NR 21.02(29)(29) “Seine haul” means a single setting, retrieval and emptying of a seine, including placement of the net, driving fish in the direction of the net, drawing or lifting the net, or both, to entrap fish by retrieving one or both ends of the net, bagging the fish in the net, sorting and removal of the game fish in the net and removal of all fish from the net. NR 21.02 NoteNote: A single seine haul may take more than one day to complete from the time the net is set until all fish have been removed from the net.
NR 21.02(32)(32) “Sport fishing” or “angling” means any fishing, including the methods commonly known as hook and line fishing or angling, which is conducted without a commercial fishing license and with other than commercial fishing gear, but does not include the taking of turtles. NR 21.02(33)(33) “Stretch measure” means the extension measure of net mesh size whenever the size of mesh of a net is specified and is the distance between the extreme angles of any single mesh with the mesh fully stretched. NR 21.02(34)(34) “Supervisor” means any department employee assigned or designated to oversee fishing activities conducted under this chapter. NR 21.02(36)(36) “Turtle” means a reptile having horny, toothless jaws and a body enclosed in a bony or leathery shell into which the head, limbs and tail may be partially or fully withdrawn, and includes parts of turtles and turtle eggs. NR 21.02(37)(37) “Upper pool 7” means that part of the Mississippi River bounded on the north by the U.S. army corps of engineers lock and dam 6 dike; on the east by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe main railroad tracks; on the south by an imaginary line at a compass bearing of 651/2 degrees from river mile marker 709.5 to the north end of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe main railroad track bridge that crosses the Black River; and on the west by the state line boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. NR 21.02(38)(38) “Upper pool 8” means that part of the Mississippi River bounded on the north by the U.S. army corps of engineers lock and dam 7 dike, on the east by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe main railroad tracks, on the south by state highway 16, and on the west by the state line boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. NR 21.02(39)(39) “Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters” for sport fishing purposes, means all waters of the Mississippi River, Lake St. Croix, the St. Croix River from the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroad bridge at Prescott, as far in a northerly direction as the St. Croix River forms and acts as boundary waters between the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the St. Louis River from the north-south Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary line downstream to the Lake Superior beach line in the Superior entry including St. Louis Bay, Superior Bay, Little Pokegama Bay, Pokegama Bay upstream to highway 105, Kimballs Bay, Howard Bay, Allouez Bay and all other Bays connected to the St. Louis River. For the purpose of taking turtles and commercial fishing, “Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters” means all waters from the Burlington Northern and Sante Fe railroad tracks on the east side of the Mississippi River and from the east bank of the St. Croix River in Wisconsin, extending west to the state line between Wisconsin and Minnesota. NR 21.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; am. (2) Register, April, 1983, No. 328, eff. 5-1-83; r. and recr. (9), Register, February, 1991, No. 422, eff. 3-1-91; am. (2), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; cr. (4m), (6m) and (15m), am. (10), Register, February, 1997, No. 494, eff. 3-1-97; am. (2), (4m), (9) and (16) and cr. (4g), (4p), (5e), (5m), (5t), (6g), (7m), (7r), (11f), (11m), (15p) and (15v), Register, October, 1998, No. 514, eff. 11-1-98; am. (16), Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99; CR 04-024: am. (4m) and (10) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 10-053: r. and recr. Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; renumbering of (15) and (16) and correction in (30) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. and 7., Stats., Register December 2010 No. 660. NR 21.03NR 21.03 Reciprocity, sport fishing or spearing and dip netting. All residents of Wisconsin and Minnesota holding a resident fishing license from their respective states or residents other than Wisconsin and Minnesota holding an angling or sport fishing license issued by either state, may fish in any of the waters of the Mississippi river lying between the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroad tracks on the Wisconsin side of the river and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks on the Minnesota side of the river, including all sloughs and backwaters, bays and newly-extended water areas connected with the main channel of the Mississippi river by a channel which is navigable at periods when the water is approximately equal to normal pool elevation as created by the U.S. department of the army, and in the waters of Lake St. Croix, and the St. Croix river and the St. Louis river as defined in s. NR 21.02 (39). This reciprocity applies only to sport fishing, spearing, dip netting, and the taking of minnows and crayfish for such fishing. NR 21.04NR 21.04 Sport fishing; seasons and limits. All regulations applicable to sport fishing are as follows unless expressly provided elsewhere in this chapter or the law. (23.11, 29.041) NR 21.04(15)(15) No person may have in possession or under control more than the daily bag limit of fish or turtles while on the ice, waters, bank or shore of the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters. NR 21.04(16)(16) A person may not possess or have under control more than 2 times the daily bag limit of fish, or more than the possession limit of turtles when not on the waters or ice during the open season for each species. NR 21.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; am. (7) (a) and cr. (7) (b), Register, December, 1987, No. 384, eff. 1-1-88; am. (1) (a), renum. (1) (b) to be (1) (c), cr. (1) (b), Register, November, 1988, No. 395, eff. 12-1-88; emerg. am. (2), (3) and (11), eff. 4-25-89; am. (1) (c), (2) to (4) and (11), renum, (13) to (15) to be (14) to (16), cr. (13), Register, December, 1989, No. 408, eff. 1-1-90; am. (7) and (11) (a), Register, February, 1991, No. 421, eff. 3-1-91; am. (2) (d), (3) (c), (7) (b), (8) (a), (11) (a) and (13), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (11), Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 4-1-97; r. and recr. (15), Register, October, 1998, No. 514, eff. 10-1-98; r. (2) (b), am. (2) (c), Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 4-1-99; am. (1), Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 4-1-00; CR 01-012: am. (2) (a) and (3) (a), Register November 2001 No. 551, eff. 4-1-02; correction in (13) was made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2001 No. 551; CR 04-024: am. (16) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 06-011: am. (2) (a) and (d) and (3) (a) Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 4-1-07; CR 07-014: am. (11) (b) Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 4-1-08; CR 08-012: am. (7) (a) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 1-1-09; CR 10-025: am. (7) (a) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; CR 15-023: am. (7) (a), (b), cr. (7) (c), am. (8) (a), (11) (a), r. (11) (b), renum. (13) to (13) (a) and am. Register December 2015 No. 720, eff. 4-1-16; CR 19-009: am. (5) (a), cr. (5) (a) 2., 3., am. (5) (b), cr. (5) (b) 2., 3. Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; CR 19-016: r. and recr. (2) (c), (3), (4), cr. (4g), (4r), am. (5) (b) 1., (8) (b) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 19-091: am. (4g) (title), (4r) (title) Register March 2020 No. 771, eff. 4-1-20; CR 21-058: am. (2) (c) 2., r. (3) (b) 2., am. (4), (4g), cr. (4m), r. (5) (b) 1. b. Register March 2022 No. 795, eff. 4-1-22; CR 23-009: am. (2) (a), cr. (2) (b), am. (3) (a), cr. (3) (am), am. (4), (4g), (4m), (5) (a) (intro.), cr. (5) (am) Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24. NR 21.05(1)(1) Only rough fish legally taken during the open season by hook and line, spear, bow and arrow, or crossbow, or by hand may be sold, purchased, bartered, offered for sale, or under the control or possession of any person for the purpose of sale or barter. NR 21.05(2)(2) Rough fish taken by other than commercial gear may be bought and sold during the open season. A wholesale fish dealer’s license is required if such fish are sold to any person other than the final consumer. (23.11, 29.503, 29.539) NR 21.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1979, No. 278, eff. 3-1-79; CR 19-009: r. and recr. (1) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; correction in (1) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2020 No. 770. NR 21.06NR 21.06 Sport fishing restrictions. NR 21.06(1)(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, only the following methods or manners of fishing shall be lawful. Any person: (29.041) NR 21.06(1)(a)(a) May fish for fish with no more than 3 hooks, baits or lures.
