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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-3 - Commercial Fishing › Section 1501:31-3-15 - Taking of certain species of fish with seine

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Carp,
			 grass carp, buffalo fish, suckers, sheepshead, goldfish, bowfin, gizzard shad,
			 quillback and white perch may be taken with a seine only in the bays, marshes,
			 estuaries, or inlets bordering upon, flowing into, or in any manner connected
			 with lake Erie, except as in any of these waters that are in the lake Erie
			 fishing district where they may be taken with other nets as provided in
			 Chapters 1531. and 1533. of the Revised Code.
(B)
								 Such fish as
			 described in paragraph (A) of this rule may be taken with a seine in the
			 Sandusky river within the inland fishing district upstream to the Interstate 80
			 bridge "(41° 23' 52.55 " N 082° 06'
			 1.31 " W)."
Effective: 3/1/2015
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				08/18/2014 and
				03/01/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10,
				1533.62
Rule Amplifies: 1531.06, 1531.08, 1531.10,
				1533.62
Prior Effective Dates: 11/27/2009,
				7/11/2013
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-5 - Watercraft › Section 1501:31-5-01 - Anchoring, docking, mooring, beaching watercraft; wildlife areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Under
			 the authority of section
			 1531.06
			 of the Revised Code and after compliance with Chapter 1547. of the Revised
			 Code, the chief of the division of wildlife orders that:
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 use a watercraft mooring or tie-up stake on any property administered or
			 controlled by the division of wildlife without first having complied with the
			 requirements of rule
			 1501:31-9-06 of
			 the Administrative Code ("User fee schedule").
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 anchor, dock, moor, beach, or tie up any watercraft or leave any watercraft
			 unattended for a period in excess of eight consecutive hours on the Resthaven
			 wildlife area, Margaretta township, Erie county, Ohio.
(D) Watercraft, except watercraft occupied
			 continuously by persons fishing or hunting rails, gallinules, or waterfowl
			 shall not be anchored, docked, moored, beached, tied up or left unattended by
			 any person on any land or water area of the division of wildlife for a period
			 of time in excess of four hours unless such watercraft is anchored, docked,
			 moored, beached, or tied up at a division-designated public docking area.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 anchor, dock, moor, beach, tie up or leave unattended for a period in excess of
			 forty-eight hours, more than one watercraft on any lake administered or
			 controlled by the wildlife division except as herein provided.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 dock, moor, tie up, leave unattended, or control more than one watercraft at a
			 wildlife division public docking area.
(3) The provisions of this rule and
			 provisions in rule
			 1501:31-5-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall not apply to concessionaires properly licensed
			 by the department of natural resources, to rent watercraft to the public, or
			 watercraft owned by any division within the department of natural resources, or
			 watercraft owned by any agency of the federal government or any political
			 subdivision.
(4) It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to anchor, dock, moor, beach, or tie up any watercraft
			 at a division-designated public docking area from December first to March first
			 of the following year excepting therefrom, waterfowl hunters having a tie-up
			 permit may use such areas during the waterfowl season.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 anchor, dock, moor, beach, or tie up any watercraft to any designated division
			 public docking area when such watercraft is not properly licensed or marked as
			 required in Chapter 1547. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-5 - Watercraft › Section 1501:31-5-03 - Regulations prescribed for the use of watercraft on Berlin reservoir, situated in the counties of Mahoning, Portage and Stark

