2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 97 - 102 Game and Fish
Chapter 97C Fishing
Section 97C.331 SNAGGING FISH PROHIBITED.
97C.331 SNAGGING FISH PROHIBITED.
Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not:
(1) intentionally take fish by snagging; or
(2) use a snagline, snagpole, snaghook, or cluster of fish hooks, designed to be placed in or
drawn through the water to hook the body of a fish.
Subd. 2. Prohibition on Lake Superior tributaries. On tributaries to Lake Superior
below the posted boundaries, and on tributaries to Lake Superior with no posted boundaries, a
fish that is hooked in any part of the body except in the mouth must be immediately unhooked
and returned to the water.
History: 1986 c 386 art 3 s 28; 1993 c 231 s 56; 1994 c 460 s 1
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