2005 Idaho Code - 36-902 — UNLAWFUL FISHING METHODS -- DESTRUCTION OF FISH PROHIBITED -- EXCEPTIONS

                                   TITLE 36
                                FISH AND GAME
                                  CHAPTER 9
                              PROTECTION OF FISH
    36-902.  UNLAWFUL FISHING METHODS -- DESTRUCTION OF FISH PROHIBITED --
EXCEPTIONS. Except as may be otherwise permitted by law or commission rule or
proclamation no person shall:
    (a)  Destructive Substances. Deposit, throw, place, allow or cause to pass
into any of the waters of this state any deleterious drugs, toxicants,
chemicals, poisonous substances, explosives, electrical current, or other
material which may tend to destroy, kill, disable, or drive away fish.
    (b)  Mills. Operate any sawmill, reduction works or quartz mill upon any
natural stream course or lake without having first constructed a proper dam
for settling purposes as approved by the director.
    (c)  Net, Spear. Catch, attempt to catch or kill any species of fish
whatever in any of the streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs or waters of this
state with any seine, net, spear, snag hook, weir, fence, basket, trap, gill
net, dip net, trammel net or any other contrivance.
    (d)  Minnows. Take, transport, use or have in possession minnows, fish or
the young of any fish or parts thereof for bait or to release in any manner
live minnows, fish or the young of any fish into the waters of this state.
    (e)  Chumming. Deposit or distribute any substance not attached to a hook
for the purpose of attracting fish. Salmon eggs or other spawn may be used for
bait only when attached to a hook on a line and fished in the conventional
manner.
    (f)  Penalty. Any person convicted of any violation of any of the
provisions of this section shall: for subsections (a) and (b), be fined in a
sum of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each offense, and/or
by commitment to jail for a period of not more than six (6) months; for
subsection (c), not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), and/or by commitment to
jail for a period of not more than six (6) months; for subsections (d) and
(e), as provided in section 36-1402, Idaho Code.