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Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS
Section 46-26 - Area 3 Live Baitfish

040-46 Wyo. Code R. § 46-26

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Section 46-26 - Area 3 Live Baitfish

The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 3 is prohibited except as otherwise specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8.

(a) Area 3 Live Baitfish location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection (ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection (iii).

  • (i) Live baitfish may be used in the following waters:
    • (A) Keyhole Reservoir; and,
    • (B) Belle Fourche River proper.
  • (ii) A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear baitfish from the following waters:
    • (A) Keyhole Reservoir; and,
    • (B) Belle Fourche River drainage.
  • (iii) The designated wild caught live baitfish possession area for location A is the Belle Fourche River drainage and the Little Powder River drainage upstream of the confluence of Cottonwood Creek in Campbell County.

(b) Area 3 Live Baitfish location B. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live baitfish dealer authorized to sell commercially produced live baitfish as described in Section 7(h).

  • (i) Commercially produced live baitfish may be used in the following waters:
    • (A) Lake DeSmet;
    • (B) Healy Reservoir in Johnson County; and,
    • (C) LAK Reservoir.

(c) Area 3 Live Baitfish location C. The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 3C is prohibited. A holder of a valid seining license may seine, net, trap or spear baitfish in the Tongue River and Goose Creek (Sheridan and Johnson counties) drainages upstream of the Wyoming-Montana state line. Any live baitfish captured shall be killed immediately and used only as dead bait.

040-46 Wyo. Code R. § 46-26

Amended, Eff. 9/6/2016.

Amended, Eff. 8/15/2018.