Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 2 - Sport Fishing and Personal Use Fishery
Chapter 75 - Statewide Provisions
Article 2 - Methods and Means
5 AAC 75.026 - Use of sport-caught fish as bait

Universal Citation: 5 AK Admin Code 75.026

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) Unless provided in this section, sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may not be used as bait.

(b) In addition to the head, tail, fins, closely trimmed skeleton, and viscera of legally taken sport-caught fish taken under 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75, whole or cut whitefish, herring, and species of fish for which there is not a seasonal or harvest limit specified in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used for bait and other purposes.

(c) Herring and other species of fish for which no seasonal or harvest limits are specified in 5 AAC 47 - 5 AAC 75 may be used as live bait, except that live fish may not be used as bait for sport fishing in fresh water. Live bait may be possessed, transported, or released only in the salt waters of the regulatory area in which it was taken.

Authority:AS 16.05.251

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