CHAPTER Fis
400 FRESHWATER FISHING SEASONS AND RULES
Statutory
Authority: RSA 206:10, I, RSA Chapter
211
REVISION NOTE #1:
Document #5016, eff 1-1-91, made
extensive changes to the wording, format and structure of Chapters Fis 400 and
Fis 500. Document #5016 superseded all
prior filings for the sections in these chapters except for Parts Fis 408 and
Fis 410, which were not included in Document #5016. The prior filings for former Fis 400 included
the following documents:
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The rules in former Fis 501 through
511 governing county exceptions to the freshwater fishing rules have been
amended and incorporated into Fis 400 by Document #5016. The rules in former Part Fis 404 governing
ice fishing have been amended and incorporated into different sections of Fis
400. The rules in former Fis 406
governing bait fish and bait fish dealers have been amended and incorporated
into Fis 502. The rules in former Fis
411 governing prohibited actions have been amended and incorporated into Fis
402. The rules governing fishing
contests in former Fis 412 have been amended and incorporated into Fis
503. The rules governing trophy fish and
record fish programs in former Fis 413 have been amended and incorporated into
Fis 504. See the revision note at the
head of Chapter Fis 500 for prior filings under that chapter.
REVISION NOTE #2:
Document #13698, effective 7-26-23,
adopted, readopted, or readopted with amendments various rules in Chapter Fis
400, including extensive renumbering of the sections within Part Fis 401 titled
“Chapter Definitions” as paragraphs in a single section Fis 401.01, also titled
“Chapter Definitions.” Document #13698
also adopted Fis 401.01(u) defining “Tenkara.”
Document #13698 replaces all prior filings for definitions in the
former Part Fis 401. The prior filings
beginning with Document #5016, effective 1-1-91, which affected the definitions
in Part Fis 401, included the following Documents:
#5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
#5291,
eff 1-1-92
#5718,
eff 1-1-94
#6086,
eff 1-1-96
#6432,
eff 1-21-97
#6629,
eff 1-1-98
#8442,
eff 1-1-06
#9005,
eff 1-1-08
#9773-A, eff 1-1-11
#10425, eff 1-1-14
#12510, eff 4-6-18
Document #13698 also repealed Fis
402.09 titled “Hours for Taking” in Part Fis 402 titled “General
Restrictions.” This necessitated the
renumbering of other rules in Part Fis 402 as indicated in the source notes. The filings affecting the former Fis 402.09
included the following Documents:
#6629, eff 1-1-98
#8442, eff 1-1-06
#10425, eff 1-1-14
PART Fis 401 CHAPTER DEFINITIONS
Fis 401.01 Chapter Definitions.
(a) “Angling” means
“angling” as defined in RSA 207:1, I-a.
(b)
“Artificial lure” means any fishing bait constructed by humans as an
imitation or substitute for natural bait or fish forage and includes, but is
not limited to spinners, spoons, poppers, plugs, jigs, and plastic, rubber, or
other artificial imitations of natural bait.
“Artificial lure” does not include “fly” as defined in RSA 207:1 VII.
(c) “Bag and creel limit”
means “bag and creel limit” as defined in RSA 207:1, II.
(d) “Bait” means dead or
live natural fish food, whether in part or whole, and includes fish, mollusks,
crustaceans, amphibians, invertebrates, reptiles, or their progeny or eggs, and
power bait or any ingestible substance.
(e) “Black bass” means
largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and
smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui).
(f) “Cast of artificial
flies” means no more than 3 flies.
(g) “Culling” means the act
of exchanging a fish for one of the same species already in possession.
(h) “Cusk fishing device”
means a device for storing line in a manner which is not free running and is
securely attached to said device and to which is attached a sinker weighing at
least one ounce not more than 6 inches above, and independent of, an attached
single hook with one hook point for the attachment of bait.
(i) “Fly
fishing” means fishing by trolling or casting with only fly rod, fly reel, fly
line combination, to include Tenkara, with an
artificial fly or cast of artificial flies attached and does not include the
use of spinning, spincast, and casting rods and
reels and lead core lines.
(j) “Ice fishing” means
taking freshwater fish during the open season through manmade openings in the
ice by the use of ice fishing devices.
(k) “Ice fishing device”
means any device used to take fish through the ice including a tip up, jig
stick, rod in hand, or handline exclusive of a set line and cusk fishing
device.
(l) “Ice-in” means that
period when the surface of a body of water or a portion thereof is covered with
sufficient ice to safely support a person.
(m) “Manmade opening” means
a hole in the ice made by an ice cutting tool, including but not limited to
augers, chisels, and saws, that is used for ice fishing and does not
include areas that remain ice free due to current and movement created by dock
aerators, bubblers, fans, and similar devices.
(n) “Minimum length” means
the shortest total length of a fish allowed to be taken. The term
includes “minimum total length”.
(o) “Net” means any open
fabric constructed of string, cord, thread, or wire knotted or woven together
in such a way as to be capable of entraining or entrapping fin fish.
(p) “Personal use” means the
utilization by an individual for noncommercial purposes, not for sale or
barter.
(q) “Set line” means any
unattended line which is placed in the freshwaters of the state, including
through the ice, for the purpose of taking fish which is not under the direct
view and control of the person placing said line.
(r) “Single hook artificial
lure” means an artificial lure with one single hook with not more than 3 hook
points.
(s) “Snagging” means the
taking or attempting to take any fish by foul hooking, that is, hooking the
fish in any part of the body other than inside the mouth. The term includes
“snatching” and “lifting”.
(t) “Tandem fly” means 2,
single pointed hooks dressed with feathers, hair,
thread, tinsel, or any similar material and joined together by a single strand
of wire or line, one behind the other to form a single artificial fly to which
no spinner, spoon, or similar device is added.
(u) “Tenkara”
means a style of fly fishing that uses flies, a telescoping rod of bamboo,
fiberglass, or composite material, and a short length of line without backing.
This line is attached to the tip of the rod. The rod
does not have guides or a reel seat.
(v)
“Tip-up” means a fishing device for storing line designed to be set
through the ice and to indicate when something has disturbed the bait attached
thereto.
(w) “Total length” means the
greatest possible length of the fish with mouth closed and caudal, tail, or fin
rays squeezed together to give the maximum over-all measurement.
(x) “Tributary” means any
waters flowing directly or indirectly into a waterbody.
(y) “Trolling” means angling
by trailing a line from a vessel, as defined in RSA 270-D:1,
XI, being propelled by machinery, electric, or manual power.
(z) “Trout” means brook (Salvelinus
fontinalis), rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss), brown (Salmo trutta), and golden
trout (Salvelinus alpinus), and all their hybrids.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss
by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400);
ss by #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35
PART Fis 402 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
Fis 402.01 Snagging Prohibited. No
person shall take any fish from the freshwaters of the state by
snagging. Any fish accidentally snagged shall be immediately
returned to the water.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff
1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff
1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for
Fis 400)
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.03 Set Line
Prohibited. No person shall take any fish from the freshwaters
of the state by the use of a set line.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; ss by #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff
1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note
#2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.04 Possession Exceeding
Daily Bag Limit.
(a) No person shall have in
possession, while fishing a stream, pond, or lake, or when leaving
such waters, more than one day's legal bag limit of fish.
(b) Such possession shall
be prima facie evidence that those fish exceeding one day's legal bag limit,
but less than the 2 day's legal bag limit prohibited by RSA 207:5, were
unlawfully taken by the possessor.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.05 Closed Waters
Near Fish Hatcheries. All waters above and below all state fish
hatcheries, from a posted point 200 feet upstream, to a posted point 200 feet
downstream, shall be closed to all fishing.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.06 Release of
Fish.
(a) No live fish shall be
released in any waters of the state unless they shall be returned into the
waters from where taken, except as permitted by the executive director under a
permit to release specified in Fis 805.
(b) No person shall possess
any species of live fish except:
(1) As permitted in Fis
402.08;
(2) If the person is participating in a permitted
bass tournament or intra-scholastic fishing tournament; or
(3) If the person holds a current aquaculture
permit, importation permit, possession permit, or permit to release for the
fish in possession.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10854, eff 6-22-15;
ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25, EXPIRES: 1-9-35
Fis 402.07 Fishways Closed.
