Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 46 - FISHING REGULATIONS
Section 46-8 - Use of Baitfish
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The use or possession of live baitfish is prohibited throughout Areas 1 and 4 (defined in Sections 16 and 27 of this chapter) and on all waters in Areas 2, 3, and 5 except as otherwise provided in Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter which describe where live baitfish may be obtained, possessed and used.
(b) The specific waters from which wild caught live baitfish may be seined, netted or trapped and used are listed in Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter. Wild caught live baitfish shall not be transported out of the designated wild caught live baitfish possession area from which they were collected. This area shall be listed on the seining license, live baitfish dealer license or live baitfish receipt.
(c) No person shall possess live baitfish while fishing on any water where the use of live baitfish is prohibited.
(d) Commercially produced live baitfish may be transported and possessed throughout Areas 2, 3 and 5 (east of the continental divide) except where the use of live baitfish is prohibited. Use or possession of commercially produced live baitfish is prohibited on all waters except as otherwise provided in Sections 18, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter.
(e) Possession of live brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) is prohibited in Wyoming.
(f) Live Goldfish (Carassius auratus) or koi shall not be in possession while fishing in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 52, Take of Nongame Wildlife from Within Wyoming.
(g) Persons with live baitfish in possession shall produce, upon request from Department personnel, either a live baitfish dealer's license, receipt from a licensed live baitfish dealer or a valid, unexpired seining license verifying the origin of the live baitfish.
(h) No live baitfish shall be transported into the state for use as live baitfish except as provided in Section 7 of this chapter.
(i) All live baitfish shall be held in aquaria when not in transport or in use.
(j) Live baitfish shall not be released, abandoned, or allowed to escape and must be killed when the receipt expires.
(k) Dead baitfish may be used as bait. Restrictions on the use of dead baitfish are designated within the regulations for the specific drainage area in Sections 18, 20, 23, 26, 29 and 33 of this chapter. Nongame fish taken by the use of legal fishing methods during any season open for the taking of game fish may be used as dead bait. Any live baitfish captured for use as dead bait shall be killed immediately and shall not be transported live.