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The water of Berlin reservoir shall have
			 five designated areas:
(1) All the waters
			 lying between U.S. route 224 and the dam shall be designated as area one.
(2) All the waters lying between
			 U.S. route 224 and the "N.Y.C. Railroad" bridge shall be designated as area
			 two.
(3) All the waters lying
			 between the "N.Y.C. Railroad" bridge and state route 14 shall be designated as
			 area three.
(4) All the waters
			 lying between state route 14 and state route 225 shall be designated as area
			 four.
(5) All the remaining waters
			 not included in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), and (A)(4) of this rule
			 lying westward of state route 225 shall be designated as area five.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 1501:31-7-02 - Migratory game birds; general provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Methods.
It shall be unlawful to hunt or take migratory game
				birds:
(1) With a trap, snare, net,
			 crossbow and arrow, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, punt gun, machine gun, pumpkin
			 ball, or rifled slug, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying
			 substance.
(2) With a shotgun of
			 any description originally capable of holding more than three shells, unless
			 the magazine has been cut off, altered, or plugged with a one piece filler
			 incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so as to reduce the
			 capacity of the said gun to not more than three shells in the magazine and
			 chamber combined.
(3) From or by
			 means, aid, or use of a sinkbox, motor-driven conveyance, motor vehicle, or
			 aircraft of any kind.
(4) From any
			 motorboat, or other craft having a motor attached, or any sailboat, unless the
			 motor has been completely shut off and/or the sails furled, and the craft has
			 come to rest. A craft under power may be used to retrieve dead or crippled
			 birds provided that crippled birds are not shot from such craft when under
			 power.
(5) By the use or aid of
			 livestock as a blind or means of concealment.
(6) By the use or aid of live birds as
			 decoys. No person shall take migratory waterfowl on an area where tame or
			 captive live ducks or geese are present unless such birds are and have been for
			 a period of ten consecutive days prior to such taking, confined within an
			 enclosure which substantially reduces the audibility of their calls and totally
			 conceals such birds from the sight of wild migratory waterfowl.
(7) While in possession of or by the use or
			 aid of recorded bird calls or sounds, or recorded or electrically amplified
			 imitations of bird calls or sounds.
(8) By means or aid of any motor-driven land,
			 water or air conveyance or any sailboat used for the purpose of or resulting in
			 the concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of waterfowl or
			 coots.
(9) By the aid of baiting or
			 on or over any baited area.
(10)
			 While in possession of, or with any shot other than non-toxic shot, or with any
			 shells containing shot other than non-toxic shot, except:
(a) Mourning doves;
(b) Eurasian collared-doves;
(c) Woodcock.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 1501:31-7-04 - Possession for purposes of processing, transportation, or storage of migratory game birds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No
			 hunter who legally takes and possesses any migratory game birds shall place or
			 leave any such birds in the custody of any other person for picking, cleaning,
			 freezing, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage, including temporary
			 storage, or dispose of such birds by gift to another person, unless such birds
			 have a tag attached signed by the hunter stating his address, the total number
			 and kinds of birds, and the date such birds were killed.
(B) No person may receive or have in custody
			 any migratory game birds belonging to another person, or receive and possess
			 any migratory game birds taken by another person, unless such birds are tagged
			 as required under paragraph (A) of this rule.
(C) No hunter who legally takes and possesses
			 any migratory game birds shall place or leave such birds at any place for
			 storage, including temporary storage, other than at his personal abode unless
			 such birds are tagged as required under paragraph (A) of this rule. Legally
			 possessed migratory game birds being transported in any vehicle as the personal
			 baggage of the possessor shall not be deemed to be in storage or temporary
			 storage.
(D) No migratory bird
			 preservation facility shall:
(1) Receive or
			 have in custody any migratory game bird unless accurate records are maintained
			 which can identify each bird received by, or in the custody of, the facility by
			 the name of the person from whom the bird was obtained, and show:
(a) The number of each species;
(b) The location where taken;
(c) The date such birds were received;
(d) The name and address of the
			 person from whom such birds were received;
(e) The date such birds were disposed of; and
(f) The name and address of the
			 person to whom such birds were delivered.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 1501:31-7-05 - Seasons and limits on rails, Wilson's snipe, woodcock, gallinules, mourning doves, and Eurasian collared-doves

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Throughout the state, it is unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, wound, take,
			 or attempt to take, or to possess any of the migratory game birds specified in
			 this rule except as provided in this rule or other rules of the Administrative
			 Code. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Hunt, take, or possess any rails except
			 sora and Virginia, which may be hunted and taken from September 1,
			 2024,
			 through November 9, 2024;
(2)
			 Take or possess more than twenty-five rails singly or in the aggregate in one
			 day, or to possess more than seventy-five rails singly or in the aggregate at
			 anytime after the second day;
(3)
			 Hunt, take, or possess Wilson's snipe at any time, except from September 1,
			 2024,
			 through November 20, 2024, and December 7,
			 2024,
			 through January 1, 2025;
(4)
			 Hunt, take, or possess woodcock at any time, except from October
			 12,
			 2024,
			 through November 25, 2024;
(5)
			 Hunt or take rails, Wilson's snipe, woodcock, or gallinules at any time, except
			 from sunrise to sunset daily during the open season;
(6) Take more than three woodcock in one day
			 or possess more than nine woodcock after the second day;
(7) Take more than eight Wilson's snipe in
			 one day or possess more than twenty-four Wilson's snipe at any time after the
			 second day;
(8) Hunt, take, or
			 possess gallinules at any time except from September 1,
			 2024,
			 through November 9, 2024;
(9)
			 Take more than fifteen gallinules in one day or possess more than forty-five
			 gallinules at any time after the second day.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-01 - Special regulations applying to all properties owned, leased, or under control of the division of wildlife

