Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-05-13

The legislature at this session made
numerous changes i'm the game and
fish laws. This summary was compil
ed by the state gam eand fish wardens
department
The Senator Odell bill consolidates
all the laws in our general law and re-
peals all other laws, whether local or
general which conflict with it. The
laws which it has consolidated are the
present general inland fishing law; the
general law permitting spearing
through the ice; the general law per-
hitting the use of certain kinds of APP
paratus for taking fish i'm the inland
lakes and the general law relative to
the protection of bass.
SET LINES PROHIBITED
The new features of this bill provide
that hook and line shall be constru-
ed to be a single line and single hooks
or hooks attached, while held i'm the
hand or under immediate CONTROL it
shortens the season for taking suckers
mullet, red-sides and grass-pike with
spear and dip-net i'm the inland
streams two months, but permits their
use during March and April in each
year; it cuts out the use of all kinds Of
set lines, except that five lines, to be
termed ice lines" may be used for
the purpose oftaking all kinds of fish
except brook trout and bass through
the ice during January and February
/ for all kinds Of fish except trout and
bass. 1t provides however, that any
local acts which prevent spearing of
/ ish during any season of the year are
exempt from the provisions Of this act.
1t changes the close of the season
ON brook trout back TO Sept /, as it
was prior to 1918; il provides that
brook trout shall include all the diff
'erent kinds of trout found in our in
and waters without regard to the
technical description or scientific name
Of the species.
II provides that blue gills, sun fish,
rock bass. white bass. calico bass,
perch, wall eyed pike and crappies
shall be regulated by length as fol-
ows: Blue gills and sunfish, five
aches; rock bass, white bass and
calico bass six inches, perch and crap
pies, five inches; wall eyed pike 10
inches. Only % Of any of the different
.pecies can be taken in one day, and
20 fish from the inland waters can
oe sold or offered for sale. 1t pre-
-ents the possession Of any kind of
q act, except dipnets, for the purpose
Of taking fish and no person can have
any net except dip net. jack or artifi-
cial light of any kind, dynamite, giant
powder OF any explosive substance or
combination of substances, within one
half mile of an inland lake or stream;
4ad make it prima facie evidence of a
clGtioa o. the l-r for a.y person
90 have any such contrivance for the
purpose of taking fish within such
limit
CLOSED SEASON on QUAIL
Amendments to the general game
law, being the Senator Hilsendegen
bill, prohibits spring shooting of al
kinds of wild water fowl Hunting
partridge or other game birds or ami
mails with automobiles is prohibited
The number of deer that can be
shot during the annual hunting sea
son is cut one. The opening OF
the rabbit hunting season is changed
from Sept. l to Oct. to conform to
the opening of the bird season.
Squirrels and quail are protected
until 1920 Wood duck are protected
until 1918. Shell-drake, merganzers
heron and tern may be killed by 3
permit of the state game warder
when it is known that they are de-
stroying fish in inland waters.
One other bill amends the hunters
license act by providing that all per
sons, except farmers while hunting
on their own lands must have a Ii.
cense from the state game warden