Post by djkimmel on Dec 10, 2005 20:21:46 GMT -5
Here is the actual MDNR Fisheries Order language making drop-shotting now legal in Michigan on most waters including all the Great Lakes and all inland lakes except the named drowned river mouths off Lake Michigan. Drop-shotting is not legal in inland streams or rivers. Read the language carefully to understand where we are at.
Thanks for the MDNR Fisheries and Law Divisions for their willingness to rewrite these regulations so that law-abiding anglers an enjoy a successful and nationally recognized technique. Several fisheries biologists went out of their way to come up with this language acceptable to all parties. I don't want to leave anyone out, but Gary Towns and Jeff Braunscheidel in particular did a great job on this rewrite.
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FO-218.06
ORDER
_________________________________________________________
(Under the authority of Act 451 of the
Public Acts of 1994, as amended)
GEAR RESTRICTIONS FOR FISHING
Under the authority of sections 41101 through 41105 of Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended, being section 324.41101 through 324.41105 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the Director of the Department of Natural Resources on October 6, 2005, order that:
A) In all waters of the State it shall be unlawful to:
1. Have a weight permanently and/or rigidly attached to a
multi-pointed hook; or
2. Have a weight suspended from a multi-pointed hook; or
3. Retain any fish not hooked in the mouth; or
4. Fail to immediately return to the water a fish not hooked in
the mouth.
B) On all streams, including tributaries to the Great Lakes except for the St. Marys, St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, it shall be unlawful to use the following gear during the period August 1 – May 31:
1. Multi-pointed hooks exceeding 3/8 inch between point and
shank and/or single pointed hooks exceeding ½ inch
between point and shank; or
2. Lures exceeding one ounce in weight.
The intent of this regulation is to allow the baited hook or the lure to suspend freely in the water, allowing the fish to take the hook or lure in its mouth.
C) In a river, stream, and drowned river mouth lake* it shall be unlawful to:
1. Have a weight suspended below any hook unless the hook
is on an un-weighted line which is at least 3 inches long.
*Drowned river mouth lakes listed by county: Allegan: Kalamazoo River and Silver Lake; Benzie: Betsie Lake; Manistee: Arcadia Lake, Manistee Lake, and Portage Lake; Mason: Pere Marquette Lake; Muskegon: Duck Lake, Mona Lake, Muskegon Lake, and White Lake; Oceana: Pentwater Lake, Silver Lake, and Stony Creek; Ottawa: Macatawa Lake and Pigeon Lake.
This order is assigned FO-218.06 and is titled “Gear Restrictions for Fishing”.
This order supersedes the order entitled “Gear Restrictions for Fishing” effective September 29, 2002, and assigned number FO-218-02A.
This order shall take effect on April 1, 2006, and shall remain effective through March 31, 2011.
Issued on the 6th day of October 2005.
(signed)
Rebecca A. Humphries
Director
The Natural Resources Commission has reviewed this order.
(signed) (signed)
Keith J. Charters Teresa Gloden
Chairperson Executive Secretary
Thanks for the MDNR Fisheries and Law Divisions for their willingness to rewrite these regulations so that law-abiding anglers an enjoy a successful and nationally recognized technique. Several fisheries biologists went out of their way to come up with this language acceptable to all parties. I don't want to leave anyone out, but Gary Towns and Jeff Braunscheidel in particular did a great job on this rewrite.
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FO-218.06
ORDER
_________________________________________________________
(Under the authority of Act 451 of the
Public Acts of 1994, as amended)
GEAR RESTRICTIONS FOR FISHING
Under the authority of sections 41101 through 41105 of Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended, being section 324.41101 through 324.41105 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the Director of the Department of Natural Resources on October 6, 2005, order that:
A) In all waters of the State it shall be unlawful to:
1. Have a weight permanently and/or rigidly attached to a
multi-pointed hook; or
2. Have a weight suspended from a multi-pointed hook; or
3. Retain any fish not hooked in the mouth; or
4. Fail to immediately return to the water a fish not hooked in
the mouth.
B) On all streams, including tributaries to the Great Lakes except for the St. Marys, St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, it shall be unlawful to use the following gear during the period August 1 – May 31:
1. Multi-pointed hooks exceeding 3/8 inch between point and
shank and/or single pointed hooks exceeding ½ inch
between point and shank; or
2. Lures exceeding one ounce in weight.
The intent of this regulation is to allow the baited hook or the lure to suspend freely in the water, allowing the fish to take the hook or lure in its mouth.
C) In a river, stream, and drowned river mouth lake* it shall be unlawful to:
1. Have a weight suspended below any hook unless the hook
is on an un-weighted line which is at least 3 inches long.
*Drowned river mouth lakes listed by county: Allegan: Kalamazoo River and Silver Lake; Benzie: Betsie Lake; Manistee: Arcadia Lake, Manistee Lake, and Portage Lake; Mason: Pere Marquette Lake; Muskegon: Duck Lake, Mona Lake, Muskegon Lake, and White Lake; Oceana: Pentwater Lake, Silver Lake, and Stony Creek; Ottawa: Macatawa Lake and Pigeon Lake.
This order is assigned FO-218.06 and is titled “Gear Restrictions for Fishing”.
This order supersedes the order entitled “Gear Restrictions for Fishing” effective September 29, 2002, and assigned number FO-218-02A.
This order shall take effect on April 1, 2006, and shall remain effective through March 31, 2011.
Issued on the 6th day of October 2005.
(signed)
Rebecca A. Humphries
Director
The Natural Resources Commission has reviewed this order.
(signed) (signed)
Keith J. Charters Teresa Gloden
Chairperson Executive Secretary