Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 23 - Wisconsin-Michigan Boundary Waters › Section NR 23.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following definitions apply to terms used in this
				  chapter:
(1m) "Bag limit" or "daily bag
				limit" has the meaning given in s.
				NR
				20.03(8).
(2) "Dip net" means a piece of netting
				suspended from a frame designed to be raised and lowered vertically when
				fishing.
(3) "Fisher" means any
				person engaged in fishing.
(4)
				"Length of fish" means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of
				the snout of the fish to the end of its tail with the tail or caudal fin fully
				extended.
(4m) "Menominee river"
				means the Menominee river, all impoundments downstream to its confluence with
				Green Bay, and that portion of Green Bay bounded by the mouth of the Menominee
				river on the west, the "government pier" or breakwall on the south, the
				"lighthouse pier" or breakwall on the north, and a line connecting the
				eastern-most points of those breakwalls on the east.
(5) "Minnow" has the meaning given it in s.
				29.001(54),
				Stats.
(6) "Open season" means that
				period of the year established in s.
				NR
				23.04 when a specific species of fish is allowed to be
				taken.
(7) "Possession limit" has
				the meaning given in s.
				NR
				20.03(31).
(8) "Rough fish" has the meaning given it in
				s.
				29.001(74),
				Stats., and also includes amur carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).
(8m) "Safe harvest" means a level of harvest
				that incorporates an appropriate margin of safety, estimates of the population
				and acceptable exploitation rates which will reasonably prevent harvest of more
				than 35% of the population of adult walleyes or 27% of the population of adult
				muskellunge. The margin of safety assures that the true safe harvest is not
				exceeded in more than 1 of 40 cases. For waters where a population estimate has
				not been made, a regression model based upon population estimates from other
				waters will be used. The margin of safety used depends upon the age of the
				population estimate and whether a regression model was used.
(8n) "Secretary" means secretary of the
				department of natural resources.
(9) "Sport fishing" means fishing, when
				authorized, with hook and line, spearing and the use of a dip net.
(10) "Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters"
				means the following waters that form the interstate boundary water between the
				states of Wisconsin and Michigan:
Name
Location
(a) BASIN LAKE
							 ...........................
T45N, R43W, Sec. 34
							 .....................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R7E, Sec. 30 .......................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(b) BIG LAKE ............................
T44N, R41W, Secs. 16 & 17 ................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 13, 14, 23 & 24
							 ............
Vilas co. - Wis.
(c) BIG BAD WATER LAKE ..................
Dickenson co. - Mich.
Florence co. - Wisconsin
(d) BIG BATEAU LAKE .....................
T44N, R40W, Secs. 26 & 27 ................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10E, Sec. 30 ......................
Vilas Co. - Wis.
(e) BRULE RIVER .........................
Iron co. - Michigan
Florence & Forest cos. - Wisconsin
(f) CRAMPTON LAKE .......................
T44N, R41W, Sec. 18 .....................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 10, 14 & 15
							 ...............
Vilas co. - Wis.
(g) CRYSTAL LAKE ........................
T43N, R39W, Secs. 3 & 4 ..................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10 & 11E, Secs. 36 & 31
							 ............
Vilas co. - Wis.
(h) CYRUS LAKE ..........................
T45N, R43W, Sec. 35 .....................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R7E, Sec. 32 .......................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(i) LAC VIEUX DESERT .....................
T43N, R38 and 39W ......................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R11E, Secs. 4, 10, 11, 12 & 15
							 ........
Vilas co. - Wis.
(j) LITTLE PRESQUE ISLE LAKE ...............
T44N, R42W, Sec. 6 ......................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R7E, Sec. 3 .......................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(k) MAMIE LAKE .........................
T44N, R41W, Sec. 23 .....................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R9E, Secs. 17, 10 & 21
							 ..............
Vilas co. - Wis.
(l) MENOMINEE RIVER .....................
Menominee, Dickinson & Iron cos.- Michigan
							 Florence & Marinette cos. - Wisconsin
(m) MILL LAKE ..........................
T44N, R40W, Sec. 36 .....................
-Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10E, Sec. 33. . ....................
-Vilas co. - Wis.
(n) MONTREAL RIVER ......................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
(Including the East Fork up to the mouth of Layman
							 Creek)
Iron co. - Wis.
(o) NORWOOD LAKE .......................
T43N, R38W, Secs. 23 & 24 ................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R12E, Sec. 20 ......................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(p) PLUM LAKE ..........................
T44N, R42W, Secs. 11, 12 & 13
							 .............
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Sec. 9 ........................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(q) ROACH LAKE .........................
T44N, R42W, Secs. 3, 4, 9 & 10
							 .............
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Sec. 7 ........................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(r) SMOKY LAKE ..........................
T43N, R37W, Secs. 21, 28, 29, 32 & 33
							 .......
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R12E, Secs. 35 & 36
							 .................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(s) STATE LINE LAKE .......................
T45N, R43W, Secs. 29 & 32 ................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R6E, Sec. 26 .......................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(t) TENDERFOOT LAKE .....................
T44N, R42W, Secs. 10 & 11 ................
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 7 & 8
							 ....................
Vilas co. - Wis.
(u) WEST BAY LAKE ......................
T44N, R41, Secs. 15, 16 & 22
							 ...............
Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8 & 9E, Secs. 13 & 18
							 ..............
Vilas co. - Wis.