(a)
In addition to the restrictions and closures specified in Fis 602.02 the
waters surrounding any dam which contains a fishway shall be closed to all
fishing as described below:
(1) The Merrimack River as follows:
a. The Amoskeag Dam in Manchester shall be closed to all fishing from the upstream side of the Amoskeag
dam to the upstream side of the Amoskeag bridge and the area between the west
bank of the river and the island adjacent to the powerhouse for a distance of 500' downstream from the Amoskeag powerhouse
and fishway entrance; and
b. The Garvins Falls
Dam in Bow shall be closed to all fishing from below the Garvins
Falls canal wall, including the fish bypass plunge pool, to a point 300’
downstream to the main river;
(2) The Nashua River as follows:
a. Jackson Mills Dam in Nashua shall be closed
to all fishing in the waters between 200 feet above and 200 feet below the dam;
and
b. Mine Falls Dam in Nashua shall be closed to
all fishing in the waters 200 feet below the dam;
(3) The Pemigewasset River shall be closed to all fishing as follows:
a. From the Ayers Island Dam in Bristol to a
point 300 feet downstream delineated by posts set above the high
water mark on each bank of the river; and
b. The Eastman Falls Dam in Franklin shall be
closed to all fishing 150 feet downstream marked with posts on both sides of
the river; and
(4) The Lamprey River as
follows:
a. The Wiswall Dam in Durham shall be closed to
all fishing in the waters 50 feet above the Wiswall Dam year
round and closed to all fishing 200 feet below Wiswall Dam between April
1 and July 31.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91 (from Fis 411.05); EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss
by #10095, eff 2-29-12; ss by #12933, eff 11-28-19
Fis 402.08 Possession and Use of Live Fish for Bait.
(a)
Only the following species shall be possessed and used as live fish for
bait when fishing any freshwaters of the state:
(1) Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax);
(2) Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae);
(3) Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus);
(4) Northern redbelly dace
(Phoxinus eos);
(5) Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus);
(6) Creek chub (Semotilius atromaculatus);
(7) Fallfish (Semotilius corporalis);
(8) Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas);
(9) Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus);
(10) Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides);
(11) Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius);
(12) Silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis);
(13) Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus);
(14) Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus);
(15) White sucker (Catostomus commersonii); and
(16) Killifish/tomcod (Fundulus sp.).
Source. #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss by #6086, eff 1-1-96;
ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #9249, eff 1-1-09,
EXPIRED: 1-1-17
New. #12510, eff 4-6-18
Fis 402.09 Bob Houses. In addition to the requirements of RSA
211:17-a relative to identification markings on any smelt shanty or bob
house, each shanty or bob house shall be marked on the outside
approximately halfway up on each side with 12 square inches of reflective
material.
Source. #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (formerly Fis 402.10) (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.10 Use of
Gaff Prohibited. No person shall use
a gaff in any freshwater of the state to take fish.
Source. #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (formerly Fis 402.11) (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.11 Trolling Restriction. While
anglers are being guided, as defined in RSA 207:1, XII and XIII, and taking
freshwater fish by trolling, as defined in Fis 401.01(y), the number
of lines being used for angling shall not exceed the legal number of lines
allowed for each angler, excluding the guide(s).
Source. #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #12510, eff 4-6-18;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (formerly Fis 402.12) (see
Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 402.12 Marking Prohibited. No person shall tag, brand, fin clip or
otherwise mark any fish taken from the freshwaters of the state prior to
release of that fish back into waters of the state without first receiving
either a permit to release wildlife pursuant to Fis 805.05 or a scientific
license issued pursuant to Fis 1106.01.
The executive director and his employees shall not be subject to this
restriction while acting in the performance of their official duties.
Source. #12106, eff 2-16-17; renumbered by #13698
(formerly Fis 402.13) (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
PART Fis 403 LIMITS FOR PARTICULAR SPECIES
Fis 403.01 Statement of
Applicability.
(a) The minimum sizes and
daily bag limits specified in this part shall apply:
(1) To
all state waters except on boundary waters lying between this state and another
state; and
(2) Only
during such periods when such waters are open to the taking of fish
under Fis 406 and Fis 407.
(b) The minimum size and
bag limits for species not listed in this part shall be as specified for
specific waterbodies under Fis 406 and Fis 407.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.02 General Restrictions
for Length Limits. Whenever a length limit is specified, the
head and tail of the fish shall remain intact while on or leaving the waters of
the state.
Source. #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.03 Black Bass
(Micropterus dolomieu,
M. salmoides). The daily bag limit for black bass shall be:
(a) From January 1 to May
14, 2 fish;
(b) Between May 15 to June
15, all black bass shall be immediately released unharmed at the site of catch
to the waters from which taken; and
(c) From June 16 to
December 31, 5 fish.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss
by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by
#9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see
Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400); ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25,
EXPIRES: 1-9-35
Fis 403.04 Walleye (Sander
vitreous).
(a) The daily bag limit for
walleye shall be 2 fish.
(b) The minimum length for
walleye shall be 18 inches.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss
by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.05 Other Fish
Species.
(a) The daily limit for
yellow perch (Perca flavescens), black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), and white perch (Morone americana)
shall be 25 fish for each species.
(b) The daily limit for
sunfish (Lepomis auritus, Lepomis gibbosus, Lepomis macrochirus)
shall be 25 fish.
(c) The daily limit for
horned pout (Ameiurus nebulosus,
Ameiurus natalis), also known as bullhead, shall be 25 fish.
(d) The aggregate daily
limit for black crappie, white perch, yellow perch,
sunfish, and horned pout shall not exceed 50 fish.
(e) There shall be no length
or weight limits for black crappie, white perch,
yellow perch, sunfish, and horned pout.
(f) There shall be no limits
on number, length, or weight of white suckers (Catostomus commersonii), carp (Cyprinus carpio),
cusk (Lota lota), and rock bass (Ambloplite rupestris).
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss
by #10541, eff 4-1-14; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25,
EXPIRES: 1-9-35
Fis 403.06 Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).
(a)
The daily bag limit for lake whitefish shall be 2 fish.
(b)
There shall be no limits on length or weight of lake whitefish taken.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #12161, eff 4-18-17
Fis 403.07 American Shad
(Alosa sapidissima). American
shad (Alosa sapidissima) taken by any
method shall be immediately released back into the waters from which it was
taken.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10263, eff 1-29-13; ss by #13475, eff 10-28-22
Fis 403.08 Pickerel (Esox niger,
Esox americanus americanus).
(a) The daily bag limit for
pickerel shall be 10 fish.
(b) There shall be no
limits on length or weight of pickerel taken.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; amd by #6086, eff 1-1-96; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss
by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.09 Northern Pike
(Esox lucius).
(a) The minimum length for
northern pike shall be 28 inches, except in Jericho Lake, Berlin as specified
in Fis 406.05(f)(10).
(b) The daily bag limit for
northern pike shall be one fish, except in Jericho Lake, Berlin as specified
in Fis 406.05(f)(9).
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #7115, eff 9-29-99; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss
by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.10 Smelt (Osmerus mordax). The
daily bag limit for smelt shall be 2 quarts liquid measure of whole, with head
and tail intact, freshwater smelt in the 24 hours between 12 o'clock noon one
day and 12 o'clock noon the following day except as otherwise provided
in Fis 502.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss
by #5292, eff 12-20-91; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss
by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see
Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.11 Trout. The
daily limit for trout, as defined in Fis 401.01(z), taken in
freshwaters of the state shall not exceed 5 fish or 5 pounds, whether taken
from a single waterbody or several waterbodies. More restrictive
limits specified in Fis 406 and Fis 407 shall apply to
specific waterbodies.
Source. #5280, eff 1-1-92; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 403.12 Lake Trout (Salvelinus
namaycush) The daily limit for lake
trout taken in freshwaters of the state shall not exceed 2 fish whether taken
from a single waterbody or several waterbodies. More restrictive
limits specified in Parts Fis 406 and Fis 407 shall apply to specific
waterbodies.
Source. #5280, eff 1-1-92; ss by
#6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by
#13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400); ss
by #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35
Fis 403.13 Salmon (Salmo
salar). The daily limit for salmon taken in
freshwaters of the state shall not exceed 2 fish whether taken from a single
waterbody or several waterbodies. More restrictive limits specified
in Parts Fis 406 and Fis 407 shall apply to specific waterbodies.
Source. #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35
Fis 403.14 River Herring. The
Merrimack River and tributaries shall be closed to the taking of alewife (Alosa
pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis).
Source. #10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25,
EXPIRES: 1-9-35; ss by #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35 (formerly Fis
403.13)
Fis 403.15 Round
Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum). Round
whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
taken by any method shall be immediately released back into the waters from
which it was taken.
Source. #12161, eff 4-18-17; ss by #14418, eff
10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35 (formerly Fis 403.14)
PART Fis 404 -
RESERVED
Source. (See Revision Notes at chapter headings for
Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91
PART Fis 405 METHODS OF TAKING
Fis 405.01 Statement of
Applicability. During the open season, fish shall be taken from
the freshwaters of the state only by angling or by ice fishing except as listed
below or as specified in RSA 211:9 and 211:2.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 405.02 Black Bass.
