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(1)__A person may take suckers, eels, alewives and
yellow perch in accordance with section 12506.

 
(2)__A person may take baitfish with a baitfish trap,
as defined in section 10001, subsection 7.

 
2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
Class E crime.__The court shall also impose a fine of $20 for
each fish unlawfully possessed, none of which may be suspended.

 
§12657. Advance baiting

 
1.__Prohibition.__Except as provided in subsection 2, a person
may not deposit any meat, bones, dead fish, parts of meat, bones,
or dead fish or other food for fish for the purpose of luring
fish, a practice known as "advance baiting."

 
2.__Exception. A person may place food particles in a
baitfish trap for the purpose of luring baitfish.

 
3.__Penalty.__A person who violates subsection 1 commits a
civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor
more than $500 may be adjudged.

 
§12658. Unlawfully trolling fly

 
1.__Prohibition.__A person may not troll a fly in inland
waters restricted to fly-fishing.

 
2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor
more than $500 may be adjudged.

 
§12659. Ice fishing regulations

 
1.__Five-line limit.__Unless otherwise provided by rule, a
person licensed to fish may fish through ice in the daytime with
not more than 5 lines set or otherwise, which must be under that
person's immediate supervision, in any waters that have been
opened to ice fishing by the commissioner.

 
2.__Cusk.__Unless otherwise provided by rule, a person
licensed to fish may fish through the ice in the nighttime for
cusk in waters that have been opened pursuant to section 12454,
subsection 1, paragraph B, by using not more than 5 lines set or
otherwise. All lines set for cusk in the nighttime must be
visited at least once every hour by the person setting them.


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