NR 21.11(4)(b)3.3. Trempealeau lakes known as Second, Third and Round Lakes lying in Trempealeau county. NR 21.11(4)(b)4.4. Lagoon, which is located on Barron island within the corporate city limits of LaCrosse, as well as the connecting waterway south to state highway 16. NR 21.11(4)(b)5.5. In upper pool 8, the Black river from the Onalaska 9-foot spillway dam downstream to the Soo Line railroad bridge. NR 21.11(4)(c)1.1. Pool 4, between river mile 780 and 797, closed from March 1 through May 31. NR 21.11(4)(c)2.2. In lower pool 8, Bluff Slough from 7th Street downstream to where Bluff Slough enters Running Slough, closed from April 15 through October 30. NR 21.11(4)(d)(d) Each licensee is limited to 8 setlines with not to exceed a total of 50 hooks on each line or 4 setlines with not to exceed 100 hooks on each line. NR 21.11(4)(e)(e) No person may use frogs or game fish, whether dead or alive, or any part of a frog or game fish as bait on a setline in the Mississippi river. NR 21.11(4)(f)(f) There shall be a buoy at each end of every setline. The buoys shall have a staff extending at least 3 feet above the surface of the water. Upon the upper end of each staff there shall be a flag at least 10 inches square. Upon the bowl of each buoy there shall be maintained in plain figures the license number of the licensee. NR 21.11(4)(g)(g) Setlines shall be marked by a metal tag which is stamped to designate the number of the license issued to the commercial fisher using the setline. The tag shall be attached to the buoy or staff at one end of the setline so that the tag will be visible above the surface of the water. NR 21.11(4)(h)(h) Setlines set in open water shall be lifted and all fish removed at least once each day following the day set. NR 21.11(4)(i)(i) Setlines may not be set, lifted, hauled or operated in any manner between one-half hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise without prior permission of the department. NR 21.11 NoteNote: Contact a local department conservation warden or fish manager to request prior permission.
NR 21.11(4)(j)(j) Setlines may not be set in a manner which blocks off more than 3/4 the width of any slough, bay or channel to any type of boat traffic. NR 21.11(4)(k)(k) Shovelnose (hackleback) sturgeon 25 inches and over in length may be taken. NR 21.11(4)(L)(L) Game fish and other fish that are listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species which are taken by setline shall be immediately returned, carefully and with as little injury as possible to the water from which they were taken. NR 21.11(4m)(4m) Harvest of catfish and bullheads. No person may harvest catfish or bullheads by hand or with a bow and arrow or crossbow under the authority of a commercial fishing license or for commercial purposes. NR 21.11(5)(5) Buffalo and frame nets. No person may use buffalo or frame nets. NR 21.11(6)(6) Slat and trammel nets. No person may use slat or trammel nets. NR 21.11(7)(7) Incidental turtle catch. Turtles taken incidental to licensed commercial fishing operations may be possessed and sold. NR 21.11 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; am. (1) (n), Register, December, 1981, No. 312, eff. 1-1-82; am. (1) (n) and (o), Register, December, 1989, No. 408, eff. 1-1-90; r. and recr. (1) (n) and (o), Register, October, 1991, No. 430, eff. 11-1-91, r. (1) (j), Register, May, 1996, No. 485, eff. 6-1-96; r. and recr. (1) (intro.), (b) and (f), am. (1) (a), (g), (h), (i) and (k), cr. (1) (cf), (cm), (e) and (2) to (7), r. (1) (m), (n) and (o), Register, October, 1998, No. 514, eff. 11-1-98; CR 01-012: am. (2) (a), Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02; CR 10-053: am. (1) (intro.), (b), (cf), (i), (2) (d) 7., (3) (L), r. and recr. (1) (L) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 19-009: cr. (4m) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20. NR 21.13(1)(1) Applicability. This section applies to the taking and possession of turtles in the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters. NR 21.13(2)(2) Seasons; possession and daily bag limits. No person may take turtles on the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters except during the open season established in sub. (4). For the purpose of Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary water turtle harvest, the possession limits are the same as the daily bag limits. NR 21.13(3)(3) Additional restrictions. No person may do any of the following: NR 21.13(3)(a)(a) Take, possess or control a turtle unless the person is in possession of a valid approval which authorizes the hunting of small game or which authorizes fishing, unless otherwise exempt under ch. 29, Stats., from the need to possess one of more of these approvals to hunt or fish. NR 21.13(3)(b)(b) Take turtles by methods other than hoop net turtle traps complying with par. (c), hand, hook and line, hooking or incidental to commercial fishing authorized under this chapter by a fisher possessing a valid license issued under s. 29.523, 29.526, 29.529, Stats.