Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 53 - LANDOWNER FISHING LAKES OR PONDS
Section 53-4 - Terms of Designation

(a) Stocking shall be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 49, Private Stocking of Cold-Blooded Wildlife.

(b) Fish may only be taken by legal fishing methods. The individual landowner and the landowner's spouse, children and grandchildren may fish in the lake, pond or ponds without first obtaining a fishing license. There shall be no creel limit for persons eligible to fish without a license. All other persons who may fish the landowner's fishing lake or pond shall take fish in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 46, Fishing Regulations.

(c) The individual landowner shall issue a written statement to any person removing fish from the landowner's fishing lake or pond. That statement shall include the species and number harvested, date harvested, landowner name, and name of person in possession of harvested fish. The person in possession of the harvested fish shall retain possession of the written statement while in possession of the fish.

(d) Designation as a landowner fishing lake or pond shall expire on the last day of the calendar year that is five (5) years after the date of designation or upon the sale or transfer of the land containing the designated lake, pond or ponds.

(e) The Department may deny or rescind the designation as a Landowner Fishing Lake or Pond if the landowner fails to comply with any portion of this regulation.