040-46 Wyo. Code R. §§ 46-23 - Area 2 Live Baitfish

The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 2 is prohibited except as otherwise specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8 of this chapter.

(a) Area 2 Live Baitfish location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection (ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection (iii).

(i) Live baitfish may be used in the following waters:

(A) Wardell Reservoir;

(B) Bighorn Lake in Big Horn County;

(C) Bighorn River;

(D) Deaver Reservoir in Park County;

(E) Harrington Reservoir in Park County;

(F) Shoshone River downstream from Penrose Dam;

(G) Wind River downstream from Boysen Reservoir;

(H) Boysen Reservoir;

(I) Ocean Lake in Fremont County; and,

(J) Pilot Butte Reservoir.

(ii) A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear baitfish from the following waters:

(A) Wind River and Bighorn River drainages downstream from the western boundary of the Wind River Reservation.

(iii) The designated wild caught live baitfish possession area for location A is the Wind River and Bighorn River drainages downstream from the western boundary of the Wind River Reservation.

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040-46 Wyo. Code R. §§ 46-23

Amended, Eff. 9/6/2016. Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018. Amended, Eff. 9/3/2021. Amended, Eff. 9/8/2023. Amended, Eff. 8/20/2024.