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This rule shall not apply to authorized division employees or
				other persons designated by the chief of the division of wildlife or to private
				landowners conducting activities on their properties where hunting, trapping,
				or fishing is permitted because of an agreement with the division of
				wildlife.
(A) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person to conceal or bury any property or to injure, remove, deface,
			 damage, or destroy any tree, plant, lawn, embankment, decoration, poster, sign,
			 fence, or artifacts valued at less than one thousand dollars on any area under
			 agreement with and administered by or under control of the division of
			 wildlife.
(B) It shall be unlawful
			 for any person to disturb, remove, damage, destroy, molest or possess any
			 equipment or property of the division of wildlife valued at less than five
			 hundred dollars.
(C) It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to commit any act by use or operation of any vehicle on
			 any area under agreement with and under control and supervision of the
			 division, which act if committed on a public highway or street in the state of
			 Ohio would be prohibited and unlawful.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 operate or park a vehicle, including any aerial drone or vehicle propelled by
			 human power, or permit such vehicles to be operated or parked on any area under
			 agreement with, and administered by, or under control of the division of
			 wildlife, except:
(1) On designated roads,
			 driveways and parking areas provided for such purpose.
(2) For any person who has first obtained
			 written permission from the chief of the division of wildlife for such
			 purposes.
(3) For any mobility
			 impaired person who has been issued a permit by the chief of the division of
			 wildlife or their designee, for all-purpose vehicle use, to operate in or park
			 on any designated area.
(a) Each person issued
			 a permit for all-purpose vehicle use will carry such permit on their person
			 while operating in or parked on a designated area, and exhibit such permit to
			 anyone upon request.
(b)
			 "Designated Areas" as used in this rule shall be those areas within one hundred
			 yards of an access lane posted with a sign indicating access for mobility
			 impaired persons possessing an all-purpose vehicle permit only.
(4) For any mobility impaired
			 person in a wheelchair.
(5)
									Bicycles may be ridden on the north turkeyfoot wildlife
			 area trail that is part of the north country national scenic
			 trail.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-02 - Regulations governing camping on certain division of wildlife areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It
			 shall be unlawful for any person to camp on any property owned, administered or
			 controlled by the division of wildlife except within posted designated camping
			 areas on lands listed in this rule and other lands as permitted by the chief of
			 the division of wildlife.
(B) On
			 any designated camping area, it shall be unlawful to:
(1) Camp, except within the designated
			 camping sites at the posted designated camping areas.
(2) Build or use an open fire for any reason,
			 except in designated places.
(3) Violate any rules
			 established and posted at any division of wildlife camping area.
(4)
			 Cause, create, or contribute in any way to noise that disturbs the peace and
			 quiet of other persons between the quiet hours of ten p.m. to seven
			 a.m.
(5) Operate or bring
			 into any camping area, any vehicle used for camping, and having plumbing
			 fixtures with provision for outside drainage, which does not include a
			 suitable, non-spilling holding tank which will not overflow and is connected
			 with leak-proof couplings to a drain(s) that is controllable and will not allow
			 any contents to be drained except into suitable off-site drainage facilities.
			 Drain(s) from the sink, wash basin, and shower may be drained into a suitable
			 external holding device with a capacity of at least five gallons provided such
			 device is not spilled, overflowed or drained onto a camping site.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-03 - Division-owned or controlled target ranges

