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NEW RULES MARK PADDLEFISH SEASON
Permit required of everyone, six-fish
season limit
March 2, 2007 - PRATT - The Kansas paddlefish
season begins March 15 and runs through May 15, and paddlefish
snaggers should be aware of some new rules for 2007. The first
new rule is that anyone snagging must have a paddlefish permit
-- good for six paddlefish. Only one permit is allowed per angler
for the season. Secondly, the $12.15 permit includes six paddlefish
tags that must be attached to each fish immediately upon catch,
if the fish meets the required length limit (see below). Snaggers
must sign each tag; record the county, date, and time of harvest;
and attach the tag to the lower jaw of the paddlefish. Tagging
paddlefish at designated check-in stations is no longer required.
Other rules include the following:
in addition to the paddlefish permit, a valid
fishing license is required (unless exempt by law);
the daily creel limit is two; the possession limit
is six;
other sportfish snagged must be immediately released;
anglers must stop snagging once the daily limit
is reached;
paddlefish may be snagged using pole and line with
not more than two single or treble hooks (one hook, barbless-only,
in the Neosho River); and
all locations have a 34-inch length limit (measured from eye
to fork of tail) except Browning Oxbow Lake, where there is a
24-inch length limit.
Once rivers rise, paddlefish enter the state in
search of spawning areas, usually when water temperatures approach
60 degrees. This usually occurs shortly before or after the March
15 opening of the season, when paddlefish may be taken at the
following locations:
he Neosho River below the Chetopa and Burlington
city dams;
Marais des Cygnes River below Osawatomie Dam;
Browning Oxbow Lake of the Missouri River; and
other areas posted by KDWP.
Nonsport fish (carp, drum, grass carp, threadfin
and gizzard shad, goldfish, gar, suckers including carpsucker
and buffalo, goldeye, and bowfin) may also be snagged in waters
posted open to snagging during the paddlefish season. There are
no limits on nonsport fish.
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