FISHERIES, GAME AND FOREST LAW. 32 I 



Definition of Black Bass. 



§ 322. Black bass, under this article, includes small-mouthed black bass, and large-mouthed 

 black bass, otherwise known as Oswego bass. 



Black Bass, Pickerel, Pike, Wall-Eyed Pike and Maskinonge ; Close Season. 



•5 323. Black bass, pickerel, pike, maskinonge, commonly called muskallonge, shall not be 

 fished for, caught, killed or possessed in the waters of the Thousand Islands, between the first 

 day of January and the ninth day of June, both inclusive. Whoever shall violate or attempt to 

 violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each fish so caught, killed or 

 possessed. 



Fishing Through the Ice Prohibited. 



§ 324. Xo fish shall be fished for, caught or killed in any manner, or by any device, through 

 the ice in the waters of the Thousand Islands, between the first day of January and the ninth 

 day of June, inclusive. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section 

 shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty 

 of one hundred dolla's for each violation thereof. 



Black Bass Not to be Taken Less Than Ten Inches In Length. 



§ 325. No black bass less than ten inches in length shall be intentionally taken alive from 

 the waters of the Thousand Islands, nor shall the same be killed or possessed, and in case any 

 such fish is caught or taken, the person taking it shall immediately place such fish back in the 

 waters from which it was taken without unnecessary injury. Whoever shall violate or attempt 

 to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof, and ten 

 dollars for each fish so taken, killed or possessed. 



Limit as to Catch of Black Bass. 



§ 326. Xo person shall take, catch, kill or possess more than twelve black bass of the size 

 permitted by this article in any one day. Where two or more persons are fishing or angling from 

 the same boat the aggregate number of bass taken, caught, killed or possessed by the occupants 

 of said boat in any one day shall not exceed twenty-four. Whoever shall violate or attempt to 

 violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each 

 fish so taken, caught, killed or possessed in addition to the number hereby allowed. 



Fishing by Certain Devices Prohibited. 



§ 327. Xo fish shall be fished for, caught, or killed in any manner or by any device except 

 angling in the waters of the Thousand Islands, except that it shall be lawful to take minnows 