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								General provisions.
On any designated division of wildlife
				target range, it shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1)
									Enter into,
			 remain upon, or use a division of wildlife target range when designated
			 closed;
(2)
									Target practice at any time other than from sunrise to
			 sunset daily or outside of the posted hours of operation;
(3)
									Shoot in any
			 direction other than from the firing line down range to the target on any
			 division of wildlife target range;
(4)
									Use any type of
			 target other than a single sheet of paper on a division of wildlife target
			 range, or a stationary reactive or self healing polymer target, except:
(a)
										Clay targets may
			 be used on division of wildlife target ranges equipped for trap and skeet
			 only;
(b)
										Steel or metal targets placed by the division of
			 wildlife on pistol and rifle ranges.
(5)
									Fail to leave a
			 division of wildlife shooting range when so ordered by a division of wildlife
			 employee;
(6)
									Violate any range rule established and posted at any
			 division of wildlife target range;
(7)
									Use any explosive
			 target that when shot will cause another explosion to occur;
(8)
									Fire any weapon
			 in a repeated manner that causes the person firing the weapon to fail to
			 completely control the muzzle of the weapon;
(9)
									Shoot a fully
			 automatic firearm;
(10)
									Use any trigger assisting devices to alter a firearm to
			 shoot like a fully automatic firearm;
(11)
									Use tracer
			 ammunition;
(12)
									Shoot a cannon;
(13)
									Leave target
			 materials, other than clay pigeons.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-04 - Field trials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Except as herein provided, field trials for dogs and raptors may be conducted
			 on state public hunting areas administered by the division of wildlife
			  from the first
			 day of September through the last day of October and the first day of March
			 through the last day of April of the following year.
Field trials are permitted on the following areas:
Delaware
Rush run
Grand river
Woodbury
Tri-Valley
and such other public areas as approved by the chief, division
				of wildlife.
(B) It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to use any area owned, administered, or controlled by a
			 division of the Ohio department of natural resources for field trial purposes
			 without first making application for and receiving a permit to do so from the
			 chief of the division of wildlife or 
								the chief's designee.
(1)
									An application
			 may be declined if it is not received at least ten days prior to the date of
			 the field trial.
(2)
									Permits for the spring season will not be issued prior
			 to the first of October of the preceding year. Permits for the fall season will
			 not be issued prior to the first of April of the year involved. However,
			 beginning at noon on the last Sunday in August, or as otherwise agreed by the
			 division and interested field trial participants, a priority scheduling meeting
			 will be held at division headquarters, Columbus, or another mutually agreeable
			 site for the purpose of establishing an annual schedule of dates for field
			 trials on public lands.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-05 - Training dogs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) On
			 all properties owned, leased, or under control of the
			 division of wildlife, it shall be unlawful:
(1)
									
									For any person to train, work, or exercise any
			 dog on any  property that is posted with signs reading "Public Hunting
			 Area" or "Wildlife Area" between the first day of May and the thirty-first day
			 of August, both dates inclusive, except:
(a)
										On such portions of these lands that are marked with
			 state signs which read "Dog Training is Permitted All Year Only In This Posted
			 Unit";
(b)
										At field trials approved by the chief of the division
			 of wildlife or the chief's designee.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-06 - User fee schedule

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The
			 following fees are hereby established under authority of Chapters 119., 1531.,
			 and 1533. of the Revised Code:
(1) The daily
			 fee for Tri-Valley wildlife area when used for field trials
			 
									is
			 two hundred and thirty-five dollars per day.
			 Persons who pay this fee 
									are entitled to use the field trial grounds,
			 horse corral, parking facilities, meeting room, and dog kennels.
(2)
									
									The daily fee for any property used for field
			 trial purposes which is administered or controlled by the division of
			 wildlife
									is
			 fifty dollars.
(3) The annual use
			 permit fee for watercraft mooring at tie up boat stakes
			 
									is
									 two hundred and sixty dollars. The annual use
			 permit fee for watercraft mooring at private tie up boat stakes
			 
									is
			 one hundred dollars. The permit expires on the last day of December of each
			 year.
(4) There
			 
									is a
			 non-refundable application fee for hunting, fishing and trapping control
			 permits administered by the division of wildlife headquarters office. The
			 non-refundable fee 
									is three dollars when submitted by internet
			 application and up to a five dollar fee when submitted by any other
			 method.
(5) The annual fee for a
			 "Range Permit" 
									is twenty-three dollars and a one dollar writing
			 fee, unless the person also obtains an annual resident hunting license in the
			 same transaction, then the annual fee for a "Range Permit"
			 
									will be
			 ten dollars and a four per cent writing fee. The annual "Range Permit"
			 
									is
			 valid 
									on the date of purchase and expires one year from the date
			 of purchase.
(6) The daily
			 fee for a "Range Permit" 
									is four dollars and a one dollar writing fee. A
			 daily "Range Permit" 
									is valid for only one day of use.
(7) There 
									is a four-dollar fee for reissuing
			 any "Range Permit."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-07 - Wild animal hunting preserves

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Methods of
			 take:
(1)
									 It
			 shall be unlawful to take any game, captive white-tailed deer or nonnative
			 wildlife from a wild animal hunting preserve by any method other than
			 hunting:
(a)
										
