Section 312IAC9-8-4. Commercial fishing on the Wabash River boundary waters

   (a) This section applies to commercial fishing conducted on the part of the Wabash River that forms the boundary between Illinois and Indiana and is supplemental to section 2 of this rule.

  (b) A license holder under this section may only use a dip-net, hoop-net, fyke-net, basket-net, basket-trap, or trap-net made of twine or cords, without wings or leads. A license holder must not use the following:

(1) Wings or leads.

(2) A net more than two hundred (200) feet long.

(3) A net having stretch mesh less than two (2) inches.

(4) A net that obstructs more than one-half (1/2) of the width of the river.

  (c) A license holder may use a seine. A license holder must not use a seine that exceeds one hundred (100) yards in length. A license holder must not use a seine having stretch mesh less than five (5) inches. A license holder must not use a seine that obstructs more than one-half (1/2) of the width of the river.

  (d) A license holder must tend each piece of fishing gear not less frequently than once every forty-eight (48) hours and all fish taken by the gear must be removed at that time. Each item of gear must be removed immediately upon the completion of fishing. (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-8-4; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2725; filed May 28, 1998, 5:14 p.m.: 21 IR 3727; 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 May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 p.m.: 20150715-IR-312140453FRA)