(a) In the freshwaters of
the state open to the taking of fish, black bass may be taken by angling and
ice fishing as follows:
(1) During
the period beginning June 16 and ending May 14, black bass may be taken by the use of bait, flies, and
artificial lures; and
(2) During
the period beginning May 15 and ending June 15, black bass shall be taken only
by artificial lures and flies.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 405.03 Carp. In
addition to angling and ice fishing, carp may be taken by bow and arrow with
cord attached from the Merrimack River and Mascoma Lake.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 405.04 Cusk Fishing.
(a) In addition to
angling and ice fishing, cusk may be taken through the ice by
the use of a cusk fishing device as follows:
(1) All cusk fishing devices
shall be plainly marked with the name and address of the person setting, using,
and having control of it;
(2) The sinker of the cusk fishing device shall rest on the bottom of the waterbody
being fished;
(3) A person fishing for cusk through the ice with cusk fishing devices may set such
devices and leave them unattended except that once during each 24-hour period
said person shall visually inspect the bait end of the line;
(4) While fishing with a cusk fishing device, the angler shall not engage in the
activity of "bobbing," or "jigging," or any other activity so as to attract fish by movement of the bait; and
(5) Cusk fishing devices shall only be used in:
a. First Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg;
b. Second Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg;
c. Third Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg;
d. Lake Francis in Pittsburg;
e. Newfound Lake in Bristol, Alexandria, Bridgewater, and Hebron;
f. Silver Lake in Madison;
g. Big Squam Lake in Holderness, Center Harbor, Sandwich, Moultonboro;
h. Little Squam Lake in
Holderness and Ashland;
i. South Pond in
Stark;
j. Sunapee Lake in Newbury, New London and Sunapee;
k. Wentworth Lake in Wolfeboro;
l. Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonboro, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro;
m. Winnisquam Lake in Belmont, Sanbornton, Laconia, Tilton, and Meredith;
n. Merrymeeting Lake in New Durham;
o. Waukewan Lake in Meredith;
p. Lovell Lake in Wakefield;
q. Wentworth Lake in Wolfeboro; and
r. Ossipee Lake in Freedom and Ossipee.
(b)
Any fish other than cusk taken on a cusk fishing device shall be
immediately liberated by cutting the line without removing the fish from the
water.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss
by #9249, eff 1-1-09, EXPIRED: 1-1-17
New. #12510, eff 4-6-18
Fis 405.05 Smelt.
(a) In accordance with RSA
211:2-e, freshwater smelt shall be taken by angling only, except as otherwise
provided in Fis 406, Fis 407, and Fis 502.
(b) Smelt shall not be
taken from the freshwaters of the state by any method from March 15 through
June 15 except as otherwise provided in Fis 406, Fis 407,
and Fis 502.
(c) Each person taking
freshwater smelt shall at all times keep
their individual take in a separate unbreakable container marked with their
name, except that an angler, while actually fishing
for a species other than smelt, shall be permitted to keep live bait smelt in
an unmarked container.
(d) A person shall not take
smelt while using a boat being propelled by mechanical power.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; amd by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92; ss by
#6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by
#13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
(a) In
addition to angling and ice fishing, white suckers may be taken by hand dip
nets not over 18 inches in diameter, drop nets not over 48 inches in diameter,
or spears or bow and arrow with cord attached, in accordance with RSA 211:9,
between March 1 and May 31, except as otherwise provided in Fis 406 and Fis
407.
(b) In
addition to angling and ice fishing, white suckers may be taken for personal
use as bait by use of traps, in accordance with RSA 211:9, made of wire slats
not more than 50 inches long nor more than 30 inches wide, with an aperture for
the entrance of fish no smaller than 3 and 1/2 inches in diameter, except as
otherwise provided in Fis 406 and Fis 407. No more than 2 traps
shall be used by a licensed fisherman, and all bait traps, holding boxes, or
other receptacles shall be plainly marked with the name and address of the
owner and user.
(c) White
suckers taken by spear or bow and arrow shall be suitably disposed of and not
left in, or adjacent to, the body of water so as to
create a nuisance, odor, or pollution of the body of water.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; amd by #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by
#6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by
#10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25, EXPIRES: 1-9-35
Fis 405.07 Hooks or Other
Devices for Attachment of Bait.
(a)
While ice fishing, only a single hook with a single hook point, per ice
fishing device, shall be used for bait.
(b)
Except as specified in Fis 406.04(a) and 407.03(f) while taking fish in
open water, 2 hooks may be used with bait per line, one with a single hook
point and the other with no more than 3 hook points.
Source. #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #8671, eff 1-1-07; ss by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss
by #12510, eff 4-6-18
PART Fis 406 SPECIFIC RULES FOR PONDS AND LAKES AND THEIR
TRIBUTARIES
Fis 406.01 Ponds,
Lakes, and Tributaries.
(a) The taking of fish from a
lake or pond or a tributary as named in Table 400.1 below shall be subject
to all of the following restrictions:
(1) All
of the general restriction provisions of Fis 402;
(2) All
of the limits for particular species contained
in Fis 403;
(3) The
methods of taking contained in Fis 405, unless a more restrictive
provision appears in the table below;
(4) Unless
a different rule provision is cited in the table below, the restrictions for a
lake or pond as set forth in Fis 406.05(a); and
(5) Unless
a different rule provision is cited in the table below, the restrictions for a
tributary as set forth in Fis 406.06(a).
(b) Commercial or organized
activities conducted upon any lake or pond or its tributaries listed
in Table 400.1 below shall also be subject to the rules specified
in Fis 500.
Table 400.1 PONDS
AND LAKES TABLE
|
POND/LAKE
NAME(S) |
TOWN(S) |
POND
RULES, Fis 406.05(a),
unless otherwise noted |
TRIBUTARY
RULES, Fis 406.06(a), unless otherwise noted |
|
Adder/Hopkins
Pond |
Andover |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Airport Pond |
Whitefield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Archery Pond |
Allenstown |
Fis 406.03(c) |
|
|
Back Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Barbadoes Pond |
Madbury |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Basin Pond |
Chatham |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Bear Brook Pond,
Big Bear |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Bear Brook Pond,
Little Bear |
Wentworth
Location |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Belknap
Recreation Area Pond |
Gilford |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Big Brook Bog |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Black Mountain
Pond |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Black Pond |
Lincoln |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Blue Pond |
Madison |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Bog,
Little/Fourteen & Half
Pond |
Odell |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Boundary Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Bragg Pond |
Millsfield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Butterfield Pond |
Wilmot |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Campton
Pond/Unnamed |
Campton |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
|
Carr Pond |
Clarksville |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Carter Pond |
Bean's Purchase |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Center Pond |
Nelson |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Chapin Pond |
Newport,
Claremont |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Clarksville Pond |
Clarksville |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Clough Pond |
Loudon |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Coldrain Pond |
New Durham |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Cold
Spring/Abbott Forest
Pond |
Stoddard |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Cole Pond |
Enfield |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Connecticut
Lake, 1 |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Connecticut
River |
|
|
Fis 407.01(a) |
|
Connecticut
Lake, 2 |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Connecticut
Lake, 3 |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Conservation
Pond |
Wentworth |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Conway Lake |
Conway, Eaton |
Fis 406.04(k) |
|
|
Coon Brook Bog |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Conner Pond |
Ossipee |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Corser Pond |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Cranberry Bog
Pond |
Columbia |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Dan Hole Pond,
Big |
Ossipee,
Tuftonboro |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Deering
Reservoir |
Deering |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Devils Washbowl |
Odell |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Diamond Pond,
Big |
Stewartstown |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Diamond Pond,
Little |
Stewartstown |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Dublin
Lake/Monadnock Pond |
Dublin |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Dummer Pond,
Big |
Dummer |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Dummer Pond,
Little |
Dummer |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Duncan Lake |
Ossipee |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Dustin Pond |
Wentworth's
Location |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
East Inlet |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Echo Lake |
Franconia |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Ethan/Willey
Pond |
Bethleham |
Fis 406.07(a) |
|
|
Exeter
Reservoir/Water Works
Pond |
Exeter |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Falls Pond |
Albany |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Ferrin Pond |
Weare |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Flat Mountain
Pond |
Waterville |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Four Mile Pond |
Dix's Grant |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Francis Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Connecticut
River |
Clarksville |
|
Fis 407.01 |
|
French Pond |
Henniker |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Gilmore Pond |
Jaffrey |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Gould Pond |
Hillsboro |
Fis 406.05(a) |
|
|
Sand
Brook |
Hillsboro |
|
Fis 407.01 |
|
Granite Lake/Munsonville Pond |
Nelson, Stoddard |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Greely Pond,
Upper |
Livermore |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Greenough Pond,
Big |
Wentworth
Location |
Fis 406.04(a) |
|
|
Greenough Pond,
Little |
Wentworth
Location |
Fis 406.07(a) |
|
|
Guinea Pond |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Halfmile Pond |
