The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-04-20
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Fishing Regulations.

II shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to take, catch, or kill any
fish In any Of the waters Of this state
by means OF any seine, trammel net,
gill net, fish trap, firearm, rife or gun.
or any other kind Of net, trap, fire.
arm, device or means other than by
ordinary hook and line, gig, spear.
trot line or artificial bait: Provided. IL
shall be unlawful for any person TO
take, catch or kill. more than so
pounds Of fish in any one day with gig
or spear; Provided. any one fish may
be excluded from this weight. in order
TO comply with the requirements OF
total weight of fish 20 giggcd or
spcarcd: Provided. IL shall he unlaw.
ful 10 gig or spear fish during the
months Of January, February, March,
April and December Of each year,
Provided. II shall be unlwaful for any
person or persons 10 take, catch o.
kill any fish m any Of the waters Of
this state either by logging" "rock"
or "hand fishing" OF by any means
whatever during the months of April
and May, except with ordinary hook
and line and natural bait or artificial
bait or gig: Provided, IL shall he un.
lawful to seine. net or trap fish In the
Mississippi or Missouri rivers by use
Of these deviscs during the months Of
April and May: Provided. II shall be-
unlawful to seine, net or trap fish nj
any time within 800 yards Of the
mouth Of any stream or slough emp
tying into the Mississippi or Missouri
rivers: Provided, II shall he unlawful
for any person to ship. or offer for
shipment, any fish which have been
killed. or taken by use Of any spear or
gig or for any person 10 have In his
possession ut one time more than 80
pounds Of fish giggcd or spcared, and
then only for his or her own family
consumption.
Provided, nothing In this section
shall apply to fish taken in any pri-
vatc pond or reservoir, wholly upon
the premises Of the owner or occupant
thereof, and then only by and with
the consent Of said owner or occu-
pant: Provih6d, nothing in this Sec
tion shall prohibit the use Of scincs,
trammcl net and hoop net In the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri rivers during
the months of January, February.
March, June, July, August, Scptom-
Der, October, November and Deem
her Of each year with seincs and nets,
the mesh Of which shall not be less
than two CD inches square: Provid-
ed. such seincs OF nets shall not be- op-
Grated within 300 yards Of the mouth
Of any streams or slough emptying
into said Mississippi and Missouri
rivers: Provided, any person may use
glass or wire minn0w trap or a
small seine which is not more than
twenty feet (20) in length and -four
tD feet In width, known us minnow
seine, to be used for catching bait
only: Provided, any trout, bass, crap
pie, pike, jack salmon. channel cat or
fish other than minnOws or small sun
fish caught In minnOw scines, glass
and wire traps, must be returned I'M
injured into the water from which
they were taken: Provided, oil min
nows and suniish taken In such traps
and minnow nets, and not of suiii-
Gent size to be kept for bait must
likewise be returned to the water
from which they were taken: Pro-
vided, failure to return fish to the
water as herein specified, when cap
tured In bait seines or traps, shall be
included in the unlawful acts provided
for In this section: Provided, this
section shall not apply TO fish taken
for food purposes, by residents of this
state, from the waters which are
wholly caused by temporary forma-
ton from overflow waters, but no fish
SO taken shall be used for commercial
purposes: Provided further, that any
person or persons owning land along
any unnavigable stream or By per-
mission from said land owner in this
state may take fish from said streams
during the months Of July, August
and September for his or their own
consumption or table use with COM
mon two (2) inch mesh net seine,
provided it shall be a misdemeanor to
offer for sale fish SO taken: Provided
nothing in this bill shall be construed
as to apply to the fish commonly
known as grinnel, shovel bill cat and
gar, but they may be killed at any
time and In any way except dynamite
or explosions Of any kind. Any per-
son violating the provisions Of this
section will be guilty of misde-
meanor and shall be subject to Q fine
Of not less than fifty dollars (S6O.OO)
nor more than two hundred dollars
(S200.00).
Other Provisions.
Section 6549 prohibits fishing on
either side Of . fish way or fsh lad
der, except with single hook and nat
ural bait, used within 200 feet Of said
fish way. Section 1851 prohibits
pearl fishing" during March, April,
May and June. The object being to
prevent the streams being dragged
FOR CLANS and mul>els When 6sh ara