13 FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATES. 
Elaborate and complicated regulations are provided for net and set line fishing in 
Great Lakes waters (sec. 62.34). Net fishing is prohibited in the Mississippi River 
and Lakes Pepin and St. Croix: (1) April 16 to June 14, inclusive, (2) at all times in 
specified waters, and (3) for pike perch, bass of any variety, crappie, sunfish, pickerel, 
and yellow perch; in said waters seines shall not exceed 4,000 feet, and mesh shall 
be not less than 5-inch on the wings, or 4-inch in the center of the pot, the pot not 
exceeding 150 feet, and gill nets shall have mesh not less than 7-inch, and pound 
nets not less than 6-inch in the leaders, 5-inch in the hearts, or 3 inch in the hoops; 
and bait nets shall be used without leads, have mesh not less than 3-inch and front 
hoop not over 4 feet (sec. 62.35). 
Gill netting in certain inland lakes for whitefish and cisco is authorized for a short 
season (sec. 62.36). Netting in inland waters, with specified exceptions, for specified 
rough fish, is authorized, subject to various restrictions (sec. 62.37, 62.38). Dip nets 
of specified sizes may be used without license to capture various rough fishes in 
specified waters (sec. 62.40). 
Gill nets may be used to take lake trout and whitefish during specified dates and 
for the purpose of propagating these species, under special permit by the commission | 
(sec. 62.57). 
Minnow seines shall not be used in some waters (sec. 62.41). 
Crawfish and crabs shall not be taken March 1 to June 10, or frogs during March 
and April, except that frogs may be had in possession by a person in the business 
of propagating them for scientific purposes (sec. 62.43). Frogs shall not be taken 
from lands owned by another without his consent (sec. 4565dm). 
Nonresident mussel fishermen may use one boat only. Mussels shall not be taken 
with a dredge (sec. 62.44). 
Ill. SIZE LIMITS FOR AQUATIC ANIMALS. 
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a Minnesota: Sec. 4827, 4873, and ch. 276, laws 1915. b See text following. 
