Code of Maine Rules
09 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
137 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - GENERAL
Chapter 2 - Rules Pertaining to Commercial Fishing, Fish Culture and Fishing Derbies and Tournaments
Section 137-2-04 - Rules Pertaining to Fishing Derbies

1. An application for a permit to conduct a fishing derby shall be on such forms as the department requires. The following information is required:

2. (Repealed. This fee has been established by the Legislature, P.L. 1991, c.443)

3. Applications for open water fishing derbies will be accepted after January 1 annually.

4. Applications for ice fishing derbies will be accepted after September 1 annually.

5. Applications for fishing derbies will be processed in order of receipt.

1. No fishing derbies will be permitted on any single body of water having a surface area of less than 100 acres and managed by the department for cold water fish species (trout, salmon and/or togue) or if the issuance of a permit would be inconsistent with the fisheries management objectives of the waters being affected.

2. Open water fishing derbies are not allowed to be held between April 1 - June 15, except where fishing derbies are consistent with the fisheries management objectives of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

3. No more than 4 derbies will be permitted on any single body of water in any calendar year. County-wide or state-wide derbies shall not be counted as a derby on any one body of water.

4. The total cash value of prizes to be awarded at any single fishing derby (excluding door prizes) shall not exceed $10,000, except:

1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all anglers in the derby must comply with the licensing requirements of Title 12, M.R.S.A., Sections 10751 to 10759.

2. A copy of the derby permit and a copy of the sponsor's rules affecting the derby shall be conspicuously displayed during each derby at a location accessible to all derby contestants.