§ 23-3-201 — Fishing tackle; designation of waters for setline fishing; taking fish with firearm prohibited; snagging; penalties

Wyoming § 23-3-201

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 23: Game and Fish
• Ch. 3: GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS
• Art. 2: FISH PROVISIONS

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(a) Except as otherwise provided, fish may only be taken
or fished for with a maximum of two (2) rods or poles, with
lines and hooks attached, and with the user in attendance.
(b) No line shall have more than three (3) single or
treble hooks, flies or lures. As used in this section:
(i) "Hook" means a single device regardless of the
number of prongs; and
(ii) "Lure" means a single device regardless of the
number of hooks.
(c) The commission may designate specified waters as being
open to setline fishing and the number of setlines to be used.
In those waters subsection (a) does not apply. The commission
may also designate specified waters in which otherwise
permissible tackle or bait may not be used.
(d) No person shall take, wound or destroy any fish of
Wyoming with a firearm of any kind or nature.
(e) No person shall snag any fish of Wyoming except as
specifically authorized by the commission. For purposes of this
subsection, "snag" means attempting to take a fish in such a
manner that the fish does not take the hook voluntarily in its
mouth.
(f) Violation of this section constitutes a low
misdemeanor punishable as provided in W.S. 23-6-202(a)(v).