The Somerset reporter., 1909-07-15
Some of the New Game Laws.

The Maine game laws, especially
those with regard to fishing, have
been modified from time TO time until
the conditions under which one may
fish are very difficult to determine.
That the readers of the REPoRTER
NAV understand the regulations un-
der which fish may be taken, trans
ported and disposed of, the following
summary of the laws as they now
stand is here given
Trout, 5 inches; landlocked salmon,
y inches; black bass, IL inches; white
nerch. 6 inches. Penalty for short
trout, S5 and so cents tor each fish.
Penalty for short landlocked salmon,
white perch and black bass, not less
than sic or more than $50 for each OF
tense and 81. 90 for each fish.
No trout, landlocked salmon, togue,
white perch or black bass Shall be sold
Not less than $40 nor more than $50
and 81 90 for each fish.
No trout, togue, landloeked salmon,
white perch or black bass 5 hall be
transported in any way except IN the
possession of the owner, accompanied
bv him, plainly labelled with the OWL
er,s name. address, and open to view;
except it shall be lawful for any per-
son who has lawfully in his possession
/ one trout, one togue, one landlocked
f salmon or one white perch, or one
+ black bass, or ten pounds OF either
I of these fish, to send the same to his
home or to any hospital in the state,
without accompanying the same, by
purchasing a tag, paying for trout,
/ togue, or landlocked salmon, one dol
/ lar for each, or one dollar for each ten
pounds of the same and fifty cents
+ for one white perch or one black bass
or ten pounds of the same.
"No person shall transport more
than twenty five pounds of handbook
ed salmon, trout, togue, or black bass,
or twenty pounds of white perch, in
all. at any one time; nor shall any
such be transported except IN the
possession of the owner thereof,
plainly labelled thereon with the
name and residence, except upon a
tag; nor shall any corporation trans
port more than twenty pounds III all,
of white perch, or 20 pounds of land :
locked salmon, trout and togue and
black bass, as the property OF one per-
son; nor shall any person catch or
have in possession more than twenty
five pounds of trout, landlocked
salmon, or togue or 20 pounds of white
perch. Penalty, $50 and one dollar
for every pound of fish. Fish being
so transported or taken in violation OF
this section may be seized and forfeit
ed to the state. Whoever has in his
possession more than 20 or 20 pounds
in all, of said fish, shall be deemed
to have taken them in violation OF
this section; provided, that the tax
ing of one fish additional having less
than twenty five pounds or less than
twenty pounds, when fishing shall
not be regarded as violation of the
law"
The penalty for violating any of the
Private and Special laws, or Rules and
Regulations of the commissioners, is
the same as for violating the general
law in regard to fishing.
The above is the general law. There
are many Private and Special laws
that prohibit ice fishing on various
lakes, ponds and streams.
"Unlawful to kill or destroy any fish,
with fish spawn or grapel, spear,
trawl, weir, seine traps, or set lines,
except when fishing through the ice,
and then with not more tnan five set
lines in the day time or with any de-
vice, or in any other way than by the
ordinary mode of angling with single
baited hooks and lines, artificial flies,
artificial minnoWs, artificial insects,
spoon hooks and spinners, so-called,
penalty not less than ten or more than
thirty dollars; when prohibited imple-
ments or devices are found in use or
possession, they are forfeited. Any
person finding them in use, may de-
troy them.o
1t is lawful to use dip or landing
net to land your fish after you have
caught it.
"Having in possession any jack
light, spear, traWl, or net, other than
a dip net, in any camp, lodge or place
of resort for hunters or fisherman, III
inland territory shall be prima facie
evidence that the same is kept for un
lawful use; and they may be seized by
ailv officer authorized to enforce the
inland fish and game laws. $50 and
costs"
"No person shall use dynamite OIL
other explosives or any poisonous OF
stupefying substance for destroying Oh
taking fish. Penalty $100 and, il
addition, two months Imprisonment
in the county jail"
"Whoever shall take up, destroy OIL
iniure a screen erected at the outlet o.
a lake or pond by authority of the
Commissioners shall pay a fine moi
exceeding $50. =,
"May take minnows and other bai
fish, commonly used for live bait, fol
one's own use in fishing, In any OF The
closed streams in this state, and tt
take smelts for consumption in the
family of the person taking them"
sin closed waters where eels, suck
ers, cusk and white fish abound, the
Commissioners may grant permits &c
take the same and dispose of them fol
food purposes.