CSV.2.9.050 Seasons, Methods, Bag Limits, and Size Limits

(a) No member shall take, catch, kill or fish for any species of fish in excess of the bag limit, by means other than those enumerated, during other than the open season, below the minimum size limit, above the maximum size limit or in locations other than those established by this section.

(b) For the purposes of bag limits, "day" shall mean a continuous 24 hour period consistent with the nature of the harvest activity involved.

(c) Except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.050(d), below, the following table hereby establishes the open season, permissible methods, daily bag limits and size limits for the enumerated species of fish in the identified locations:

Kind of Fish and Locality	Methods Permitted	Open Season (dates are inclusive)	Bag Limit	Maximum or Minimum Size Limits
(a) Large Mouth & Small Mouth Bass
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing)	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(ii) All waters	Open water spearing subject to Section CSV.2.9.060, and snagging	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(iii) All waters	Setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090	Year Around	None	None
(iv) All waters	All nets (except gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(v) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	June 1 to March 1	10 per person/day	None
(b) Walleye
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing)	Year Around	None	None
(ii) All waters	Open water spearing subject to Section CSV.2.9.060, and snagging	Year Around	Established by permit issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.060	Maximum of 20" except each fisher may take one fish 20-24" and one fish any size per permit
(iii) All waters	All nets (except gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	Established by permit issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.070	Identifiable males only prior to May 1. Maximum of 20" thereafter
(iv) All waters	Setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090	Year Around	None	None
(v) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	June 1 to March 1	Established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.080	None

(c) Northern Pike
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing)	Year Around	None	None
(ii) All waters	Open water spearing subject to Section CSV.2.9.060, and snagging	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(iii) All waters	Setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(iv) All waters	All nets (except gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	10 per person/day	None
(v) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.060	June 1 to March 1	10 per person/day	None
(d) Rock or Lake Sturgeon
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing)	June 1 to March 1 (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260	1 per person/year All methods	45" minimum size limit (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)
(ii) All waters	Open water spearing and snagging subject to Section CSV.2.9.060 and spearing while ice fishing	June 1 to March 1 (except that 1 sturgeon per lake may be taken by all tribes during spring spearing and except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260	1 per person/year All methods	45" minimum size limit (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)
(iii) All waters	Setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090	June 1 to March 1 (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260	1 per person/year All methods	45" minimum size limit (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)
(iv) All waters	All nets (except gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	June 1 to March 1 (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)	1 per person/year All methods	45" minimum size limit (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)
(v) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	June 1 to March 1 (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)	1 per person/year All methods	45" minimum size limit (except as provided in Section CSV.2.9.260)

(e) Muskellunge
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing)	Year Around	None	First fish may be of any size; thereafter, at least ½ of a catch must be at least 32"
(ii) All waters	Open water spearing subject to Section CSV.2.9.060; and snagging	Year Around	Established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.060	First fish may be of any size; thereafter, at least ½ of a catch must be at least 32"
(iii) All waters	Setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090	Year Around	None	First fish may be of any size; thereafter, at least ½ of a catch must be at least 32"
(iv) All waters	All nets (except gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	Established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.070	First fish may be of any size; thereafter, at least ½ of a catch must be at least 32"
(v) 1000 acre or larger waters	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	June 1 to March 1	Established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.080	First fish may be of any size; thereafter, at least ½ of a catch must be at least 32"
(f) Trout and Salmon (except Lake Trout)
(i) Lake Superior tributaries	Hook & line	Established in Section CSV.2.9.250	10 per person/day in aggregate of which only 2 may be rainbow	Established in Section CSV.2.9.250
(ii) All other waters except spring ponds	Hook & line	January 1 to September 30	5 per person/day in aggregate	None
(iii) Spring ponds	Hook & line	First Saturday in May to September	5 per person/day in aggregate	None
(g) Lake Trout
All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing), open water spearing and snagging subject to Section CSV.2.9.060	Year Around	2 per person/day	26" minimum size limit

(h) White Bass , Rock Bass, Bluegill, Crappie, Pumpkinseed, Catfish, Yellow Perch, Yellow Bass
(i) All waters	Open water hook & line fishing, ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing), open water spearing and snagging subject to Section CSV.2.9.060; setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090; all nets (excluding gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	None	None
(ii) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	Year Around	None	None
(i) Cisco and Whitefish
(i) All waters	Hook & line; ice fishing (including spearing when ice fishing); open water spearing and snagging subject to Section CSV.2.9.060; setline, set or bank pole subject to Section CSV.2.9.090; all nets (excluding gillnets) subject to Section CSV.2.9.070	Year Around	None; exception: Trout Lake (Vilas County) bag limits for open water spearing and netting established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.060 and Section CSV.2.9.070, respectively	None
(ii) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	Year Around	None; exception: Trout Lake (Vilas County) bag limits for gillnetting shall be established by permits issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.9.080	None

(j) Rough Fish
(i) All waters	All methods not otherwise specifically prohibited by this ordinance except gillnetting	Year Around	None	None
(ii) 1000 acre or larger lakes	Gillnets subject to Section CSV.2.9.080	Year Around	None	None
(k) Paddlefish or Spoonbill Catfish
All waters –	No Open Season

(d)(1) The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designate, is hereby delegated the authority to implement the provisions of Section B.1.h. of the Stipulation for Fish Species Other Than Walleye and Muskellunge [hereafter referred to in this section as "Stipulation"] entered into between the tribal and state parties in Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et. al., v. State of Wisconsin, et. al., Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin) regarding the implementation of a quota management system for the following species for open water spearing and netting: Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass; Northern Pike; White Bass; Channel Catfish; Cisco; Bullhead (all species, singularly or in aggregate); Rock Bass; Pumpkinseed; Bluegill; Crappie (in aggregate); and Yellow Perch.

(2) When the requirements necessary to trigger a quota management system for a particular species are met under the Stipulation:

(A) Tribal harvest by open water spearing and netting of that species on the water body shall cease for the remainder of the fishing year;

(B) The quota management system required by the Stipulation for that water body and other water bodies as identified in the Stipulation shall be implemented; and

(C) The tribal conservation department shall issue open water spearing and netting permits in compliance with the requirements of the Stipulation while the quota management system remains in place. Such permits shall establish the daily bag limits applicable to the species which have been subjected to the quota management system.