			 With a gun,
(b)
										 With a gun and dog,
(c)
										 With a bow and
			 arrow,
(d)
										 With a shotgun that is ten gauge or smaller or,
(e)
										 By
			 falconry as defined in Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-9 - Use of Areas Under the Control of the Division of Wildlife › Section 1501:31-9-08 - All-purpose vehicle permits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It shall be unlawful to possess or use an
			 all-purpose vehicle permit unless the holder meets one of the following
			 requirement, as documented by a licensed physician:
(1) Has a permanent or irreversible physical
			 disability that prevents the ability to ambulate without prolonged use of a
			 wheelchair, walker, crutches, one leg brace or external prosthesis above the
			 knee, two leg braces or external prosthesis below the knee for mobility,
			 or:
(2) Has lung disease to the
			 extent that forced expiratory volume for one second when measured by spirometry
			 is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty
			 millimeters of mercury on room air at rest, or:
(3) Has cardiovascular disease to the extent
			 that functional limitations are classified in severity as class three or four,
			 according to standards accepted by the American heart association on May 3,
			 1988 and where ordinary physical activity causes palpitation, dyspnea or
			 anginal pain.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-02 - Fishing methods other than angling; areas affected

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Trotlines in the inland fishing district:
It shall be unlawful for any person to set, use or maintain a
				trotline in the inland fishing district except:
(1) In streams;
(2) North of the causeway in Mosquito lake to
			 the southern boundary of the waterfowl refuge;
(3) In that part of Charles Mill lake lying
			 north of state route 430;
(4) In
			 Seneca lake in all areas extending south of state route 147;
(5) In Clendening lake in all areas extending
			 east of state route 799;
(6) In
			 Tappan lake in all areas extending above gas line causeway and state route
			 646;
(7) In Atwood lake in the area
			 north and east of state route 542 north at Delroy, Ohio;
(8) In Piedmont lake in all areas in sections
			 11 and 12 of Kirkwood township;
(9)
			 In Wills creek lake, provided it is unlawful to set, use or maintain a trotline
			 in that area directly in front of the Muskingum conservancy district boat
			 landing;
(10) In Berlin lake in
			 that area lying south and west of state route 225;
(11) In Grand lake St. Marys in that area
			 bounded on the west by Prairie creek, on the east by Big Chickasaw creek, and
			 on the north by a line of buoys extending east to west between Big Chickasaw
			 creek and Prairie creek. In such area it is unlawful to set, use or maintain a
			 trotline in channels, or across the mouths of channels or streams;
(12) In the inland part of Sandusky bay,
			 commonly called Mud creek bay.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-06 - Skin and scuba diving sport fishing regulations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It shall be unlawful to engage in skin
			 diving while using a snorkel or to engage in diving with scuba (self-contained
			 underwater breathing apparatus) in any water area owned or controlled by the
			 division of wildlife except when fishing for forage fish specified in paragraph
			 (A) of rule
			 1501:31-13-01 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(B) It
			 shall be lawful to take only the forage fish specified in rule
			 1501:31-13-01 of
			 the Administrative Code while skin diving with a snorkel or while scuba diving
			 with self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in any water area owned or
			 controlled by the division of wildlife or in any other water area where skin or
			 scuba diving is lawful.
(C) It
			 shall be unlawful for any person to engage in fishing while skin or scuba
			 diving while alone, or without first marking the fishing area by displaying an
			 official diving flag at the water's surface.
(D) All definitions set forth in rule
			 1501:31-1-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				07/19/2016 and
				07/19/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1531.06,
				1531.08
Rule
				Amplifies: 1531.06,
				1531.08
Prior
				Effective Dates: 08/31/1974, 06/01/1979, 06/01/1984,
				04/17/1989
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-07 - Special fishing regulations for water areas owned or controlled by the division of wildlife

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Fish,
			 frogs, turtles, crayfish, and larval aquatic insects may be taken during the
			 open season in such manner and in such numbers only as prescribed by wildlife
			 rules of the Administrative Code, or the Revised Code. All areas closed to
			 fishing will be posted with signs.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 take any species of fish, frog, turtle, crayfish, or larval aquatic insect at
			 any time from:
(1) Any state fish
			 hatchery;
(2) Bathing beaches
			 supervised by the department of natural resources, the boundaries of which are
			 posted with "no fishing" signs;
(3)
			 Wildlife ponds located on state-owned or controlled areas which are posted with
			 state signs reading, "no fishing."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-08 - Fish daily bag limits: protected species