Enfield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hall Pond, Lower |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hall Pond,
Middle |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hall Pond, Upper |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Harris Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hatch/Hidden
Pond |
Eaton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hellgate Pond |
Second College
Grant |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hopkins
Pond/Adder |
Andover |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hot Hole Pond |
Loudon, Concord |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hoyt's Pond |
Madbury |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Hunkins Pond |
Sanbornton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Hunts Pond |
Hancock |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Jacquith Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Jericho Lake |
Berlin |
Fis 406.05
(f) |
|
|
Jones Pond |
Middleton |
Fis 406.03(c) |
|
|
Judd Pond |
Clarksville |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Kiah Pond |
Sandwich |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Lime Pond |
Columbia |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Lonesome Lake |
Lincoln |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Eaton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Benton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Croydon |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Lempster |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Long Pond |
Millsfield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Lucas Pond |
Northwood |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Manning
Lake/Guinea Pond |
Gilmanton |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Meader Pond/Wachipauka Lake |
Warren |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Merrymeeting Lake |
New Durham |
Fis 406.04(a) |
|
|
Middle Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Millen Lake |
Washington |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Millsfield Pond, Big |
Millsfield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Millsfield Pond,
Little/Moose |
Millsfield |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Mirror Lake |
Whitefield,
Dalton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Moose Falls
Flowage |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Moose Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Morey Pond |
Andover |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Mountain Pond |
Brookfield |
Fis 406.02(c) |
|
|
Mountain Pond |
Lyman |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Mountain Pond |
Chatham |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Mt. Williams
Pond |
Weare |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Mud Pond |
Easton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Munn Pond |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Nathan Pond |
Dixville |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Newfound Lake |
Bristol,
Alexandria, Bridgewater,
Hebron |
Fis 406.04(b) |
|
|
Nubanusit Lake |
Hancock, Nelson |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Oliverian Pond |
Benton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Orange Pond |
Orange |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Ossipee Lake Including
Berry Bay, Broad
Bay, and Leavitt
Bay |
Ossipee, Freedom |
Fis 406.04(j) |
|
|
Pea Porridge
Pond |
Madison |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Peaked Hill Pond |
Thornton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
Perch Pond |
Campton |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Perry Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Phillips Pond |
Odell |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Pike Pond |
Stark |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Pleasant Lake |
New London |
Fis 406.02(b) |
|
|
Pleasant/Waukeena Pond |
Danbury |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Pond of Safety |
Randolph |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Profile Lake |
Franconia |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Province Pond |
Chatham |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Rand Pond |
Goshen |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Round Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Russell Pond |
Woodstock |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Rust Pond |
Wolfeboro |
Fis 406.05(d) |
|
|
Saco Lake |
Carroll |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Saltmarsh Pond |
Gilford |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sand Pond/Echo
Lake |
Lempster, Marlow |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sandy Pond |
Richmond |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Sawyer Pond, Big |
Livermore |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sawyer Pond,
Little |
Livermore |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Scotts Bog |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Sessions Pond |
Dummer |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Shaw Pond |
Franklin |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Shawtown/Shaw Pond |
Freedom |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Sheehan Flowage
Pond |
Clarksville |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Shoal Pond |
Lincoln |
Fis 406.07(a) |
|
|
Signal Pond |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Silver Lake |
Madison |
Fis 406.04(a) |
|
|
Silver Lake |
Harrisville,
Nelson |
Fis 406.04(c) |
|
|
Simmons Pond |
Warner |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sky Pond |
New Hampton |
Fis 406.03(b) |
|
|
Smith Pond |
Washington |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Solitude Lake |
Newbury |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
South Pond |
Stark |
Fis 406.05(g) |
|
|
Spectacle Pond |
Groton, Hebron |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Spofford Lake |
Chesterfield |
Fis 406.05(b) |
Fis 406.06(c) |
|
Spoonwood Lake |
Nelson |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Squam Lake, Big Including the
Squam Channel |
Holderness,
Center Harbor,
Sandwich, Moultonborough |
Fis 406.04(g) |
|
|
Squam Lake,
Little Including the Squam River above the outlet dam in Ashland |
Holderness,
Ashland |
Fis 406.04(a) |
|
|
Stacy/Trout Pond |
Freedom |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Star Lake |
Springfield |
Fis 406.05(c) |
Fis 406.06(c) |
|
Stirrup Iron
Pond |
Salisbury |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Stone Pond |
Marlborough,
Dublin |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Stonehouse Pond |
Barrington |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Stratford Bog
Pond |
Stratford |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Stub Hill Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Success Pond |
Success |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sunapee Lake |
Newbury, New
London, Sunapee |
Fis 406.04(i) |
Fis 406.06(e) |
|
Suncook Lake |
Barnstead |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Sunset
Lake/Places Pond |
Alton, Gilmanton |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
Swains Pond |
Wentworth |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Swanzey Lake |
Swanzey |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Sweat Pond |
Errol |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Three Ponds,
Lower |
Ellsworth,
Warren |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Three Ponds,
Middle |
Ellsworth,
Warren |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Three Ponds,
Upper |
Ellsworth,
Warren |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Trio Pond, Lower
1&2 |
Odell |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Trio Pond, Upper
3 |
Odell |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Trout Pond |
Lyme |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Unknown Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Waukewan Lake/Measley Pond |
Meredith, New Hampton |
Fis 406.05(e) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
Webster Lake |
Franklin |
Fis 406.05(d) |
Fis 406.06(b) |
|
West Branch
Pond/Terrill Dam |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
Whitcomb Pond |
Odell |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
White Pond |
Wilmot |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
White Pond |
Ossipee |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Whittemore Lake |
Bennington,
Greenfield |
Fis 406.02(a) |
|
|
Willard Pond |
Antrim |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
Winnipesaukee
Lake |
Alton, Center
Harbor, Gilford,
Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro,
Wolfeboro |
Fis 406.04(f) |
|
|
Front
Bay, also known
as Back Bay from
the Main St Bridge
to the dam at
Berry's Mill |
Wolfeboro |
Fis 406.04(a) |
|
|
Except: the
lake area within 500 ft of the
Smith River and 500 feet on either side of the Main St Bridge in Wolfeboro |
|
Fis 406.04
(f) |
|
|
Paugus Bay |
|
Fis 406.04(d) |
|
|
Weirs
Channel |
|
Fis 406.04(e) |
|
|
Merrymeeting River (tributary) |
|
Fis 407.01 |
|
|
Winnisquam Lake |
Belmont,
Sanbornton, Laconia, Tilton, Meredith |
Fis 406.04(h) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
Winnipesaukee
River |
|
|
Fis 407.01 |
|
Winona Lake |
Meredith, New Hampton, Center Harbor |
Fis 406.05(e) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
Wright Pond |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.03(a) |
|
|
York Pond |
Berlin |
Fis 406.05(c) |
Fis 406.06(d) |
|
All other ponds
& lakes |
|
Fis 406.05(a) |
Fis 406.06(a) |
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss
by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; amd by #6115, eff 11-22-95; amd
by #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; amd by
#7582, eff 1-1-02; amd by #7763, eff 1-1-03; amd by #7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by
#8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; amd by
#8671, eff 1-1-07; amd by #9005, eff 1-1-08; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; amd by
#9773-A, eff 1-1-11; amd by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; amd by #10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by
#12933, eff 11-28-19; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 406.02 Trout Waters.
(a) The taking of
fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.01 in Fis 406.01(d) shall
be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed as trout water;
(2) The open season for taking
all species except salmon and smelt shall be from the 4th Saturday
in April through October 15;
(3) The daily limit for brook
trout shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be
reached;
(4) The open season for taking
smelt shall be June 16 through October 15;
(5) The open season for taking
salmon shall be from the 4th Saturday in April to September 30;
(6) The daily bag limit for
salmon shall be 2 fish;
(7) The minimum length for
salmon shall be 15 inches;
(8) The use of live fish, or
the eggs thereof, for bait shall be prohibited, however the use of salmon eggs
shall be permitted; and
(9) The daily limit for all
other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
(b) The taking of
fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(d) shall be
subject to the restrictions in Fis 406.02(a) except that the use or possession
of live rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
for bait shall be permitted.
