Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 19 - Miscellaneous Fur, Fish, Game And Outdoor Recreation › Subchapter I - Miscellaneous › Section NR 19.057 - Bait dealer's wild harvest permit required; criteria; records required

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No bait
				  dealer may take minnows for use as bait from any inland or outlying water
				  unless the bait dealer possesses a wild harvest permit issued by the department
				  under this section and the bait dealer complies with all terms and conditions
				  of the wild harvest permit. A bait dealer shall apply for a permit in the form
				  specified by the department. Applications may be submitted no later than 30
				  days prior to the proposed starting date of harvesting. The department shall
				  act on a complete permit application within 10 business days after receipt,
				  based on the criteria in sub. (2). Except as provided in sub. (5), permits
				  shall be valid for the dates specified on the permit to December 31 of each
				  year, and shall require compliance with all minnow collecting requirements. A
				  complete application shall include the applicant's name, street address, bait
				  dealer's license number if any, the specific water body where bait will be
				  harvested, the town, range and section where bait will be harvested, the
				  species of bait that will be harvested, the maximum quantity of bait expected
				  to be harvested, and any other information required on the application form.
Note:
Permit application forms may be obtained
					 at no charge from the Bureau of Fisheries Management, Department of Natural
					 Resources, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921 or on the Internet at
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/vhs/vhs_wbhpermit.html
.
Note:
See s.
					 NR
					 20.14 for general minnow collecting restrictions, s.
					 NR
					 20.20 for county and statewide restrictions on waters,
					 authorized methods, open seasons, size limits, bag limits and other
					 restrictions, and s.
					 NR
					 20.39 for permits authorizing the use of non-standard
					 minnow gear on inland waters.
(1m) The permit holder may apply to the
				  department, on the forms designated by the department, to request amendments to
				  a wild harvest permit to modify the species targeted, waters fished, or harvest
				  gear to be used. The permit holder shall submit the amendment request no later
				  than 30 days prior to the desired effective date of the amendment. The permit
				  holder may not submit more than 10 amendment requests each year.
Note:
The amendment request form is available
					 at
https://dnr.wi.gov
, search "bait
					 harvest."
(2) The department
				  shall grant an application for a wild harvest permit under this section if it
				  determines that all of the following criteria are met, but the department may
				  set specific conditions in permits or deny applications when necessary to
				  ensure compliance with this section and prevent or control the spread of the
				  Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus or other invasive species:
(a) The applicant is a bait dealer who holds
				  a bait dealer's license or is exempt under s.
				  29.509 (3),
				  Stats., from the requirement to hold a bait dealer's license.
(b) Minnows may not be taken from Lake
				  Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior, the Mississippi River, Lake Winnebago, the
				  Fox River from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay, or any bay, slough or backwater of
				  these waters, or any water connected to these waters, upstream to the first dam
				  or other obstruction impassible to fish, or from any other waters where the
				  department has reason to believe that the Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus
				  may be present, or where other invasive species may be present.
(c) Minnow gear and harvest and transport
				  equipment shall be disinfected after use to prevent the spread of the Viral
				  Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus and other invasive species.
(d) Minnows taken from inland or outlying
				  waters may not be given, sold or bartered to another person unless applicable
				  fish health requirements specified by the department of agriculture, trade and
				  consumer protection in ch. ATCP 10 have been met.