Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21

persons firm company or corporation to
set or use or place or cause to be set or
used or placed in the waters Of Lake Michi-
gan
(a) A gill net having meshes less than
four inches, stretch measure, in less than
forty fathoms of water.
OBJ A gill net or nets having meshes
less than four inches provided, however,
gill nets having meshes two and three
quarters inches and gill nets having meshes
three and one-half inches. may be set in
forty fathoms of water or over. Provided,
however, that gill nets having less than four
inches stretch measurement may be used
for the purpose of taking or catching rough
fish III less than forty fathoms OF water
during the open season. Any person, per
sons, firm or corporation fishing in less than
forty fa.homs Of water shall not have any
understood lake trout or whitefsh in his or
their possession. That any person, persons,
FIRM, or corporation having in his or their
possession any understood lake trout and
whitefsh while fishing for rough fish shall
be prima facie evidence Of violation of this
section.
(c) 4 net of any kind or other device
Tor trapping fish within one-third Of a mile
OF any harbor, pier or breakwater, on the
shores of Lake Michigan.
z. All fish taken In gill nets Excepting
otherwise provided for Whitefsh and pike,
set and used as specified in the preceding
section of this act. shall be deemed OF legal
size and may lawfully be possessed, sold
and transported.
Section 456Oa-44. /. 1t shall be un-
lawful and is hereby prohibited for any
person, persons, firm, company or corpora
ton to set or cause to be set, placed or used
in the waters of Green Bay and Fox river
below the dam at De Pere
fa) \ gill net having meShes less than
three and one-half inches for Lake trout and
whitehsh; provided, however, that gill nets
having meshes not less than two and three
elghths inches may be used during the open
season for perch and other rough fish.
(b) Any net, set line or set hook of any
kind from April list to May 10th In any
year excepting gill nets having meshes not
less than four inches, stretch measure, may
be used for the purpose of catching lake
trout and whitefish, and pound nets having
nleshes not less than two Inches in the pot
or crib thereof may be used to catch herring
only, during the closed season above speci-
NED.
2. 1t shall be unlawful to possess on the
waters OF Green Bay or the Fox river below
the dam at De Pere or on the land bor-
dering said waters, or to ship from any
port on said waters, any green fish of any
kind, except lake trout, whltefish and her.
ring, from April 1st to May 10th In any
year.
Section 4560a---45. 1. 1t shall be unlawful
and is hereby prohibited for any person,
persons, firm, company or corporation TO set
or placed In the waters Of Lake Michigan
aud Green Bay and the Fox river below
the dam at De Pere,
(a) A net, set line or set hook Of any
kind, excepting as otherwise provided by law
during the period from October 18th to De-
cember 1st in any year, which period shall
De known as the closed season on said
waters provided, II on the 10Th day OF DC
tober In any year, any person shall have
set In such waters, nets or set lines Which,
owing to stress OF weather, such person,
persons, firm, company or corporation, shall
be unable to raise or bring in on said date,
three days OF grace thereafter shall be al
lowed for the purpose OF raising and bring
ing In such nets or set lines and the fish
caught therein or thereon. Subdivision (a)
shall not apply to Green Bay and the Fox
river, below the dam at De Pere, only for
lake trout and whitedsh.
(b) A pound net having meshes less than
three and one-half inches, stretch measure,
in the pot or crib thereof; provided that
pound nets having meshes not less than
two inches, stretch measure, may be used
for the purpose OF taking herring and other
fish, except bass, II set on perch and her
ring grounds.
2 ANY person, persons, firm, company or
corporation who or which shall own, at the
time this act is passed, gill nets having
ineshes less than two and three-quarters
inches, but not less than two inches, which
were purchased prior to January list, 1903,
are hereby authorized to use such nets in
Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and Green
Bay, until October 18th, 1910, subject to
all the restrictions herein provided for gill
nets having meshes two and three-quarters
inches. Provided, however, that persons
owning such small meshed nets shall furnish
the state nsh and game warden on or before
July LIST, 1909, a sworn statement showing
the number of feet of such gill nets on
hand, the sizes of the tneshes In said nets,
the kinds of fish for which such nets will
be set and stating approximately the length
of time such nets have been in use.
Section 4560a--543. 1t shall be unlawful
and is hereby prohibited to set or cause to
be set or used net of any kind or other
device for trapping fish in any Of the fol-
lowing named waters
1. The waters OF Sturgeon Bay, to-wit:
That portion OF said bay lying south OF
straight line running easteriy from Sher-
wood point light house to point where the
south line Of lot l In section ~. township
% north, OF range 90 east, intersects the
meandered line OF Sturgeon Bay in Door
County, including also the waters of Sawyer
Harbor, excepting one gill net. not exceeding
three hundred feet in length and having
meshes not less than four and one-half
inches, may be used by each person during
the months OF December, Janaury and Feb
ruary to catch lawyers, eli-pout suckers
and pickerel only.
2. The waters Of Detroit Harbor, to-wit:
That portion OF said harbor lying north and
west of straight line running IN an east
erly direction from the extreme southern
point OF lot 8 in section ID, township SO
north, OF range % east, to the most SOUTH
=
80, north. of range 80 east in Door county.
8. The waters Of Little Sturgeon Bay,
south Of a straight line drawn from Horse
Shoe or Squaw Island to Bonnet's Point
on the main land.
Section 456Oa--47. From May 10th in
each year until March LIST OF the year fol-
lowing 1t shall be lawful to have In pos
session, to sell or transport to points within
and without this state, pike which have
been lawfully taken from the waters Of
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Gren Bay
and the Fox river below the dam at De
PEREZ without restrictions as to the num-
Der of pounds possessed, sold or trans
ported Provided that such shipments shall
be flied from pert on said waters directly
to their destination and shall not be re-
billed or re-shipped from any other point
within this state.
Section 45eOa- As. L. 1t is unlawful and
Is hereby prohibited in the outlying waters
Of this state,
(a) To use In the pot or crib of pound
net any apron or other device which would
prevent small fish escaping through the
meshes of the net when 1t is set or raised
(b) To set or use any fyke net having
less than two and one-fourth inches, stretch
measure, In the pot or tail thereof. or any
seine having meshes less than three inches
stretch measure, except minnow seine tor
bait.
(c) For any person, persons. firm, COM
pany or corporation to have In his or their
possession more than five pounds of under
sized whiteflsh for each pound net and If
teen pounds OF any understood lake trout
for each pound net. No person, persons
firm, company or corporation shall have
IN his or their possession in any one day
any more than the above amount, whitefsh
OF less than two pounds dressed or IN
dressed one and one-half pounds, or to SELL
offer for sale or transport any understood
white fish. Any person, persons, firn, COM
pany or corporation. having In any one day