(c) The taking of
fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(d) shall be
subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking
all species except smelt shall be from the 4th Saturday in April through
October 15th;
(3) The open season for taking
smelt shall be June 16 through October 15;
(4) No person shall take brook
trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All
brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length shall be immediately released unharmed
into the waters from which taken;
(5) The daily limit for brook
trout shall be 2 fish of which only one may be over 16 inches;
(6)
Only single hook artificial lures and flies shall be used and all hooks shall
be barbless or have all barbs pinched; and
(7) The daily limit for all
other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92;
ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; amd by #7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by
#8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; amd by
#9005, eff 1-1-08; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; amd by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by
#12510, eff 4-6-18
Fis
406.03 Fly-Fishing Waters.
(a) The taking of fish from this waterbody as
referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(d) shall be subject to the following
restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking
all species, except salmon and smelt, shall be from the 4th Saturday
in April through October 15 by fly fishing only;
(3) The open season for taking
smelt shall be June 16 through October 15 and shall be by fly fishing only;
(4) The daily limit for brook
trout shall be 5 fish or a total of 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall
first be reached; and
(5) The daily limit for all
other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
(b) The taking of fish from this waterbody as
referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(d) shall be subject to the following
restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking
all species except smelt shall be from the 4th Saturday in April
through October 15 by fly fishing only;
(3) The open season for taking
smelt shall be June 16 through October 15 and shall be by fly fishing only;
(4) No person shall take brook
trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All
brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length shall be immediately released unharmed
into the waters from which taken;
(5) The daily limit for brook
trout shall be 2 fish of which only one may be over 16 inches; and
(6) The daily limit for all
other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
(c) The taking of
fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(d) shall be
subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking
all species except salmon and smelt shall be from the 4th Saturday
in April through October 15 by fly fishing only;
(3) Fishing through the ice,
from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice shall be prohibited;
(4) The open season for taking
smelt shall be June 16 through October 15 and shall be by fly fishing only;
(5) The daily limit for brook
trout shall be 2 fish; and
(6) The daily limit for all
other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
Source. #6629, eff 1-1-98; amd
by #7926, eff 1-1-04; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #8671, eff 1-1-07; amd by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by
#12510, eff 4-6-18
Fis 406.04 Lake Trout
and Salmon Waters.
(a)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for lake trout and salmon;
(2) The open season for taking
fish shall be all year round subject to the following restrictions:
a. From January 1 to
March 31, the waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except
salmon and smelt, subject to the following restrictions:
1. Fish shall only be taken by ice fishing;
2. The combined daily bag limit for all trout
species shall be 2 fish;
3. The daily bag
limit for lake trout shall be 2 fish;
4. Only one hook with bait, as described in Fis
405.07(a), or an artificial lure or flies may be used to take fish through the
ice; and
5. No more than 2 ice fishing devices shall be
used, except that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take
cusk as specified in Fis 405.04;
b. From April 1 through September 30, the
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except smelt, by all
legal methods. The combined daily bag
limit for salmon and trout shall be 2 fish;
c. From October 1 through December 31, the
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all
species except lake trout, brook trout, salmon and lake whitefish;
d. From October 1 through December 31, trolling
to take fish shall be prohibited;
e. From April 1 to December 31, no person shall
take fish through the ice, from the ice, or supported
by the ice;
f. The open season for taking
smelt shall be from June 16 through March 14; and
g. When trolling to take
fish:
1. Only one artificial lure, one fly, one tandem
fly, or one bait shall be used per rod; and
2. Only a single hook with a single hook point
shall be used with bait;
(3) The minimum length for
trout and salmon shall be 15 inches;
(4) The minimum length for lake
trout shall be 15 inches; and
(5) For all species other than
trout, lake trout, and salmon, the limits and methods of taking shall be as
provided in Fis 403 and Fis 405.
(b)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the restrictions specified in Fis
406.04(a) except:
(1) The minimum length for lake
trout shall be 15 inches; and
(2) The areas of the lake that
lie within 500 feet of Cockermouth River and Fowler River shall be closed to
all fishing from October 16 through December 31.
(c)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be
managed for lake trout, salmon, or both;
(2) The open season for taking
fish shall be all year round subject to the following restrictions:
a. From January 1 to
March 31, the waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except
salmon and smelt, subject to the following restrictions:
1. Fish shall only be taken by ice fishing;
2. The combined daily bag limit for all trout
species shall be 2 fish;
3. Only one hook with bait, as described in Fis
405.07(a), or an artificial lure or flies may be used to take fish through the
ice; and
4. No more than 2 ice fishing devices shall be
used, except that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take
cusk as specified in Fis 405.04;
b. From April 1 through September 30, the
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except smelt, by all
legal methods. The combined daily bag limit for salmon and trout shall be 4
fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be salmon. The daily
bag limit for lake trout shall be 2 fish;
c. From October 1 through December 31, the
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species except lake trout, trout,
salmon, and lake whitefish;
d. From October 1 through
December 31, trolling to take fish shall be prohibited;
e. From April 1 to December 31, no person shall
take fish through the ice, from the ice, or supported by the ice; and
f. The open season for taking smelt shall be from June 16 through March 14;
(3) The minimum length for
salmon shall be 15 inches;
(4) The minimum length for lake
trout shall be 15 inches;
(5) Yellow perch shall not be
used for bait; and
(6) For all species other than
trout, lake trout, and salmon, the limits and methods of taking shall be as
provided in Fis 403 and Fis 405.
(d) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of Paugus
Bay which lies between the railroad trestle which crosses Paugus
Bay at its south end and the Lakeport Dam in the city of Laconia shall be
closed to all fishing October 1 to March 31.
(e) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of open water that is
not normally covered by ice in winter at the Weirs channel shall be closed to
all fishing from October 1 to March 31.
(f) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both, and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the following areas of the lake
shall be closed to all fishing October 16 through December 31:
(1) The lake area within 500
feet of Gunstock River, Poor Farm Brook, Melvin River, Merrymeeting
River, Mink Brook, and Smith River; and
(2) The lake area of Lake
Winnipesaukee 500 feet on either side of the Main Street bridge in Wolfeboro.
(g) This waterbody as
referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout,
salmon, or both and, in addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area
of the lake that lies within 500 feet of Barville
Brook shall be closed to all fishing from October 16 through December 31.
(h) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of the lake that lies
within 500 feet of Winnipesaukee River shall be closed to all fishing from
October 16 through December 31.
(i) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of the lake that lies
within 500 feet of Otter Brook shall be closed to all fishing from October 16
through December 31.
(j) This waterbody as referenced in Table
400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of the lake that lies
within 500 feet of Bearcamp River shall be closed to
all fishing from October 16 through December 31.
(k) This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be managed for lake trout, salmon, or both and, in
addition to the restrictions in Fis 406.04(a), the area of the lake that lies
within 500 feet of the outlet dam shall be closed to all fishing from October
16 through December 31.
Source. (See Revision
Notes at chapter headings for Fis 400 and Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by
#5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; amd by #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by
#6629, eff 1-1-98; amd by #6714, eff 3-11-98; amd by #7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by
#8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; amd by
#8671, eff 1-1-07; amd by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #12161, eff 4-18-17; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see
Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400); ss by #14418, eff 10-22-25,
EXPIRES: 10-22-35
Fis 406.05 Other Waterbodies.
(1) The
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except salmon, lake
trout, and smelt, all year round by all legal methods;
(2) The open
season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through March 14;
(3) The open
season for taking salmon shall be April 1 through September 30;
(4) The open
season for taking lake trout shall be January 1 through September 30;
(5) The daily
bag limit for salmon and lake trout shall be no more than 2 fish each;
(6) The minimum
length for salmon shall be 15 inches;
(7) The daily
limit for trout in open water shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish, whichever
limit shall first be reached, and 2 fish through the ice;
(8) The minimum
length for lake trout shall be 15 inches;
(9) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403; and
(10) No more
than 6 ice fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing, except
that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take cusk as
specified in Fis 405.04.
(b)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This
waterbody shall be closed to the taking of all fish October 16 through March
31;
(2) The open
season for taking all species except smelt shall be from April 1 through
October 15;
(3) From April
1 through October 15, no person shall take fish through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice;
(4) The open
season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through October 15;
(5) The daily
limit for trout shall be 2 fish; and
(6) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
(c)
This waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall be
closed to all fishing.
(d)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except salmon, lake
trout, and smelt, all year round by all legal methods;
(2) The open
season for taking salmon shall be April 1 through September 30;
(3) The open
season and methods for taking smelt shall be as follows:
a. From June 16
through March 14, smelt shall be taken by angling only; and
b. From March
15 through April 30, smelt shall only be taken:
1. By means of
a dip net not over 18 inches in diameter; and
2. Between the
hours of sunset and 12 midnight;
(4) The daily
limit for trout in open water shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish, whichever
limit shall first be reached, and 2 fish through the ice;
(5) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403; and
(6) No more
than 6 ice fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing, except
that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take cusk as
specified in Fis 405.04.
