Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part II - FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Subpart B - FISHING
Chapter 65 - SPECIAL FISHING REGULATIONS
Section 65.15 - Catch and release all-tackle

Universal Citation: 58 PA Code ยง 65.15

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, may designate waters as catch and release all-tackle. The designation of waters as catch and release all-tackle shall be effective when the waters are posted after publication of a notice of designation in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

(b) It is unlawful to fish in waters designated and posted catch and release all-tackle except in compliance with the following requirements:

(1) There are no tackle restrictions.

(2) No trout may be killed or had in possession.

(3) Open to fishing year-round; there is no closed season.

(4) A current trout permit is required.

(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, an angler in a boat may possess fish caught in compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect for the water from which taken, provided that the boat angler floats through the catch and release all-tackle area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat angler puts in or takes out his boat at an access point within the catch and release all-tackle area.

The provisions of this §65.15 amended under the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. §§ 2102 and 2307.

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