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alive.__The daily bag limit established under this | | subparagraph is for a 24-hour period, beginning at noon | | on a given day and ending__at 11:59 a.m. the following | | day; |
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| | | (2-A)__In waters naturally free of ice, take smelts | | from noon to 2:00 a.m. by the use of a dip net in the | | usual and ordinary way.__The commissioner may establish | | the daily bag limit by rule and a licensee may keep the | | daily bag limit of smelts alive. The daily bag limit | | established under this subparagraph is for a 24-hour | | period, beginning at noon on a given day and ending at | | 11:59 a.m. the following day. The commissioner may | | shorten the noon to 2:00 a.m. smelt fishing timeframe | | by rule for enforcement or conservation purposes; |
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| | (3) May use particles of food Use artificial light for | the purpose of luring smelts to a baitfish trap, a dip | net, a drop net, or a lift net or a bag net; |
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| | | (4) Transport or possess at the holder's business | | facility more than the daily bag limit of smelts | | provided that the smelts were taken by the license | | holder in accordance with this section or acquired from | | a person licensed under this section to deal in live | | smelts; |
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| | | (5) Designate others to assist in selling live smelts | | at the holder's business facility; and |
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| | | (6) Transport or designate others to transport on the | | license holder's behalf live smelts in accordance with | | this subsection. |
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| | | B. The holder of a smelt wholesale dealer's license may | | not: |
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| | | (1) When engaged in taking, or assisting in taking, | | live smelts for resale from inland waters, fail to | | exhibit the license to any agent of the commissioner | | upon request; |
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| | | (2) Take multiple bag limits from waters governed by | | general rules regulating the taking of smelts in order | | to attain the 8-quart limit of smelts described in | paragraph A, subparagraph 2 (2); |
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| | | (3) Use a seine to take smelts; |
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| | | (4) Transport or possess at the holder's business facility more | | than the daily bag limit of smelts at any |
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