(e)
The taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except salmon, lake
trout, and smelt, all year round by all legal methods;
(2) The open
season for taking salmon shall be April 1 through September 30;
(3) The open
season for taking lake trout shall be January 1 through September 30;
(4) The daily
limit for salmon and lake trout shall be no more than 2 fish each;
(5) The minimum
length for salmon shall be 15 inches;
(6) The daily
limit for trout shall be 2 fish;
(7) The open
season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through March 14;
(8) The minimum
length for lake trout shall be 15 inches;
(9) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403; and
(10) No more
than 6 ice fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing, except
that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take cusk as
specified in Fis 405.04.
(f)
The taking of fish from this waterbody, as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b), shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except salmon, lake
trout, and smelt, all year round by all legal methods;
(2) The open
season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through March 14;
(3) The open
season for taking salmon shall be April 1 through September 30;
(4) The open
season for taking lake trout shall be January 1 through September 30;
(5) The daily
bag limit for salmon and lake trout shall be no more than 2 fish each;
(6) The minimum
length for salmon shall be 15 inches;
(7) The daily
limit for trout in open water shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish, whichever
limit shall first be reached, and 2 fish through the ice;
(8) The minimum
length for lake trout shall be 15 inches;
(9) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403, except the daily
limit for northern pike shall be 3 fish;
(10) The
minimum length for northern pike shall be 20 inches; and
(11) No more
than 6 ice fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing, except
that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take cusk as
specified in Fis 405.04.
(g)
The taking of fish from this waterbody, as referenced in Table 400.1 in
Fis 406.01(b), shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The
waterbody shall be open to the taking of all species, except salmon, lake
trout, and smelt, all year round by all legal methods;
(2) The open
season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through March 14;
(3) The open
season for taking salmon shall be April 1 through September 30;
(4) The open
season for taking lake trout shall be January 1 through September 30;
(5) The daily
bag limit for salmon and lake trout shall be no more than 2 fish each;
(6) The minimum
length for salmon shall be 15 inches;
(7) The daily
limit for trout in open water shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish, whichever
limit shall first be reached, and 2 fish through the ice;
(8) The minimum
length for lake trout shall be 15 inches;
(9) The daily
limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403; and
(10) No more
than 6 ice fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing, except
that in addition, a person may use 6 cusk fishing devices to take cusk as
specified in Fis 405.04.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400
and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by
#5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; amd by #5757, eff 1-1-94; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by
#6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #7115, eff 9-29-99; amd by
#7582, eff 1-1-02; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; amd by
#9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by
#13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400); ss
by #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35
Fis 406.06 Tributaries to
Lakes and Ponds.
(a) Tributaries to this
waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall be
managed for trout subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The
open season for taking of all species, except salmon and smelt, shall be
January 1 through October 15;
(2) The
daily limit for trout shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall
first be reached;
(3) The
open season for taking smelt shall be January 1 through March 14 and June 16
through October 15;
(4) Open
season for taking salmon shall be from April 1 through September 30;
(5) The
daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2 fish;
(6) The
minimum length for salmon shall be 15 inches;
(7) Fishing
through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice, shall
be prohibited; and
(8) The
daily limit for all other species shall be as provided in Fis 403.
(b) Tributaries to this
waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall:
(1) Be
subject to the restrictions in paragraph (a) above; and
(2) Be
open to the taking of smelt from March 15 through April 30 as follows:
a. By
means of a dip net, not over 18 inches in diameter;
b. Freshwater
smelt shall only be taken between the hours of sunset and 12 midnight; and
c. The
daily limit for smelt shall be 2 quarts liquid measure of whole, with head and
tail intact, freshwater smelt.
(c) The tributaries to this
waterbody shall be closed to all fishing.
(d) Tributaries
to this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall
be subject to the restrictions in paragraph (a) above, except tributaries
within the boundaries of the York Pond fish hatchery shall be closed to all
fishing.
(e) Tributaries to this
waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1 in Fis 406.01(b) shall be
subject to the restrictions in paragraph (a) above, except that all
tributaries shall be closed to all fishing from October 16 through May 31.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92;
ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss
by #8442, eff 1-1-06; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; ss by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note
#2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
(a) The
taking of fish from this waterbody as referenced in Table 400.1
in Fis 406.01(b) shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The open season for taking all species
shall be the 4th Saturday in April through Labor Day;
(2) Only single hook artificial lures and
flies shall be used and all hooks shall be
barbless or have all barbs pinched; and
(3) All fish shall be immediately released
unharmed to the water.
Source. #7763, eff 1-1-03; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
PART Fis 407 SPECIFIC RULES FOR STREAMS AND RIVERS
Fis 407.01 Applicability.
(a) The taking of fish from a river or stream as
named in Table 400.2 below shall be subject to the limitations noted in the
table and all of the following restrictions:
(1) All of the general
restriction provisions of Fis 402;
(2) All of the limits for particular species contained in Fis 403; and
(3) The methods of taking
contained in Fis 405, unless a more restrictive provision appears in the table
below.
(b) Commercial or
organized activities conducted upon any river or stream including those listed
in Table 400.2 shall also be subject to the rules specified in Fis 500.
Table 400.2 RIVERS
AND STREAMS TABLE
|
STREAM/RIVER
NAMES(S) |
TOWN(S) |
LIMITATIONS |
|
Alder Brook |
Second College
Grant |
Fis 407.04 (a) |
|
Androscoggin
River |
|
|
|
- from Errol dam
to the markers at the dead
water at Bragg Bay |
Errol |
Fis 407.02 (c) |
|
- from Bragg Bay
to the Dummer-Cambridge
town line |
Errol, Cambridge |
Fis 407.02 (e) |
|
- from the Dummer-Cambridge town line to the Pontook Dam |
Dummer |
Fis 407.03 (a) |
|
- from the Pontook Dam to Wheeler Bay in
Dummer at 44o 36.9011’N 71o 13.3816’W to 44 o 36.9341’N 71 o
13.4449’W using WGS84 map datum |
Dummer |
Fis 407.02 (e) |
|
- Wheeler Bay in
Dummer including the outflow from the power canal, to the Sawmill Dam in
Berlin. |
Dummer, Milan,
Berlin |
Fis 407.02(f) |
|
- Sawmill Dam in
Berlin to the ME/NH
boundary |
Berlin |
Fis 407.03(d) |
|
Ammonoosuc
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from the
Apthorp Dam in Littleton to the
confluence with the Connecticut
River in Bath Woodsville |
Littleton,
Lisbon Landaff, Bath, Woodsville |
Fis 407.02 (f) |
|
Ashuelot River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
Surry Mountain
Reservoir |
Surry |
Fis 406.05(a) |
|
Ashuelot River,
S. Branch, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from Old
Richmond Road Bridge, E Swanzey to Marlborough Road Bridge, Troy |
Swanzey, Troy |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Bearcamp River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from the Tamworth/Ossipee town line to
Ossipee Lake |
Ossipee |
Fis 407.02(l) |
|
Bellamy River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
Bellamy
Reservoir |
Madbury |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Blackwater
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
the Bays and Cilleyville Bog |
Andover/Salisbury |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Carroll Stream,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
-upstream of its
confluence with Airport Pond in Whitefield |
Carroll/Whitefield |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Cocheco River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from Watson
Road Dam downstream to the head of
tide |
Dover |
Fis 407.02(n) |
|
Connecticut
River |
|
|
|
- headwaters to
Fourth Connecticut Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
- Fourth
Connecticut Lake to Third
Connecticut Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
- from Third
Connecticut Lake to Second
Connecticut Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 406.06(a) |
|
- from the dam
at Second Lake to the upstream
side of the logging bridge on the Magalloway Road |
Pittsburg |
Fis 407.02(b) |
|
- from the Magalloway Road bridge to the inlet at
Green Point on First
Connecticut Lake |
Pittsburg |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
- from First
Connecticut Lake Dam to the
signs on Lake Francis |
Pittsburg |
Fis 407.02(c) |
|
- from the Murphy Dam on Lake Francis to the
boundary between Canaan,Vermont and Pittsburg,
New Hampshire |
|
Fis 407.02(q) |
|
- that portion
of the river from the boundary
between Canaan, Vermont and Pittsburg, New Hampshire to the Massachusetts
border |
|
Fis 408 |
|
Contoocook River |
|
|
|
-from Contoocook
Lake downstream to the area marked with signs and wire in West Henniker |
Jaffery,
Peterborough, Hancock, Greenfield, Bennington, Antrim, Deering, Hillsboro,
Henniker |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
- from a point
2,500 feet above the former
paper mill dam in West Henniker,
marked by signs and wire,
upstream approximately one mile to a
point marked by signs and wire |
Henniker |
Fis 407.02(g) |
|
- from a point
2,500 feet above the former paper mill dam in West Henniker to the to the
confluence with the Merrimack River, including the Hopkinton Everett Flood Control Area |
Henniker,
Hopkinton Concord |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Dead Diamond
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(p) |
|
- from where the
Swift Diamond River enters down to the mouth at the Magalloway
River confluence |
Second College
Grant |
Fis 407.03(c) |
|
Ellis River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from the
covered bridge, Jackson to the Iron
Bridge in Glen |
Jackson-Bartlett |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Exeter River |
|
|
|
- west of Rte.
