Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 115 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, PARKS AND TOURISM › Article 7 - FISH AND FROGS › Section 115-7-1 - Fishing; legal equipment, methods of taking, and other provisions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Legal equipment
			 and methods for taking sport fish shall be the following:
(1) Fishing lines with not more than two
			 baited hooks or artificial lures per line. If two artificial lures are used,
			 the fishing line shall not exceed six hooks;
(2) trotlines, except that all float material
			 used with a trotline shall be constructed only from plastic, wood, or foam and
			 shall be a closed-cell construction. A "closedcell" construction shall mean a
			 solid body incapable of containing water;
(3) setlines, except that any float material
			 used with a setline shall be constructed only from plastic, wood, or foam and
			 shall be a closed-cell construction. A "closedcell" construction shall mean a
			 solid body incapable of containing water;
(4) tip-ups;
(5) using a person's hand or hands for
			 flathead catfish in waters designated as open to hand fishing, subject to the
			 following requirements:
(A) An individual hand
			 fishing shall not use hooks, snorkeling or scuba gear, or other man-made
			 devices while engaged in hand fishing;
(B) an individual hand fishing shall not
			 possess fishing equipment, other than a stringer, while engaged in hand fishing
			 and while on designated waters or adjacent banks;
(C) stringers shall not be used as an aid for
			 hand fishing and shall not be used until the fish is in possession at or above
			 the surface of the water;
(D) each
			 individual hand fishing shall take fish only from natural objects or natural
			 cavities;
(E) an individual hand
			 fishing shall not take fish from any man-made object, unless the object is a
			 bridge, dock, boat ramp, or riprap, or other similar structure or
			 feature;
(F) no part of any object
			 shall be disturbed or altered to facilitate the harvest of fish for hand
			 fishing; and
(G) an individual hand
			 fishing shall not take fish within 150 yards of any dam;
(6) snagging for paddlefish in waters posted
			 or designated by the department as open to the snagging of paddlefish, subject
			 to the following requirements:
(A) Each
			 individual with a filled creel limit shall cease all snagging activity in the
			 paddlefish snagging area until the next calendar day;
(B) each individual taking paddlefish to be
			 included in the creel and possession limit during the snagging season shall
			 sign the carcass tag, record the county, the date, and the time of harvest on
			 the carcass tag, and attach the carcass tag to the lower jaw of the carcass
			 immediately following the harvest and before moving the carcass from the site
			 of the harvest; and
(C) each
			 individual snagging for paddlefish shall use barbless hooks while snagging for
			 paddlefish. "Barbless hook" shall mean a hook without barbs or upon which the
			 barbs have been bent completely closed;
(7) floatlines in waters posted or designated
			 by the department as open to floatline fishing, which shall be subject to the
			 following requirements:
(A) All floatlines
			 shall be under the immediate supervision of the angler setting the floats.
			 "Immediate supervision" shall mean that the angler has visual contact with the
			 floatlines set while the angler is on the water body where the floatlines are
			 located;
(B) all floatlines shall
			 be removed when float fishing ceases;
(C) floatlines shall not contain more than
			 one line per float, with not more than two baited hooks per line;
(D) all float material shall be constructed
			 only from plastic, wood, or foam and shall be a closed-cell construction. A
			 "closed-cell" construction shall mean a solid body incapable of containing
			 water;
(8) bow and arrow
			 with a barbed head and a line attached from bow to arrow; and
(9) crossbow and arrow with a barbed head and
			 a line attached from arrow to crossbow.