The use or possession of live baitfish in Area 5 is
prohibited except as specified in this Section and Sections 6 and 8 of this
chapter.
(a) Area 5 Live Baitfish
location A. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in
subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live
baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the
baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed in subsection (ii). Live
baitfish restricted to use in location A shall not be transported out of the
designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection
(iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be used in the
following waters:
(A) Bump Sullivan
Reservoir;
(B) Festo
Lake;
(C) Grayrocks
Reservoir;
(D) Guernsey
Reservoir;
(E) Hawk Springs
Reservoir;
(F) North Platte River
proper downstream from Glendo Dam to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line;
(G) Packers Lake;
(H) Rock Lake in Platte County;
(I) Springer Reservoir; and,
(J) Wheatland Reservoir #1 in Platte
County;
(ii) A holder of
a valid seining license may seine, net, trap, or spear baitfish from the
following waters:
(A) Bump Sullivan
Reservoir;
(B) Festo
Lake;
(C) Grayrocks
Reservoir;
(D) Guernsey
Reservoir;
(E) Hawk Springs
Reservoir;
(F) North Platte River
proper from Glendo Dam downstream to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line;
(G) Packers Lake;
(H) Rock Lake in Platte County;
(I) Springer Reservoir;
(J) Wheatland Reservoir #1 in Platte County;
and,
(K) Canals and ditches within
Wyoming that are in the Interstate and Fort Laramie canal systems in Goshen
County downstream from the Whalen Diversion on the North Platte
River.
(iii) The
designated wild caught live baitfish possession area for location A is the
North Platte River drainage below Glendo Dam, excluding all locations in the
South Platte River drainage and all locations in Albany County.
(b) Area 5 Live Baitfish location
B. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in subsection (i),
provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live baitfish dealer
authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the baitfish were seined
or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection (ii). Live baitfish
restricted to use in location B shall not be transported out of the designated
wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in subsection (iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be used in the
following waters:
(A) Pathfinder
Reservoir;
(B) Alcova
Reservoir;
(C) Gray Reef
Reservoir;
(D) Glendo
Reservoir;
(E) Kortes
Reservoir; and,
(F)
North Platte River proper between Seminoe Dam and Glendo Dam, except eight (8)
river miles from Gray Reef Dam to the upstream boundary of the Lusby Public
Fishing Area and from the vehicle bridge eight-tenths (0.8) of a mile
downstream from Pathfinder Dam downstream to Alcova Reservoir.
(ii) A holder of a valid seining
license may seine, net, trap, or spear baitfish from the following waters:
(A) North Platte River drainage from Seminoe
Dam downstream to the bridge on Wyoming Highway 319 (near Orin Junction) in
Converse County.
(iii)
The designated wild caught live baitfish possession area for location B is the
North Platte River drainage below Seminoe Dam downstream to Glendo
Dam.
(c) Area 5 Live
Baitfish location C. Live baitfish may be used for bait in the waters listed in
subsection (i), provided the baitfish are obtained from a licensed live
baitfish dealer authorized to sell baitfish for use in these waters or the
baitfish were seined or trapped from the waters listed below in subsection
(ii). Live baitfish restricted to use in location C shall not be transported
out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area defined in
subsection (iii).
(i) Live baitfish may be
used in the following waters:
(A) Seminoe
Reservoir; and,
(B) North Platte
River from Seminoe Reservoir to Interstate Highway 80.
(ii) A holder of a valid seining license may
seine, net or trap baitfish from the following waters:
(A) North Platte River drainage from
Interstate Highway 80 downstream to Seminoe Dam.
(iii) The designated wild caught live
baitfish possession area for location C is the North Platte River drainage from
Interstate Highway 80 downstream to Seminoe Dam.
