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97C.335 USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO TAKE FISH PROHIBITED.
    A person may not use artificial lights to lure or attract fish or to see fish in the water while
spearing, except that while angling or spearing, a person may:
    (1) affix a lighted artificial bait with hooks attached to the end of a fishing line; or
    (2) use a lighted decoy for spearing.
    Any battery that is used in lighted fishing lures cannot contain any intentionally introduced
mercury.
History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 29; 2000 c 308 s 1; 2000 c 463 s 19; 2000 c 473 s 20; 2007 c
131 art 1 s 48

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