FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATES. 9 
Towa.—Closed seasons are as follows: ‘‘Salmon” and trout, October 1 to April 15; 
“bass,” pike perch, crappie, pickerel, catfish, and ‘‘other game fish,’? December 1 to 
May 15 (sec. 2); in interstate waters pike perch, bass, and crappie, March 31 to June 1 
(sec. 13). The statute does not define ‘‘game”’ fish, but Mr. E. ©. Hinshaw, the State 
game warden, writes under date of December 14, 1915, that the Department of Fish 
and Game construes it to include any food fish that takes a live bait. Bag limit is 40 
of said species, and not over 20 of them shall be bass, pike perch, or pickerel (sec. 2). 
Fishing is prohibited in streams stocked with breeding trout over two years old within 
one year from date of stocking, if notice be posted (sec.2). In ice fishing no structure 
for protection against the weather or means for creating artificial heat may be used 
(sec. 2). Only two lines with one hook each, or three united hooks in trolling may be 
used (sec. 5). 
One set line may be used, May 15 to December 1, in streams, in Big Sioux River and 
boundary portion of Des Moines River, but shall not extend more than halfway across 
(sec. 2.and 11). Spears may be used to take carp, sucker, redhorse, and buffalofish 
in slues, etc., of Mississippi River (sec. 2). 
From certain 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 (sec. 9). Nets may be used in Mississippi and Missouri 
Rivers, but shall have mesh not less than 24 inches stretch measure (sec. 11). It is 
unlawful to net food fishes and not use them (sec. 14). 
Kentucky.—Except in private ponds, it is forbidden to use wing net, set net, seine, 
trap, trammel net, dip net, or other contrivance (sec. 2), or to shoot fish (sec. 4), or to 
use gig or spear, or to fish by groping, grabbing, tickling or in other manner with the 
hands, except hook and line, trot line, hand line, or set line (sec. 5), or to kill or stun 
fish by striking upon the rocks or ice (sec. 6). 
Louisiana.—Bag limit is 25 black bass, striped bass, or crappie, and 100 “perch” 
and sunfish (resolution of Conservation Commission adopted September 10, 1912). 
Specified game fish shall be caught with rod, hook and line only, having not more than 
five sets of hooks, or with a trolling line and artificial bait (sec. 40). 
Hoop nets are prohibited in bayous, lagoons, and streams less than 40 yards wide and 
seining in fresh water is prohibited’, except in certain waters for common species such 
as buffalofish and catfish unaer permit by Commission (sec. 33); letter of the president 
of the Conservation Commission to Dr. H. M. Smith, United States Commissioner of 
Fisheries, dated October 25, 1915, includes paddlefish and ‘‘gaspergou”’ (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 Con- 
servation Commission.) Permits may be revoked if shown to be detrimental to game 
fish resources (sec. 33). Hoop nets must be made of twine and be at least 3-inch mesh 
on bar between knot and knot (sec. 64). Seine, hoop net, or set line shall not be used 
for buffalofish February 15 to April 15, or for paddlefish January 1 to July 15, or for 
catfish May 15 to July 15; no paddlefish shall be had in possession which does not 
contain roe suitable to be made into caviar (sec. 37). Puddling water to catch fish, 
and using lights, fyke, gill, or trammel nets, or other permanent set means are pro- 
hibited (sec. 44, 45, 55), hoop nets are probably not intended to be included in this 
prohibition for they are regulated as hereinbefore noted. 
The Conservation Commission may prohibit the taking of any kind of fresh-water 
fish in any part of the State for not over three years (sec. 24, 52). 
Diamond-back terrapin shall not be taken or sold April 15 to June 15; if artificially 
propagated they may be taken or sold during that period, but not for food (sec. 60, 61). 
Nest or eggs of terrapin must not be molested (act 50 of 1910). 
Salt-water operations for fish, shrimp, and oysters are regulated by several acts. 