121A |
Sandown, Chester |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- Rte. 121A to
the Fremont/Brentwood
town line |
Sandown,
Danville, Fremont,
Chester, Raymond |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
-
Fremont/Brentwood town line to the
Pickpocket Dam |
Brentwood,
Exeter |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
-Downstream side
of the Cross Road Bridge to Route 111 bridge |
Exeter |
Fis 407.02(n) |
|
-Route 111
bridge to Squamscott River |
Exeter |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Flints Brook |
Hollis |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Gulf Brook |
Chesterfield |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Hampton River |
Hampton, Hampton
Falls |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Isinglass River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
-from Rte 125
bridge downstream to the
confluence with the Cocheco River |
Rochester,
Barrington, Dover |
Fis 407.02(n) |
|
Lamb Valley
Brook |
Second College
Grant |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Lamprey River,
except: |
Deerfield |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
-
Raymond/Deerfield town line to Wiswall
Dam |
Candia, Raymond,
Epping, Lee,
Durham |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
-from Wiswall Dam to the first railroad trestle downstream of Packers Falls |
Durham |
Fis 407.02(n) |
|
- from the first railroad trestle downstream of Packers Falls to the head of tide |
Durham,
Newmarket |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Long Mountain
Brook |
Stratford/Odell |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Loomis Valley
Brook |
Second College
Grant |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Lost River,
except: |
Woodstock |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from a point
100 feet above the parking area
entrance bridge to a point 100
feet below the last foot bridge in
Lost River Gorge |
|
Fis 407.02(d) |
|
Lyman Brook,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from its headwaters to the upper bridge on Meriden Hill Road in
Columbia |
Columbia |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Magalloway River – NH
sections downstream to boundary line at 44.795602oN -071.062732oW
to 44.795602oN -071.061793oW using WGS84 map datum |
Second College
Grant, Wentworths Location, Errol |
Fis 407.03(c) |
|
Mascoma River,
except: |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
|
- from the
Canaan/Enfield town line to Mascoma
Lake |
Enfield |
Fis 407.02(l) |
|
- from the Rte. 4 bridge South of the
Mascoma
Lake Dam downstream to the covered
bridge |
Lebanon |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Meadow Brook |
Sharon |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Merrimack River - from the
confluence of the Winnipesaukee
River and the Pemigewasset
River to the MA/NH boundary |
Bow |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Merrymeeting River - from the Merrymeeting Lake dam to a point
200 feet below the Powder Mill
Hatchery |
New Durham |
Fis 407.02(d) |
|
- from 200 feet
below Powder Mill Hatchery to the
lower dam at Alton |
New Durham,
Alton |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
- lower dam at
Alton to the bridge on Route 11 at
Alton Bay |
Alton |
Fis 407.02(h) |
|
Nashua River - from MA/NH
boundary to its confluence with
the Merrimack River |
Nashua |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Newfound
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- the area
between West Shore Road to the dam
adjacent to Crescent Street in Bristol |
Bristol |
Fis 407.02(m) |
|
Perry
Stream, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from Happy
Corner Bridge to Connecticut
River |
Pittsburg |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Pemigewasset - from the
headwaters to the
Route
104 bridge in Bristol/New
Hampton; except |
Ashland,
Bridgewater, New Hampton,
Bristol |
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
-from the Route 104 bridge in Bristol/New Hampton to Ayers
Island Dam |
Bristol, New
Hampton |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
- from 300 feet
below Ayers Island Dam to the Eastmans Falls Dam in Franklin |
Bristol, Hill,
New Hampton, Sanbornton,
Franklin |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
- from the posts
150’ below the Eastman Falls
Dam in Franklin to the
confluence with the Winnipesaukee River |
Franklin |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Piscataquog River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from the Howe Bridge to Glen Lake |
Goffstown |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Piscataquog River, South
Branch, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from 300' upstream of the bridge located at 42o 57.447’N
71o 42.494’ W using WGS84 map datum on Lyndeborough Road downstream to
the first bridge on Route 13 in New Boston |
New Boston |
Fis 407.02(j) |
|
Pond Brook |
Stratford/Odell |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Pow Wow River |
South Hampton |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Saco River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from a point
at Lucy Brook marked by a
sign, downstream to similar sign at
the confluence with Artist
Falls Brook |
North Conway |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Sand Brook |
Hillsborough |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Soucook River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from the Loudon Village Dam in Loudon to its
confluence with the Merrimack River |
Loudon |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Souhegan
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- from a point
300 feet upstream of the Green bridge on
Old Wilton Road in Greenville to a
point 300 feet downstream of the Route 31 bridge in Wilton |
Greenville,
Wilton |
Fis 407.02(j) |
|
Sucker Brook |
Hollis |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Sucker Brook,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
-from the Dam in
Auburn Village downstream to
Lake Massabesic |
Auburn |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Sugar River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- Rte 11/103 Bridge to the so-called Oak
Street Bridge |
Newport |
Fis 407.02(o) |
|
Suncook
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
- Rte 126 Bridge in Barnstead downstream to
its confluence with
the Merrimack River |
Barnstead,
Pittsfield Chichester,
Epsom, Pembroke,
Allenstown |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Swift Diamond
River |
Dixville, Dix’s
Grant, Second College Grant |
Fis 407.02(p) |
|
Swift River,
except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- Rte. 113A
Bridge downstream to Rte. 113
Bridge |
Tamworth |
Fis 407.02(a) |
|
Taylor River - west of Rte.
95 |
Hampton, Hampton
Falls |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Turkey River |
Concord |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
West Branch
Mohawk River |
Colebrook |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
Winnipesaukee
River, except: |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
|
- area between
the dam at Paugus Bay to a point 500' downstream
and Messer Street bridge in Laconia downstream to Dixon Point in Laconia, and
from the old bridge abutment (Union Bridge) in Tilton/Belmont downstream to a
point 1,000 feet below the dam at Lochmere. |
Laconia,
Belmont, Tilton |
Fis 407.02(k) |
|
- from the
Franklin Falls Hydro Dam to its confluence
with the Pemigewasset
River |
Franklin |
Fis 407.03(a) |
|
Witches Spring
Brook |
Hollis |
Fis 407.04(a) |
|
All other rivers
and streams |
|
Fis 407.02(e) |
Source. (See Revision
Note # 1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading
for Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff
1-1-92; ss by #5614, eff 4-16-93; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; amd
by #6086, eff 1-1-96; amd by #6253, eff 5-22-96; ss
by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #7115, eff 9-29-99; ss by #7383, eff 10-25-00; amd by #7582, eff 1-1-02; amd by
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#9005, eff 1-1-08; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; amd by #9773-A, eff 1-1-11; amd
by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10674, eff 1-1-15; amd by #10936, eff 1-1-16; amd by
#11080, eff 4-22-16; ss by #12510, eff 4-6-18; ss by #12933, eff 11-28-19
Fis 407.02 Trout Waters.
(a)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) Fish shall be taken by fly fishing only;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 2
fish;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(b)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) Fish shall be taken by fly fishing only;
(4) All fish shall be immediately released
unharmed to the water;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(8) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(c)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the restrictions in Fis 407.02(a) and the
minimum total length for trout shall be 12 inches.
(d) Any waterbody shown as limited by this
paragraph in Table 400.2 shall be closed to all fishing.
(e)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restriction:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(4) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(5) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(6) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(7) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(8) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(9) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(10) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9 and Fis 405.06.
(f)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(4) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(5) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(6) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(7) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(8) Brown trout may be taken between 2 hours
after sunset and one hour before sunrise;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(11) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9 and Fis 405.06.
