Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 20 - Fishing: Inland Waters; Outlying Waters › Subchapter IV - Department Authority › Section NR 20.60 - Monthly sport trolling fishing reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A monthly
				  sport trolling fishing report form required by s. 29.514 (2), Stats., shall be
				  completed by the sport trolling licensee guiding persons in sport trolling in
				  accordance with all of the following requirements:
(a) The licensee shall use the electronic
				  reporting system designated by the department to report sport trolling guided
				  fishing trips and other information by electronic means, except as provided in
				  par. (c).
(b) For each fishing
				  trip, the licensee shall accurately record the licensee's name, license number,
				  date, documented boat name or 8-digit state registration number, locations
				  fished, number of anglers, hours fished, the total number of fish harvested,
				  and other information required by the department on the report form in the
				  electronic reporting system in the English language within 1/2 hour after
				  completing each trip's fishing activities after returning to the dock or shore.
				  The number of fish of each species harvested and fin clip information, if
				  required by the department, may be recorded in the electronic reporting system
				  after returning to the dock or shore but shall be recorded in the electronic
				  reporting system by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The electronic
				  report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon
				  request.
(c)
1. If the electronic reporting system is not
				  in operation, the licensee shall complete and sign, in writing in the English
				  language, a paper report on a form available from the department website
				  containing the required information in par. (b) within 1/2 hour after
				  completion of the fishing trip's activities and reaching the dock or shore,
				  with all information required in par. (b) recorded by 11:59 p.m. the day of the
				  fishing trip. The licensee shall retain any paper reports completed under this
				  subdivision in accordance with subd. 3. On the day of a fishing trip, the paper
				  report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon
				  request.
2. When the electronic
				  reporting system is again functional, the licensee shall resume entering
				  fishing trip reports into the electronic reporting system as described in pars.
				  (a) and (b) and submitting the reports electronically to the department. The
				  licensee shall retroactively enter the information from any paper reports into
				  the electronic reporting system within 48 hours of completion of the fishing
				  trip unless the department has granted an extension.
3. The licensee shall retain all paper copies
				  of the trip report as part of the licensee's records for a period of 5 years
				  from the date on which the record or report was created, and shall make records
				  available upon the request of a department representative within 24 hours of
				  the request.
Note: Access to the electronic reporting system and
					 copies of the paper report form are available on the department's website
					 at
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing/lakemichigan/CharterForm.html
.