Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:31 - Division of Wildlife › Chapter 1501:31-3 - Commercial Fishing › Section 1501:31-3-04 - Prohibited places and times for using nets in lake Erie

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to
			 use or to set, place, fish, locate, or maintain a net or trotline in the
			 limited fishing areas in the lake Erie fishing district described as follows:
(1) From the Camp Perry firing area located
			 in Ottawa county, north of Camp Perry and northwest of Port Clinton, Ohio,
			 beginning at a point north of the mouth of the Toussaint river, located at
			 longitude 83° 03.4 ' and latitude 41° 36' in the proximity of buoy (W-or-J);
			 thence easterly at 93° for approximately 13,000 yards to a point located at
			 longitude 82° 54.8 ' and latitude 41 35.7 ' in the proximity of buoy (W-or-F);
			 thence northwesterly at 326° for approximately 14,000 yards to a point located
			 at longitude 83° 00' and latitude 41° 41.5 ' in the proximity of buoy (W-or-C);
			 thence westerly at 270° for approximately 11,400 yards to a point located at
			 longitude 83° 07.6 ' and latitude 41° 41.5 ' in the proximity of buoy (W-or-A);
			 thence southeasterly at 150° for approximately 12,700 yards to the point of
			 beginning.
(2) Bass island area
			 located in Ottawa county northeast of Port Clinton, beginning at buoy (R2) FI-6
			 Sec., south of South Bass island; thence northeasterly at 25° for approximately
			 11,650 yards to buoy (1) FI-4 Sec.-Bell; thence northerly at 12° for
			 approximately 2,100 yards to international buoy (W-or-E); thence northwesterly
			 at 302° for approximately 8,050 yards to buoy (R6) FI-r-4 Sec.-Bell; thence
			 southwesterly at 203° for approximately 5,225 yards to buoy (RN2); thence
			 southerly at 185° for approximately 8,100 yards to Green island light (FI-2-1/2
			 Sec.-80 ft. 8 Stm); thence southeasterly at 131° for approximately 6,050 yards
			 to the point of beginning.
(3)
			 Kellys island area located in Erie and Ottawa counties north of Sandusky, Ohio,
			 beginning at the Marblehead light (FI-G-6 Sec.-67 ft. 7 Stm); thence
			 northwesterly at 339° for approximately 9,800 yards to buoy (R2)(FI-R-4 Sec.);
			 thence northeasterly at 27° for approximately 10,700 yards to the
			 Canadian-United States international line at the western tip of Middle island;
			 thence southeasterly at 129° for approximately 7,100 yards to buoy (1)(FI-4
			 Sec.); thence southwesterly at 209° for approximately 15,100 yards to the point
			 of beginning.
(4) Ruggles reef area
			 located in Erie county between Huron and Vermilion, Ohio, beginning at the east
			 bank of the mouth of the Huron river, located at longitude 82° 32.0 ' and
			 latitude 41° 23.9 '; thence due north at 0° for 2,640 yards to a point located
			 at longitude 82° 32.9 ' and latitude 41° 25.2 '; thence easterly for
			 approximately 19,108 yards, running parallel to and at a distance of 2,640
			 yards from the shoreline, to a point located at longitude 82° 21.9 ' and
			 latitude 41° 26.9 '; thence due south at 180° for 2,640 yards to the west bank
			 of the mouth of the Vermilion river, located at longitude 82° 21.9 ' and
			 latitude 41° 25.6 '; thence westerly following the shoreline for approximately
			 19,108 yards to the point of beginning.