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Throughout the state it shall be unlawful
			 for any person to take or possess more than six saugeyes, six sauger, or six
			 walleyes, singly or in the aggregate in any one day while on any stream, river
			 or other body of water where fishing therein requires the licenses set forth in
			 section 1533.32 of the Revised Code;
			 excepting therefrom the lake Erie sport fishing district in accordance with
			 rule 1501:31-13-14 of the
			 Administrative Code and the eastern and western fishing units of the Ohio river
			 in accordance with rule
			 1501:31-13-11 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) It shall
			 be unlawful for any person to take or possess more than: one muskellunge, or
			 one tiger muskellunge, singly or in the aggregate; or five black bass,
			 including smallmouth, largemouth, or spotted bass singly or in the aggregate in
			 any one day statewide except: black bass in the lake Erie sport fishing
			 district in accordance with paragraph (R) of this rule, the eastern and western
			 fishing units of the Ohio river in accordance with rule
			 1501:31-13-11, Pymatuning
			 lake in accordance with paragraph (Q) of rule
			 1501:31-13-07 of the
			 Administrative Code, or in waters with designated split daily bag limits
			 associated with length limits as specified in paragraphs (O) and (P) of this
			 rule.
(C) The possession limits set
			 forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (E), (H), (I), and (Q) of this rule do not apply
			 to such fish when transported on a commercial ferry boat in lake
			 Erie.
(D) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person to take or possess blue pike or sturgeon from lake Erie or any of
			 its tributaries.
(E) It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to take or possess singly or in the aggregate more than
			 five trout and salmon daily, from any waters in this state. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for any person to
			 :
(1)
									Take or possess more than two trout and salmon combined
			 from:
(a) The Mad river or
			 its tributaries in Clark, Champaign and Logan counties;
(b)
			 The Clear Fork branch of the Mohican river and its tributaries in Ashland and
			 Richland counties;
(c) Clear creek located
			 in Fairfield and Hocking counties from the first Fairfield county road 69
			 bridge East of the junction of county road 26 and county road 69 to U.S. route
			 33 Highway bridge in Hocking county;
(d) Lake Erie and its
			 tributaries from September first through May fifteenth.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-09 - Length limits on certain game fish

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Under authority of sections
				1533.02 and
				1531.08 of the Revised Code, the
				chief of the division of wildlife hereby orders that:
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 take or possess a walleye, sauger, or saugeye less than fifteen inches in
			 length while on the following bodies of water:
Lake Milton in Mahoning and Portage counties;
Berlin lake in Stark, Portage and Mahoning counties;
Mahoning river between Berlin lake and lake Milton in Mahoning
				and Portage counties.
C.J. Brown reservoir in Clark county upstream on Buck creek to
				the Moorefield road bridge;
Lake Erie sport fishing district;
Acton lake in Butler and Preble counties upstream on Four Mile
				creek to Main Loop road and upstream on Little Four Mile creek to Main Loop
				road;
Alum Creek lake in Delaware county upstream on Alum creek to
				the state route 521 bridge in Kilbourne;
Atwood lake in Carroll and Tuscarawas counties upstream to
				Glendale road;
Buckeye lake in Fairfield, Perry and Licking counties;
Caesar Creek lake in Clinton, Greene and Warren counties
				upstream on Anderson Fork to the state route 380 bridge and upstream on Caesar
				creek to the Roxanna-New Burlington bridge;
Ferguson reservoir in Allen county;
Findlay reservoirs 1 and 2 in Hancock county;
Indian lake in Logan county upstream on the North Fork of the
				Great Miami river to the state route 117 bridge and upstream on the South Fork
				of the Great Miami river to the Bickham covered bridge (county road 38);
Metzger reservoir in Allen county;
Piedmont lake in Guernsey, Harrison and Belmont counties
				upstream on Stillwater creek to the township road 343 bridge;
Pleasant Hill lake in Richland and Ashland counties upstream to
				the Pleasant hill road bridge;
Rocky Fork lake in Highland county upstream on Rocky Fork creek
				to state route 124, upstream on Clear creek to Northshore drive and upstream on
				Plum run, the southeast feed, to Lucas lane;
Seneca lake in Guernsey and Noble counties upstream on Beaver
				creek to the state route 513 bridge and upstream on Seneca Fork of Wills creek
				to the county road 62 bridge;
Tappan Lake in Harrison county upstream to Addy road;
West Branch reservoir in Portage county.
(B) It shall be unlawful to take or possess
			 any trout or salmon species less than twelve inches in length while on:
(1) The Mad river or its tributaries in
			 Clark, Champaign and Logan counties;
(2) The Clear Fork branch of the Mohican
			 river and its tributaries in Richland county;
(3) Lake Erie or its direct or indirect
			 tributaries, including all the streams in the entire drainage basin, excepting
			 therefrom Cold creek upstream of state route 2 located in Erie
			 county.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-10 - Free fishing days

