1997 Minnesota Statutes

     97C.331 Snagging fish prohibited. 

    Subdivision 1.    General prohibition.  A person may not:

    (1) intentionally take fish by snagging; or 

    (2) use a snagline, snagpole, snaghook, or cluster of fish 
 hooks, designed to be placed in or drawn through the water to 
 hook the body of a fish.  

    Subd. 2.    Prohibition on Lake Superior tributaries.  
 On tributaries to Lake Superior below the posted boundaries, and 
 on tributaries to Lake Superior with no posted boundaries, a 
 fish that is hooked in any part of the body except in the mouth 
 must be immediately unhooked and returned to the water. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 28; 1993 c 231 s 56; 1994 c 460 s 1