FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER STATES. 11 
Fishing by other means than hook and line is prohibited on or near fish ladders 
2534, 7446). 
In Lake Michigan and its bays and harbors gill and pound nets may be used for 
taking whitefish, lake trout, yellow perch, cisco, and rough fish; complicated restric- 
tions are made as to size of mesh; gill nets must have flags attached. (1917, ch. 40.) 
Iowa.—Closed seasons are as follows: Salmon and trout between October 1 and 
April 15; bass, pike perch, crappie, pickerel, catfish, and other game fish between 
December 1 and May 15 (2); in interstate waters pike perch, bass, and crappie, 
March 31 to June 1, inclusive (13). Bag limits for interior waters are 40 of the species 
first named, and not over 20 of them shall be bass, pike perch, or pickerel (2, 10). 
Fishing is prohibited in streams stocked with breeding trout over 2 years old within 
one year from the date of stocking, if notice be posted (2). In ice fishing on interior 
waters no structure for protection against the weather or means for creating artificial 
heat may be used (2, 10). Except as stated in the following paragraphs fishing is 
limited, in interior waters, to two lines with one hook each, or three united hooks 
used in trolling (2, 5, 10). 
A seine not exceeding 5 yards in length with three-eighths inch mesh may he used 
for taking minnows for bait (4). 
One trot line may be used, May 15 to December 1, in streams including the Big 
Sioux River and the boundary portion of the Des Moines River, but it shall not ex- 
tend more than halfway across (2, 11). Spears may be used to take carp, sucker, 
redhorse, and buffalofish in waters on the bottom lands and islands of Mississippi 
River (2). 
Toon mie lakes, buffalofish, carp, quillback, redhorse, suckers, and gar may be 
taken in nets under special permit and supervision of warden, but no seine shall be 
used December 1 to June 15 (9). Nets may be used by licensees in Mississippi and 
Missouri Rivers, and shall have mesh not less than 24 inches stretch measure (2, 11). 
It is unlawful to net food fishes in interstate waters and not use them (14). 
Tackle other than rod, line, and hook may not be used within 300 feet of a fishway 
or dam (2). Drugs, explosives, and electricity shall not be used to take fish (3). 
Fish in private ponds may be taken by the owner by any means; other persons 
shall not take fish from such ponds without the consent of the owner (8). 
Kentucky.—In boundary streams all fish except black bass may be taken in seines 
and hoop nets without wings, having mesh not less than 14 inches square. In navi- 
gable streams improved with locks and dams the same may be done, but the mesh 
must be not less than 2 inches square. Nets shall not be used nearer than 200 yards 
from the mouth of any stream, nor from a lock or dam, and shall not be used above the 
last lock and dam, and shall not be used during May. (1918, ch. 67.) 
Except as stated in the preceding paragraph and except in private ponds, it is for- 
bidden to take fish by other means than lines and set lines (1, 2, 5), or dynamite or 
drugs (3), or to shoot fish (4), or to kill or stun fish by striking upon the rocks or ice (6). 
Minnows may be taken for bait (7). Entering without consent upon the lands of 
another for the purpose of fishing is unlawful (1252, 1259). 
Louisiana.—Bag limit is 25 black bass, striped bass, or crappie, and 100 “‘perch” 
and sunfish (resolution of conservation commission, now department of conservation, 
ye he Sept. 10, 1912). Black bass, striped bass, crappie, ‘‘perch,’’ and sunfish 
shall be caught only with line having not more than five sets of hooks or with trolling 
i a) artificial bait (40). Seines may be used for taking minnows or shrimp for 
ait (33). 
Hoop nets are prohibited in bayous, lagoons, and streams less than 40 yards wide 
and selning in fresh water is prohibited, except in certain waters for common species, 
such as buffalofish and catfish under permit by the department (33); letter of the 
president of the commission, now department, to Dr. i. M. Smith, United States 
Commissioner of Fisheries, dated October 25, 1915, includes paddlefish and ‘‘gas- 
pergou” (fresh-water drum) as such common species. Seines shall not be used within 
100 feet of the shore and shall not exceed 900 feet in length; splashing of water or 
pounding of boat to drive fish into seine is not permitted; vegetation hauled out with 
seine must be returned to the water; gars taken in seine must be killed. (Rules on 
permits issued by department pursuant to sec. 42.) Permits may be revoked if 
shown to be detrimental to game and fish resources (33). Hoop nets must be made 
of twine and be at least 3-inch mesh on bar between knots (64). Seine, hoop net, or 
set line shall not be used for buffalofish between February 15 and April 15, nor for 
paddlefish between January 1 and July 15, nor for catfish between May 15 and July 
15; no paddlefish shall be had in possession which does not contain roe suitable to 
be made into caviar (37). Puddling water to catch fish and using lights, fyke, gill, 
or trammel nets or other permanent set means are prohibited (44, 45, 55); hoop nets 
are probably not intended to be included in this prohibition, for they are regulated 
as hereinbeiore noted. Explosives and drugs shall not be put into public waters (57). 