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It shall be lawful for residents of this
			 state to take or catch fish by angling in any waters of the state without
			 procuring a resident fishing license as prescribed in section
			 1533.32 of the Revised Code on
			 the third Sunday in June and the immediately
			 preceding Saturday. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to take or
			 catch fish contrary to the Ohio Revised Code and any division order or
			 rule.
(B) All definitions set forth
			 in rule
			 1501:31-1-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-13 - Sport Fishing › Section 1501:31-13-11 - Special Ohio river fishing regulations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The eastern fishing unit of the Ohio
			 river shall consist of those counties bordering the state of West Virginia and
			 more specifically the counties of Columbiana, Jefferson, Belmont, Monroe,
			 Washington, Athens, Meigs, Gallia, and that portion of Lawrence east of the
			 West Virginia and Kentucky state lines. Provided further, it shall be unlawful
			 to take or possess any fish contrary to this rule or any other division of
			 wildlife rule when within a quarter mile of the Ohio river or its embayment
			 areas and tributaries to the first riffle or dam in the eastern fishing unit of
			 the Ohio river.
(B) It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to take or possess more than two muskellunge, or six
			 largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted bass singly or in the aggregate in any one
			 day in the area prescribed in paragraph (A) of this rule.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 take or possess a muskellunge or tiger muskie less than thirty inches in
			 length, in the area prescribed in paragraph (A) of this rule.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 take or possess more than thirty striped bass, hybrid striped bass, or white
			 bass, singly or in the aggregate of which no more than four may be more than
			 fifteen inches in length in any one day in the area prescribed in paragraph (A)
			 of this rule.
(3) It shall be
			 unlawful to take or possess a largemouth bass, smallmouth bass or spotted bass
			 less than twelve inches in length from the area described in paragraph (A) of
			 this rule.
(4) It shall be unlawful
			 to take or possess more than thirty black or white crappie singly or in the
			 aggregate in any one day from the area described in paragraph (A) of this
			 rule.
(5) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person to take or possess more than 
									six saugeyes, 
									six walleyes, or
			 
									six
			 sauger, singly or in the aggregate in any one day from the area describe in
			 paragraph (A) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-01 - Permits for special hunts

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								White-tailed deer.
The chief of the division of wildlife
				or their designee may issue a special hunt permit to hunt or take deer with a
				firearm listed in paragraph (C) of rule
				1501:31-15-11 of the
				Administrative Code on the third Saturday and Sunday in October. Such permit
				may only be issued to bona-fide not-for-profit organizations conducting a
				special hunt for a minimum of twelve persons seventeen years of age and younger
				and/or handicapped persons. All applications will be received by August first
				immediately preceding the requested hunting opportunity.
(B)
								Wild
			 turkey.
The chief of the division of wildlife
				or their designee may issue a special hunt permit to hunt or take wild turkey
				during a period specified on the permit between the dates of April eighth
				through April twentieth. Such permit may only be issued to bona-fide
				not-for-profit organizations conducting a special hunt for a minimum of twelve
				persons seventeen years of age and younger and/or handicapped persons. All
				applications will be received by January first immediately preceding the
				requested hunting opportunity.
(C)
								Game birds (other
			 than turkey or migratory game birds).
The chief of the division of wildlife
				or their designee may issue a special hunt permit to hunt or take game birds,
				other than turkey and migratory game birds, during a period specified on the
				permit between the dates of September first through the last day of February.
				Such permit may only be issued to bona-fide not-for-profit organizations
				conducting a special hunt for a minimum of twelve persons seventeen years of
				age and younger and/or handicapped persons. All applications will be submitted
				a minimum of fifteen days preceding the requested hunting
				opportunity.
(D)
								It shall be unlawful for a person acting under the
			 authority of a special hunt permit issued in accordance with this rule to hunt
			 or take any wild animal:
(1)
									On any property or area not listed on the
			 permit;
(2)
									Contrary to or in violation of any conditions or terms
			 listed on the permit.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-02 - General hunting and trapping provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It
			 shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, shoot at, kill, take, or attempt to
			 take any wild bird or wild quadruped, or facsimile thereof, or part of a wild
			 animal along, on, from, or across any public road or highway, including the
			 berm, shoulder and road right of way.
(B)
								
