(1) A monthly sport
trolling fishing report form required by s.
29.514 (2),
Stats., shall be completed by the sport trolling licensee guiding persons in
sport trolling in accordance with all of the following requirements:
(a) The licensee shall use the electronic
reporting system designated by the department to report sport trolling guided
fishing trips and other information by electronic means, except as provided in
par. (c).
(b) For each fishing
trip, the licensee shall accurately record the licensee's name, license number,
date, documented boat name or 8-digit state registration number, locations
fished, number of anglers, hours fished, the total number of fish harvested,
and other information required by the department on the report form in the
electronic reporting system in the English language within 1/2 hour after
completing each trip's fishing activities after returning to the dock or shore.
The number of fish of each species harvested and fin clip information, if
required by the department, may be recorded in the electronic reporting system
after returning to the dock or shore but shall be recorded in the electronic
reporting system by 11:59 p.m. the day of the fishing trip. The electronic
report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon
request.
(c)
1. If the electronic reporting system is not
in operation, the licensee shall complete and sign, in writing in the English
language, a paper report on a form available from the department website
containing the required information in par. (b) within 1/2 hour after
completion of the fishing trip's activities and reaching the dock or shore,
with all information required in par. (b) recorded by 11:59 p.m. the day of the
fishing trip. The licensee shall retain any paper reports completed under this
subdivision in accordance with subd. 3. On the day of a fishing trip, the paper
report form shall be immediately exhibited to a department representative upon
request.
2. When the electronic
reporting system is again functional, the licensee shall resume entering
fishing trip reports into the electronic reporting system as described in pars.
(a) and (b) and submitting the reports electronically to the department. The
licensee shall retroactively enter the information from any paper reports into
the electronic reporting system within 48 hours of completion of the fishing
trip unless the department has granted an extension.
3. The licensee shall retain all paper copies
of the trip report as part of the licensee's records for a period of 5 years
from the date on which the record or report was created, and shall make records
available upon the request of a department representative within 24 hours of
the request.
Note: Access to the electronic reporting system and
copies of the paper report form are available on the department's website
at
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing/lakemichigan/CharterForm.html.
(2) A licensee
shall submit each fishing trip entered into the electronic reporting system
under sub. (1) (b) during the preceding calendar month to the department on or
before the 10th day of each month.
(3) If the licensee has not conducted any
fishing trips under the authority of his or her sport trolling license in any
given month after purchasing the license, the licensee shall submit a report
indicating that no fishing trips were conducted that month through the
electronic reporting system no later than the 10 th day of the following
month.
