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time unless the smelts were acquired in accordance with
paragraph A, subparagraph 4 (4). If the smelts were
purchased from another person, the license holder must
present a receipted invoice, bill of lading or bill of
sale to any agent of the commissioner upon request;

 
(5) Transport from an inland water source to the
licensee's place of business more than 8 quarts of live
smelts;

 
(6) Permit any person to transport live smelts on the
license holder's behalf directly from an inland water
source;

 
(7) Attempt to take from the inland waters of the
State live smelts for resale using drop nets through
the ice unless the license holder marks all holes made
in the ice by that license holder for that purpose.
The holes must be marked either by evergreen boughs
placed around the hole or by suspending at least one
strand of fluorescent biodegradable tape at least 3
feet above the ice around the entire perimeter of the
hole so that the tape is visible from all sides;

 
(8) Take smelts during the winter months, except by
hook and line, unless the holder has a uses an operable
commercially manufactured number 14 fish grader in
operable condition in that holder's immediate proximity
to sort smelts by size during the taking of smelts and
uses that grader during the smelt harvesting activity.
The holder shall liberate immediately all undersized
smelts alive into the waters from which they were
taken. For the purpose of this subparagraph, a
commercially manufactured number 14 grader is a grader
having a minimum grate size of 14/64 inches and that
allows smelts to pass through at least 2 sides and the
bottom of the grader. The commissioner may adopt rules
to amend the grate size restrictions under this
subparagraph if the commissioner determines such rules
are necessary for conservation or enforcement purposes
This subparagraph does not apply to a license holder
who fishes with a hook and line only; or

 
(9) Possess at that person's place of business any
species of fish that may not legally be sold as bait.;

 
(10)__Use particles of food or any other type of bait
or lure except light to lure smelts to a drop net or a
lift net; or


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