Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13


four inches. stretch measure, in less than
forty fathoms Of water.
(b) A gill net or nets having neshes
less than four inches; provided however
gill nets having meshes two and three
quarters Inches and gill nets having mesneS
. three and one-haf inches, may ne set III
forty fathoms of W alter Or over, Provided
however, that gill nets having less thah -FOUR
inches stretch measurement may be used
FOR the purpose Of taking or catching Fough
fish In less than forty fathoms OF water
during the open season. any person, per
sons. firm or corporation fishing in less than
forty fa.loms Of water shall not have any
understood lake trout or whitefsh in his or
their possession. That any person. persons
, firm OF corporation having III his or thelr
possession any understood lake trout anQ
whirelish while fishing for rough fish snail
be prima facie evidence Of violation OF this
section.
(c) A net of any kind or other device
/ for trapping fish within one-third OF mile
Of any harbor, pier or breakwater, on the
shores Of Lake Michigan.
g All fish taken in gill nets Excepting as
otherwise provided for whlteHsh and pIGe),
set and used as specified In the preceding
section of this act. shall be deemed Of legal
size and may lawfully lie possessed, sold
and transported.
Section 456Oa--44. l. 1t shall be IN
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.
la) A gill net having meshcs less than
three and one-half inches for Lake trout and
white1ish provided, however, that gill nets
having meShes not less than two and three
eighths inches may be used during the open
| season for perch and other rough 1sn'
OBJ Any net set line or set hook OF any
kind from April 1st to May 10th in any
year excepting gill nets having meshes not
less than four inches, stretch measure may
F., be used for the purpose OF catching lake
oGah md md not
meshes not less than two inches in the pot
/ or crib thereof may be used to catch herring
I only, during the closed season above speci-
fed.
Q 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 Dor
! dering said waters, or to ship from any
| port on said waters, any green fish OF any
I kind, except lake trout, whitehsl and her
| ring, from April 1st to May 10th In any
! year.
Section 45GOa-45 l. 1t shall be unlawful
| and Is hereby prohibited for any person,
! persons, firm, company or corporation to SET
| or use or place or cause to be set or USED
I or placed In the waters Of Lake Michigan
! and Green Bay and the Fox river below
! the dam at De Pere,
| (a) net, set line or set hook OF any
| kind, excepting as otherwise provided by law
1 during the period from October 10th to De
! cember LIST in any year, which period shall
| be known as the closed season on said
( waters pEOFLneu, IL on Tie 4OLA S1J "a W
! tOber in any year, any person shall nave
! set IL such waters, nets or set lines which,
/ owing to stress or weather, such person,
! persons, firm, company or corporation, snail
! 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 set lines and the nsh
| caught therein or thereon. SUBDIVISION az
| shall not apply to Green Bay and the Fox
! river, below the dam at De Pere, only Tor
lake trout and WhitehSh.
| (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
J fish, except bass, If 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
! meshes less than two and three-Quarters
! inches, but not less than two inches, which
I were purchased prior to January LIST, 1909,
! 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 fish and game warden on or before
I July 1st, 1909. sworn statement showing
! the number of feet of such gill nets on
! hand the sizes of the meshes in said nets,
J 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-546. 1t shall be unlawful
! and is hereby prohibited to set or cause to
/ be set or used a 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 a
! straight line running easteriy from sher-
wood point light house to point where the
| south line OF lot in section 10, township
| rs north, of range &c east, intersects the
! meandered line Of Sturgeon Bay In Door
/ County, including also the waters OF Sawyer
Harbor, excepting one gill net, not exceeding
J 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, eu-pout, suckers
| and pickerel only.
| .. 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 3 IN section IA, township 33
/ north of range 90 east, to the most south
! erly point Of lot In section Is, township
, 33, 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 4560a-47 From May 10th in
! each year until March list of the year fol-
! lowing it shall be lawful to have in pos
/ session, to sell OF 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
/ Pere, without restrictions as to the num-
! Der of pounds possessed, sold or trans
( ported. Provided that such shipments shall
( be filled from port on said waters directly
( to their destination and shah not be re-
! billed re-shipped from any other point
| within this state.
| Section 458Oa--4s. /. 1t is unlawful and
| is hereby prohibited In the outlying waters
! of this state,
| ta) TO use in the pot crib of pound
| net any apron other device which would
prevent small fish escaping through the
meshes of the net when it is set or raised.
~ To set or use any fyke net having
! less than two and one-fourth inches, stretch
measure. in the pot tail thereof. or any
! seine having meshes less than three inches,
! stretch measure, except a miunow seine for
! bait
(c) For any person, persons, firm, CON-
pany or corporation to have In his or their
| possession more than Ave pounds OF under
sized whitefsh for each pound net and Af
teen pounds Of any understood lake trout