312 IAC 9-7-13 - Trout and salmon
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.
(a) Except
as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an individual must not take or possess
a brook trout, rainbow trout, or brown trout from a stream or river except as
follows:
(1) The trout is at least seven (7)
inches long.
(2) Not more than five
(5) trout are taken per day, of which not more than one (1) may be a brown
trout.
(3) The trout are taken from
the last Saturday of April after 6 a.m., local time, through December
31.
(4) If brown trout are taken
from the East Fork of the Whitewater River downstream of Brookville Reservoir
in Franklin County, the brown trout are at least eighteen (18) inches
long.
(b) An individual
may fish for brook trout, brown trout, lake trout, or rainbow trout from
January 1 through April 14 on streams or rivers provided that all fish are
released in accordance with
312 IAC
9-6-4.
(c)
Notwithstanding subsection (a), an individual may fish for brook trout, brown
trout, lake trout, or rainbow trout in the following streams and rivers in
Elkhart County provided that all fish are released in accordance with
312 IAC
9-6-4:
(1) The
Little Elkhart River from County Road 43 downstream to County Road 16, except
for waters along Riverbend Park from County Road 16 upstream to the pedestrian
footbridge.
(2) Solomon Creek from
County Road 33 downstream to its confluence with the Elkhart River.
(3) Cobus Creek from Old U.S. 20 downstream
to its confluence with the St. Joseph River.
An individual may use artificial lures and artificial flies. Fishing with live or natural baits, food products, or chemical attractants is prohibited.
(d)
An individual may take and possess a trout or salmon from a lake only as
follows:
(1) At any time of year.
(2) Not more than five (5) trout or salmon
are taken per day, of which not more than one (1) may be a brown
trout.
(3) The brown trout are at
least eighteen (18) inches long if taken from Oliver Lake, Olin Lake, or Martin
Lake in LaGrange County.
(e) An individual must not take or possess a
trout or salmon taken from Lake Michigan or its tributaries unless as follows:
(1) The fish is at least fourteen (14) inches
long.
(2) Not more than five (5)
trout and salmon are taken in aggregate under this subsection per day, of which
not more than three (3) shall be lake trout.
(3) The individual possesses not more than a
single day's bag limit identified in this subsection while fishing on Lake
Michigan. Exempted from this subsection, however, are trout or salmon taken
from the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties and its
tributaries upstream from the Twin Branch Dam.
(f) The areas closed to trout and salmon
fishing under this section are in addition to areas closed to all fishing under
312 IAC
9-6-6.
Notes
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