NR 21.11(2)(b)6. 6. In lower pool 8, Bluff Slough from 7th Street downstream to where Bluff Slough enters Running Slough.

NR 21.11(2)(c) (c) No person may set or use the types of gill nets listed in this paragraph in the following areas, during the periods indicated:

NR 21.11(2)(c)1. 1. Open water gill net sets are prohibited in Lake St. Croix from the highway 64 bridge at Houlton, downstream to its confluence with the Mississippi river at all times.

NR 21.11(2)(c)2. 2. Dead set gill nets and drive set gill nets may not be used in pool 4, between river mile 780 and 797 from March 1 through May 31.

NR 21.11(2)(c)3. 3. Dead set gill nets may not be used in all of lower pool 7 at any time.

NR 21.11(2)(d) (d) Additional gill net restrictions.

NR 21.11(2)(d)1. 1. Only gill nets with a mesh of 7 inches stretch measure or larger may be used.

NR 21.11(2)(d)2. 2. Gill nets may not be used as a drift net and may not be used as or in place of a seine.

NR 21.11(2)(d)3. 3. At each end of every gill net set in open water there shall be a buoy on each end of the gang. The buoys shall have a staff extending at least 3 feet above the surface of the water. Upon the upper end of the staff there shall be a flag at least 10 inches square. Upon the bowl of the buoys there shall be maintained in plain figures the license number of the licensee. On gill nets set through the ice there shall be maintained on each end of the gang a board or similar material which shall bear the license number authorizing the use of the net.

NR 21.11(2)(d)4. 4. Each gill net set in open water shall be lifted and emptied of all fish at least once each day following the day set. Each gill net set under the ice shall be lifted and emptied of fish at least once every 2 days following the day set.

NR 21.11(2)(d)5. 5. Gill nets may not be set, drawn, lifted 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 Note Note: Contact a local department conservation warden or fish manager to request prior permission.

NR 21.11(2)(d)6. 6. Gill nets may not be set in a manner that will shut-off more than one-half the width of any channel, bay or slough.

NR 21.11(2)(d)7. 7. A gill net may not be set within 1,000 feet of any other commercial fisher’s gill net or frame net.

NR 21.11(2)(d)8. 8. Shovelnose (hackleback) sturgeon may not be taken in gill nets.

NR 21.11(2)(d)9. 9. Game fish that are not commercial fish and other fish that are listed in ch. NR 27 as endangered or threatened species which are taken by gill nets shall be immediately returned, carefully and with as little injury as possible to the water from which they were taken.

NR 21.11(2)(d)10. 10. No licensee may join his or her net to that of any other licensee.

NR 21.11(3) (3) Seines; seasons, closed areas, seine restrictions. In the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters, no person may conduct commercial fishing operations with the use of seines except in the manner prescribed as follows:

NR 21.11(3)(a) (a) Seines of any size may be used year round in the waters of the Mississippi river, Lake St. Croix and the St. Croix river downstream from the U.S. highway 8 bridge located in St. Croix Falls, except for the closed areas listed in pars. (b) and (c). No person may use drive netting techniques including the use of airboats, boats, plungers or other sound producing devices to drive fish from the closed ares listed in pars. (b) and (c).

NR 21.11(3)(b) (b) Permanently closed areas.

NR 21.11(3)(b)1. 1. Within 900 feet below any U.S. corps of engineers lock and dam on the Mississippi river.

NR 21.11(3)(b)2. 2. Goose lake lying in Pierce county.

NR 21.11(3)(b)3. 3. Trempealeau lakes known as Second, Third and Round lakes lying in Trempealeau county.

NR 21.11(3)(b)4. 4. Lagoon, which is located on Barron island within the corporate limits of the city of LaCrosse, as well as the connecting waterway south to state highway 16.

NR 21.11(3)(c) (c) Seasonally closed areas.

NR 21.11(3)(c)1. 1. Pool 4, between river mile 780 and 797, closed from March 1 through May 31.

NR 21.11(3)(c)2. 2. In upper pool 8, the Black river from the Onalaska 9-foot spillway dam downstream to the Soo Line railroad bridge, closed from April 15 through October 30.

NR 21.11(3)(c)3. 3. 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(3)(d) (d) A commercial fisher and his or her crew members may not remove more than 100 pounds of catfish per seine haul from the Saturday nearest October 1 to April 30.