Section NR 20.60 - Monthly sport trolling fishing reports(1) A monthly sport trolling fishing report form required by s. 29.514(2), Stats., shall be completed by the sport trolling licensee guiding persons in sport trolling in accordance with all of the following requirements: (a) The licensee shall use the electronic reporting system designated by the department to report sport trolling guided fishing trips and other information by electronic means, except as provided in par. (c).(b) For each fishing trip, the licensee shall accurately record the licensee's name, license number, date, documented boat name or 8-digit state registration number, locations fished, number of anglers, number of lines fished, hours fished, the total number of fish harvested, and other information required by the department on the report form in the electronic reporting system in the English language within 1/2 hour after completing each trip's fishing activities after returning to the dock or shore. The number of fish of each species harvested and fin clip information, if required by the department, may be recorded in the electronic reporting system after returning to the dock or shore but shall be recorded in the electronic reporting system by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The electronic report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon request.(c)1. If the electronic reporting system is not in operation, the licensee shall complete and sign, in writing in the English language, a paper report on a form available from the department website containing the required information in par. (b) within 1/2 hour after completion of the fishing trip's activities and reaching the dock or shore, with all information required in par. (b) recorded by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The licensee shall retain any paper reports completed under this subdivision in accordance with subd. 3. On the day of a fishing trip, the paper report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon request.2. When the electronic reporting system is again functional, the licensee shall resume entering fishing trip reports into the electronic reporting system as described in pars. (a) and (b) and submitting the reports electronically to the department. The licensee shall retroactively enter the information from any paper reports into the electronic reporting system within 48 hours of completion of the fishing trip unless the department has granted an extension.3. The licensee shall retain all paper copies of the trip report as part of the licensee's records for a period of 5 years from the date on which the record or report was created, and shall make records available upon the request of a department representative within 24 hours of the request. Note: Access to the electronic reporting system and copies of the paper report form are available on the department's website athttps://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing/lakemichigan/CharterForm.html.
(2) A licensee shall submit each fishing trip entered into the electronic reporting system under sub. (1)(b) during the preceding calendar month to the department on or before the 10th day of each month.(3) If the licensee has not conducted any fishing trips under the authority of his or her sport trolling license in any given month after purchasing the license, the licensee shall submit a report indicating that no fishing trips were conducted that month through the electronic reporting system no later than the 10 th day of the following month.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 20.60
Cr. Register, May, 1999, No. 521, eff. 6-1-99.Amended by, CR 22-057: renum. (1) to (1) (intro.) and am., cr. (1) (a) to (c), am. (2), cr. (3) Register April 2023 No. 808, eff. 5/1/2023