								It shall be
			 unlawful for any person to hunt, shoot, shoot at, kill, take or attempt to take
			 any wild bird or wild quadruped from or by means, aid, or use of any aircraft,
			 including aerial drones, or any motor-driven conveyance or its attachments, except:
(1)
									As
			 provided in section 2923.16 of the Revised Code and
			 rule 1501:31-9-08 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(2)
									Wild animals, except migratory game birds, may be shot
			 from farm machinery when being used in normal farm operations;
(3)
									Small game and
			 furbearing animals, except mink, muskrat, river otters, and beaver, may be
			 hunted from a powercraft if the motor has been completely shut off and the
			 powercraft has come to rest;
(4)
									Aerial drones may
			 be used to aid in the recovery of a deer after the taking has occurred,
			 provided that no one involved in the recovery is employing a hunting device at
			 the time. If said deer is found to be still alive, the use of the drone will be
			 discontinued before hunting can resume. In this limited case, the drone
			 operator may provide the location where the deer was last located by the
			 drone.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-03 - Nuisance wild animal control

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) General
(1) It is lawful for any person to trap or
			 take live, nuisance wild animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap
			 or take nuisance wild animals, except as provided in this rule.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who
			 traps or takes a nuisance wild animal in accordance with paragraph (A) of this
			 rule, who is not a licensed commercial nuisance wild animal control operator to
			 charge a fee or receive compensation. For the purposes of this rule a fee or
			 compensation is a requested or required payment of money, or
			 exchange of material goods or services.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person who
			 is not a licensed commercial nuisance wild animal control operator to sell,
			 use, or give to another person any live nuisance wild animal trapped or taken
			 for removal in accordance with paragraph (A) of this rule. Nuisance wild
			 animals may be transferred to another for disposition in accordance with this
			 rule.
(4) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person to trap or take nuisance wild animals on the lands of another
			 without first obtaining permission from the owner or their authorized
			 agent.
(5) It shall be unlawful for
			 any person who is not a licensed commercial nuisance wild animal control
			 operator to possess such trapped or taken nuisance wild animals longer than
			 twenty-four hours from the time of capture.
(6) It shall be unlawful to fail to euthanize
			 nuisance wild animals trapped or taken whose injuries affect normal biological
			 or physiological functions.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-05 - Public hunting areas; general provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								No hunting, no
			 trapping, no trespassing, and safety zones.
On any public hunting area, unless
				otherwise authorized by the chief of the division of wildlife or their
				designee, it shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1)
									Hunt within any
			 area posted with signs or buoys indicating no hunting or safety
			 zone;
(2)
									Trap within any area posted with signs or buoys
			 indicating no trapping;
(3)
									Enter into or trespass at any time within any land or
			 water of any public hunting area posted with signs or buoys indicating no
			 trespassing, trespassing unlawful, controlled access area, controlled hunting
			 area, restricted area, refuge, or any other signs that indicate that a permit
			 is required for entry;
(4)
									Violate the provisions of any permit or written
			 authorization to access, hunt, or trap in an area restricted under this
			 rule;
(5)
									Train, work or exercise a dog, or permit a dog to run
			 at large, within any area posted with signs or buoys indicating no
			 hunting;
(6)
									Hunt or shoot from a parking area, boat ramp, dock,
			 observation deck, or boardwalk.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-06 - Controlled access and special opportunity areas

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Controlled access opportunity permits.
The following areas require a controlled access opportunity
				permit to hunt upon: Castalia state fish hatchery, Eagle creek, Hebron state
				fish hatchery, Kincaid springs state fish hatchery, Magee marsh, Marion and
				Fred Conkel, Mercer, Pipe creek, St. Mary's state fish hatchery, and Urbana.
				Provided further, it shall be unlawful to:
(1) Hunt upon any area where a controlled
			 access opportunity permit is required without first obtaining said
			 permit;
(2) Violate any of the
			 rules or provisions of a controlled access opportunity permit;
(3) Buy, sell, trade, or barter any
			 controlled access opportunity permit issued by the division of wildlife;
(4)
			 Apply more than one time for a specific controlled access opportunity
			 administered by the division of wildlife unless otherwise authorized by the
			 chief of the division of wildlife.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-15 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 1501:31-15-07 - Wildlife refuges; waterfowl refuges

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								State wildlife
			 refuges.
(1)
									Green island is hereby designated as a state wildlife refuge
			 until March 1, 2049. Provided further, it shall be unlawful to enter into green
			 island wildlife refuge without authorization from the chief of the division of
			 wildlife or their designee.
(2)
									All state
			 wildlife refuges established by the chief of the division of wildlife will be
			 posted with signs or buoys designating such areas. Provided further, it shall
			 be unlawful to enter into any land or water designated as a state wildlife
			 refuge without authorization from the chief of the division of wildlife or
			 their designee.