58 Pa. Code § 63.8 - Long bows, crossbows, spears and gigs
(a)
General. Except as otherwise provided in this part, snakehead,
carp, suckers and catfish may be taken with long bows and arrow, including
compound bows, crossbows, spears or gigs any hour of the day or night aided by
a light at night if so desired, in Commonwealth waters and waters bounding and
adjacent thereto.
(b)
Lake
Erie. Scuba divers, who possess a valid fishing license and Lake Erie
stamp, shall be permitted to take burbot at a depth of at least 60
feet.
(c)
Restrictions. Spears or gigs may not be mechanically
propelled, may not have more than five barbed points, and may not be used in
stocked trout waters.
(d)
Exceptions:
(1) It is
unlawful to use bow and arrow (including compound bows and crossbows), spears
and gigs in any special regulation trout waters.
(2) It is unlawful to cast direct rays of a
spotlight, mounted headlight or any other artificial light of any kind from any
watercraft upon any occupied building or another watercraft.
(3) It is unlawful to use generators on board
a watercraft engaged in bowfishing with a noise level that exceeds 90 dB(a).
The noise emission test measurement will be made with the sound level meter at
a distance of at least 4 feet above the water at a point where the transom
gunwale and the port or starboard gunwale
intersects.
Notes
The provisions of this § 63.8 amended under the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. § 2102.
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