2004 Minnesota Statutes

     97C.371 Spearing fish. 

    Subdivision 1.    Species allowed.  Only rough fish, 
 catfish, lake whitefish, and northern pike may be taken by 
 spearing.  

    Subd. 2.    Dark houses required for certain species.  
 Catfish, lake whitefish, and northern pike may be speared only 
 from dark houses.  

    Subd. 3.    Restrictions while spearing from dark house. 
  A person may not take fish by angling or the use of tip-ups 
 while spearing fish in a dark house.  

    Subd. 4.    Open season.  The open season for spearing 
 through the ice is December 1 to the third Sunday in February. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 36; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 41