58 Pa. Code § 65.4d - Artificial lures only trout slot limit
(a) The Executive Director, with the approval
of the Commission, may designate waters as artificial lures only trout slot
limit. The designation of waters as artificial lures only trout slot limit
shall be effective when the waters are posted after publication of a notice of
the designation in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(b) It is unlawful to fish in designated and
posted artificial lures only trout slot limit areas except in compliance with
all of the following requirements.
(1) Open
to fishing year-round.
(2) Fishing
may be done with artificial lures only constructed of metal, plastic, rubber or
wood; or with flies and streamers constructed of natural or synthetic
materials. Lures may be used with spinning or fly-fishing gear. Use or
possession of other lures or substances is prohibited.
(3) From 8 a.m. on the opening day of the
regular season for trout through Labor Day, the daily creel limit of trout is
two (combined species). Trout must be at least 7 inches but less than 12 inches
in length to be killed or possessed.
(4) From the day after Labor Day until 8 a.m.
on the opening day of the regular season for trout, no trout may be killed or
possessed.
(5) Taking of baitfish
or fishbait is prohibited.
(6) A
current trout permit is required.
(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of this
section, an angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in compliance
with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect for the water from which
taken, provided that the boat angler floats through the artificial lures only
trout slot limit area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the
boat angler puts in or takes out his boat at an access point within the
artificial lures only trout slot limit area.
Notes
The provisions of this § 65.4d added under the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. § 2102(a); and section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 186).
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