Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-12-28
TO REGULATE FISHING.
Judge A. c. Capron, of Plymouth, Pro-
poses New Measure.

poses New Measure.
Judge A. e. Cspron, of Plymouth,
has prepared a bill providing for
new fish law, which will likely be in
troduced in the legislature by Senator
John w. Parks. The bill is entitled |
IAN act to regulate the taking of fish in
the waters of the state; to establish a
close season for the inland lakes of the /
state; to protect the waters of the state !
from pollution; granting certain powers
to officers relative to the enforcement |
of the FISH and game laws; providing
penalties for the violation of any of
this act; repeating all laws in conflict
Herewith, and declaring an emerg
ency."
Judge Capron has made an extensive
study of fish, their habits and the proper
methods of protecting them. The first
section of the bill declares that it
shall be unlawful to take. catch or kill
fish of any kind in any of the inland
lakes or ponds except private ponds)
of this state, between the first day of
January and the fifteenth day of May
of any year." The second section gives
the right TO catch redhorse, suckers and
carp with spear or dip nets between
March 18th and May 18th, provided the
| fishermen shall pay license fee of %
cents to the clerk Of the circuit court
and in this event he must agree TO not
disturb any other kind of fish, and if
they are inadvertently taken they are
TO be Immediately returned to the water
whence they came. The bill provides
that any violator of these TWO sections
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and, on conviction, the offender
shall be fined So for each feb unlsw-
fully cnught. Onehslf of the fines
collected in prosecutions under these
two sections shall be paid to the person
who institutes the prosecutions and Sc
cures the conviction of the offender
Part of the fourth section is as fol.
lows: at shall be unlawful to take,
catch or kill, or attempt to take, catch
or kill any fish in any of the inland
lakes or ponds, except private ponds, of
this state, by means of any spear, seine,
pond net, gill net, dip net or any kind
of net or claptrsp except minnow net,
not to exceed eighteen feet in length,
except as approved In the next succeed
Ing section herein, to kill or destroy, or
attempt to kill or destroy any fish in
any of the waters OF this state by the
use of Indian cookie, fish berries, lime
or any other substance which has q
tendency 30 stupefy or poison fish.
Section makes it lawful to fish for
clscoes or lake herring with gill net
with mesh not less than y inches in
size during the month of NOvembe
provided the person desiring TO take
these fish shall procure a license from
the clerk of the circuit court. Before
the license is granted, however, the
clerk must have the affidavit of two
credible persons residing in the county
where the lake to be tished in is sit
u8t, to the effect that such lake has
in 1t ciscoes, and the applicant must
also file an affidavit agreeing to take no
other kind of fish. For this license a
fee of 80 cents must be paid.
Section makes il lawful TO fish
in any of the rivers and streams of the
state with hook and line for any kind
of fish during all seasons of the year,
but no person will be allowed TO use
more than two lines with not to exceed
three hooks on each. No person will
be allowed TO set out at any time more
than one trot or set line, except from
the first day of July to the first day of
September of any year. The bill pro-
, vides that no pickerel less than twelve
! inches In length; wall-eyed pike, some
; times called salmon, less than ten
J inches in length, or black bass (big and
J small MOUTH less than nine inches In
length shall be Intentionally taken
from the waters of this state, and no
person may take home more than tit-
, teen black bass nor more than ten wall
eyed pike of the size permitted by this
! section in any one day.