312 IAC 9-7-17 - Fishing guide license

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22-15-4

Sec. 17.

(a) An individual may not take another individual sport fishing for hire on boundary waters or inland water without a fishing guide license issued by the director under IC 14-22-15-4 and this section.

(b) A license holder under this section shall, on a departmental form, keep legible and accurate daily fishing records of the:

(1) species;

(2) numbers, locations, and dates of fish taken; and

(3) number of fishermen and hours fished;

while engaged in guided fishing activity. These daily records shall be recorded before the licensed fishing person departs the boat or leaves the fishing guide at the conclusion of the fishing trip.

(c) A license holder under this section shall, on a departmental form, prepare a monthly report of the information maintained on the daily fishing records. The monthly report shall be submitted to the division of fish and wildlife before the fifteenth day of each month following the month covered. The report shall be submitted each month regardless of whether guided fishing activity occurs in the month covered unless the license holder has submitted an inactive license form to signify that no fishing activity will take place for the remainder of the calendar year. The inactive license form shall be submitted to the division of fish and wildlife before the fifteenth day of the month following the month the license is deemed inactive.

(d) A conservation officer or other authorized representative of the department may, at any reasonable time, inspect the daily fishing records required under subsection (b) or IC 14-22-15-4.

Notes

312 IAC 9-7-17

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-17; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2721; filed May 28, 1998, 5:14 p.m.: 21 IR 3723; filed Dec 26, 2001, 2:40 p.m.: 25 IR 1540; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jan 2, 2013, 3:42 p.m.: 20130130-IR-312120381FRA; Readopted filed 5/20/2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA Readopted filed 9/18/2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA