets are the only piece of commercial gear allowed, except for the first 200
yards below the dam pursuant to
KRS
150.445:
(a) Lock and Dam 53 downstream to a line
perpendicular with the end of the longest lock wall including the circular cell
portion;
(b) Lock and Dam 52
downstream to a line perpendicular with the end of the longest lock wall
including the circular cell portion;
(c) Smithland Dam downstream to a line
perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall;
(d) J.T. Myers Dam downstream to a line
perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall and that portion of the split
channel around the southern part of Wabash Island from the fixed weir dam to
the first dike;
(e) Newburgh Dam
downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall;
(f) Cannelton Dam downstream to a line
perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall;
(g) McAlpine Dam downstream to the K&I
railroad bridge;
(h) Markland Dam
downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall;
(i) Meldahl Dam downstream to a line
perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall; and
(j) Greenup Dam downstream to a line
perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall;
(6) Pond River from its junction with the
Green River upstream to the Highway 62 bridge; and
(7) Tennessee River from its junction with
the Ohio River upstream to River Mile 17.8.
Section 2. Lakes. The lakes established in
subsections (1) through (5) of this Section shall be open to commercial fishing
pursuant to
301 KAR 1:146 and
301 KAR 1:155:
(1) Herrington Lake from the impounded or
standing pools of the lake up to the first shoal or riffle in any main or
tributary stream;
(2) Kentucky Lake
from the impounded or standing pools of the lake up to the first shoal or
riffle in any main or tributary stream;
(3) Lake Barkley from the impounded or
standing pools of the lake up to the first shoal or riffle in any main or
tributary stream;
(4) Lake
Cumberland from the impounded or standing pools of the
lake up to the first
shoal or riffle in any main or tributary stream, except
Lake Cumberland shall
be closed to commercial fishing:
(a) Above
the confluence of Koger Creek on the Big South Fork Arm; and
(b) Above the confluence of the Rockcastle
River on the Cumberland River Arm; and
(5) Permanent overflow lakes adjacent to the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that may be accessed from either river by a boat
during high flow events, except as prohibited on department wildlife management
areas pursuant to
301 KAR 4:020 and
301 KAR 4:050.
