2 Colo. Code Regs. § 406-1-103

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025

Section 2 CCR 406-1-103 - MANNER OF TAKE

A. The following are legal methods of take for species listed in this chapter. Any method of take not listed herein shall be prohibited, except as otherwise provided by statute or these regulations:

1. One personally attended line, except as otherwise authorized in these regulations.

a. Each line shall have no more than 3 common hooks attached.

2. Trotlines

a. Trotlines may only be used on waters specified in regulation #108.

b. No one may use more than one trotline.

c. Trotlines shall be anchored, marked at each end by floats, be no more than 150 feet in length, have no more than 25 droplines, and shall be weighted to place the line a minimum of 3 feet beneath the surface of the water.

d. There shall be no more than 3 barbed hooks on a common hook on each dropline.

e. Trotlines shall be tagged with the user's customer identification number and date set. If the user does not have a customer identification number, trotlines must be tagged with the user's name.

f. All trotlines shall be personally checked at least once in each 24-hour period.

3. Jugs

a. Jugs shall only be used only on waters specified in regulation #108.

b. No one may use more than 10 jugs, each of which shall not have more than a single line with one common hook attached.

c. Jugs shall be tagged with the user's customer identification number. If the user does not have a customer identification number, jugs must be tagged with the user's name.

d. Jugs shall be personally checked at least once every hour.

4. Underwater spearfishing, archery, slingbows and gigs

a. Underwater spearfishing, archery, slingbows and gigs may be used statewide for the taking of carp and northern pike, except as otherwise prohibited by these regulations or land management agencies. East of the Continental Divide, gizzard shad, and white or long-nose suckers may also be taken, unless otherwise prohibited in regulation #108. Other game fish species may only be taken when authorized in regulation #108 for a specific water.

b. The following additional restrictions apply to underwater spearfishing:

1. CO2 guns or cartridge-powered spears are prohibited.

2. Guns must be loaded and unloaded while the gun is submerged.

3. Divers must stay within a radius of 100 feet of a float bearing the National Divers' Symbol.

4. Spears must be attached by a safety line.

c. Archery and slingbows may be used for the taking of kokanee salmon during times and in locations otherwise open to snagging of salmon, as established in #108 of these regulations.

d. Archery, slingbows and gigs may be used for the taking of bullfrogs.

e. The following additional restrictions apply to fishing with archery hand-held bows and slingbows:

1. All archery hand-held bows and slingbows must have a reel, fishing line and arrow attached to the bow.

2. All archery hand-held bows must have an arrow safety slide mechanism, which maintains the fishing line in front of the arrow rest at all times.

5. Snagging

a. Snagging shall be used for the taking of kokanee salmon only, and only where specifically authorized in regulation #108.

b. Snagged fish species other than kokanee salmon must be returned to the water immediately upon catch.

6. Seines and cast-nets

a. Seines shall be used only for fish taken in accordance with regulation #104(H), the gilled form aquatic tiger salamander larvae, and crayfish; or when authorized for emergency salvage.

b. Seines shall be made of one-fourth (1/4) inch or less non-metallic square mesh.

c. Seines shall not exceed 20 feet in length by 4 feet in depth

7. By hand or with the aid of dip nets

a. Bullfrogs, crayfish, and the gilled form aquatic tiger salamander larvae may be taken by hand or with the aid of dip nets.

b. Fish may be taken by hand or with the aid of dip nets or any other method approved by the Director, when emergency public salvage of fish has been approved in accordance with regulation #104(G).

c. Hand held dip nets may be used for fish taken in accordance with regulation #104(H).

8. Livetraps

a. Cage or box traps, including set pots, shall be used only for the taking of crayfish, snapping turtles, and fish taken in accordance with regulation #104(H). All cage or box traps, including set pots, shall be tagged with the user's customer identification number. If the user does not have a customer identification number, traps must be tagged with the user's name.

9. Artificial light

a. Artificial light may be used as an aid in taking.

10. Bait

a. Bait may be used as an aid in taking, except by chumming, in accordance with regulation #104(H).

2 CCR 406-1-103

37 CR 23, December 10, 2014, effective 4/1/2015

38 CR 23, December 10, 2015, effective 4/1/2016

39 CR 11, June 10, 2016, effective 7/1/2016

39 CR 23, December 10, 2016, effective 4/1/2017

40 CR 05, March 10, 2017, effective 5/1/2017

40 CR 23, December 10, 2017, effective 1/1/2018

41 CR 03, February 10, 2018, effective 3/2/2018

41 CR 19, October 10, 2018, effective 11/1/2018

41 CR 23, December 10, 2018, effective 1/1/2019

42 CR 11, June 10, 2019, effective 7/1/2019

42 CR 23, December 10, 2019, effective 1/1/2020

44 CR 03, February 10, 2021, effective 4/1/2021

44 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 4/1/2022

45 CR 23, December 10, 2022, effective 4/1/2023