Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 20 - Fishing: Inland Waters; Outlying Waters
Subchapter II - Prohibited Methods
Section NR 20.11 - Ice fishing and fishing shelter restrictions
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 20.11
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) No person may construct, place, use, maintain or occupy a fishing shelter on the ice of any waters of this state unless:
(a) The name and
residential address or department of natural resources customer identification
number in the English language of the person owning or using the fishing
shelter is legibly painted or otherwise affixed on the outside of the fishing
shelter with block lettering a minimum of one inch square and in contrasting
colors. Fishing shelters that are occupied or otherwise in use are exempt from
this requirement.
(b) The door can
be readily opened from the outside while the shelter is occupied.
(c) The person is actively using the fishing
shelter and it is removed from the ice daily and when not in use on the Fox
river downstream from the DePere dam, Brown county.
(d) The fishing shelter is removed from the
ice daily and when not in use after the first Sunday following March 1, on
inland waters south of highway 64.
(e) The fishing shelter is removed from the
ice daily and when not in use after the first Sunday following March 12, on
inland waters north of highway 64 and all other outlying waters.
(2) No person may cut, use or maintain a hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or square for the taking of fish in any manner through the ice except for spearing fish in Lake Superior, sturgeon spearing, taking fish with dip nets, taking minnows with minnow traps or skin or scuba diving.
(3) The department or its agents may direct that fishing shelters be removed from the ice by a date earlier than specified in subs. (1) (d) or (e) if it has reason to believe that the ice has become unsafe for travel.
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