(g)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through November 30;
(3) Only single hook artificial lures and flies
shall be used;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 2
fish;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) The minimum length for brook trout shall be
12 inches;
(10) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(11) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(h)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except smelt, shall be January 1 through October 31 subject to the following:
a. From January 1 through June 15 and October 1
through October 31, all fish:
1. Shall be taken by fly fishing only;
2. Shall be immediately released; and
3. All hooks shall be barbless or have all barbs
pinched; and
b. From June 16 through September 30 fish may be
taken by all legal methods as follows:
1. The combined daily limit for salmon, lake
trout and brook trout shall be 2 fish;
2. The minimum length for brook trout and salmon
shall be 15 inches; and
3. The minimum length for lake trout shall be 18
inches;
(3) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(4) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(i) The taking of fish from any waterbody shown
as limited by this paragraph in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following
restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(5) This waterbody, and its tributaries to the
first upstream dam, shall be closed to the taking of salmon;
(6) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(7) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(8) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
(j)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) There shall be no closed season for all
species, except salmon and smelt;
(3) From October 16 through June 15 all fish
shall be immediately released and only single hook
artificial lures and flies shall be used and all hooks shall be barbless or
have all barbs pinched;
(4) From June 16 through October 15 fish may be
taken by all legal methods and the daily limit for brook trout shall be 5 fish
or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(11) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
(k)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except smelt, shall be April 1 through September 30;
(3) The open season for taking smelt shall be
June 16 through September 30;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(5) The minimum length for lake trout shall be 18
inches;
(6) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon and lake trout
shall be no more than 2 fish, whether 2 of one single
species or one of each species;
(8) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(9) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(l)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(4) The open season for taking smelt shall be as
follows:
a. From January 1 through March 14 and June 16
through October 15 smelt shall be taken by angling only; and
b. From March 15 through April 30 smelt shall
only be taken:
1. By means of a dip net not over 18 inches in
diameter; and
2. Between the hours of sunset and 12 midnight;
(5) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(6) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(7) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(8) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(9) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(10) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
(m)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The open season for the taking of all species
except smelt shall be January 1 through October 31 subject to the following:
a. From January 1 through March 31 the daily
limit for trout, including lake trout shall be 2 fish;
b. From April 1 through September 30 the combined
daily limit for salmon, lake trout, brook trout shall be 2 fish;
c. From October 1 through October 31 all fish
shall be immediately released and all hooks shall be
barbless or have all barbs pinched;
d. Fish shall be taken by fly fishing only;
e. The minimum length for salmon and lake trout
shall be 15 inches;
f. The open season for taking salmon shall be
January 1 through October 31;
g. From January 1 through March 31 and from
October 1 through October 31 all salmon shall be immediately released; and
h. The open season for taking
smelt shall be January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through September 30.
(n) The taking of fish from any waterbody limited
by this paragraph in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following
restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) There shall be no closed season for all
species, except smelt;
(3) From October 16 through the 4th
Saturday in April the taking of fish shall be subject to the following:
a. All fish shall
be immediately released;
b. Only single
hook artificial lures and flies shall be used; and
c. All hooks shall
be barbless or have all barbs pinched;
(4) From the 4th Saturday in April to
October 15:
a. Fish may be
taken by all legal methods; and
b. The daily limit
for brook trout shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first
be reached;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) The open season for taking salmon shall be
from April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be provided in Fis 403; and
(11) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
(o)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through November 30;
(3) Fish shall be taken by fly fishing only;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 2
fish;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited; and
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403.
(p)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except trout, salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through December 31;
(3) The open season for taking brook trout shall
be January 1 through September 30;
(4) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) The open season for taking salmon shall be
from April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing
through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice, shall
be prohibited;
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(11) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
(q)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) This waterbody shall be managed for trout;
(2) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through October 15;
(3) From January 1 through March 31 the taking of
fish shall be subject to the following:
a. All fish shall be immediately released;
b. Only single hook artificial lures and flies
shall be used; and
c. All hooks shall be barbless or have all barbs
pinched;
(4) From April 1 to October 15:
a. Fish may be taken by all legal methods; and
b. The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached;
(5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
January 1 through March 14 and June 16 through October 15;
(6) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(7) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(8) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(9) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice, shall be prohibited;
(10) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(11) There shall be no closed season for the
taking of bait fish listed in Fis 402.08 by the use of
traps in accordance with RSA 211:9.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by #5291, eff 1-1-92; amd by #5614, eff 4-16-93; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss by
#6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #7115, eff 9-29-99; amd by #7763, eff 1-1-03; amd by
#7926, eff 1-1-04; amd by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by
#8442, eff 1-1-06; amd by #8671, eff 1-1-07; ss by
#9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by #9249, eff 1-1-09; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by
#10674, eff 1-1-15; amd by #10936, eff 1-1-16; amd by #11080, eff 4-22-16; ss by #12933, eff 11-28-19
Fis 407.03 Other Waters.
(a)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) There shall be no closed season for all
species except salmon and smelt;
(2) The daily limit for brook trout shall be 5
fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall first be reached in open water
and 2 fish through the ice;
(3) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(4) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(5) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(6) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(7) No more than 6 ice fishing devices shall be
used to take fish while ice fishing.
(b)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) There shall be no closed season for all
species except salmon and smelt;
(2) From March 1 through September 30, the daily
limit for brook trout shall be 5 fish or 5 pounds of fish whichever limit shall
first be reached in open water and 2 fish through the ice;
(3) From October 1 through the last day of
February:
a. All brook trout shall be immediately released;
b. Only single hook artificial lures and flies
shall be used; and
c. All hooks shall be barbless or have all barbs
pinched;
(4) Open season for taking salmon shall be from
April 1 through September 30;
(5) The daily bag limit for salmon shall be 2
fish;
(6) The minimum length for salmon shall be 15
inches;
(7) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403; and
(8) No more than 6 ice fishing devices shall be
used to take fish while ice fishing.
(c)
The taking of fish from any waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph
in Table 400.2 shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The open season for taking of all species,
except salmon and smelt, shall be January 1 through September 30;
(2) All brook trout taken shall be immediately
released;
(3) There shall be no size or bag limit for black
bass;
(4) The daily limit for all other species shall
be as provided in Fis 403;
(5) All fish shall only be taken with:
a. Single hook
artificial lures and flies; and
b. All hooks shall
be barbless or have all barbs pinched; and
(6) Fishing through the ice, from the ice or from
any objected supported by the ice shall be prohibited.
(d) The taking of fish from any
waterbody shown as limited by this paragraph in Table 400.2 shall be subject to
the following restrictions:
(1) There shall be no closed season for all
species;
(2) All fish taken shall be immediately released;
(3) All fish shall only be taken with:
a. Single hook artificial lures and flies; and
b. All hooks shall be barbless or have all barbs
pinched; and
(4)
Fishing through the ice, from the ice or from any objected supported by
the ice shall be prohibited.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; ss by #5234, eff 1-1-92; ss by # 5291, eff 1-1-92; amd by #5614, eff 4-16-93; rpld
by #6086, eff 1-1-96; ss by #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by
#7115, eff 9-29-99; amd by #7383, eff 10-25-00; amd by #7582, eff 1-1-02; amd by
#7763, eff 1-1-03; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; amd by #9249, eff 1-1-09; amd by
#9773-A, eff 1-1-11; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by
#10674, eff 1-1-15; amd by #10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by
#12510, eff 4-6-18; ss by #12933, eff 11-28-19
Fis 407.04 Wild Trout
Waters. The taking of fish from this
waterbody as referenced from Table 400.2 in Fis 407.01(d) shall be subject to
the following restrictions:
(a) This waterbody shall be
managed for wild trout;
(b) The open season for
taking all species shall be January 1 through Labor day;
(c) Only single hook
artificial lures and flies shall be used and all hooks
shall be barbless or have all barbs pinched;
(d) All fish shall be
immediately released unharmed to the water; and
(e) Fishing through the ice,
from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice shall be prohibited.
Source. #7763, eff 1-1-03; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #10674, eff 1-1-15; ss by #14173, eff 1-9-25,
EXPIRES: 1-9-35
PART Fis 408 CONNECTICUT RIVER RULES
Statutory
Authority: RSA 211:5
Fis 408.01 Validity of
Licenses.
(a) Vermont resident
fishing licenses and New Hampshire fishing licenses shall be deemed valid for
the taking of fish in the Connecticut River. For the purposes of this,
“Connecticut River” means all waters of the river including the bays, set backs, and tributaries,
only to the first highway bridge crossing said tributaries on the Vermont and
New Hampshire sides.
(b) A person holding a New
Hampshire non-resident license shall only take fish from that portion of the
Connecticut River east of the Vermont low water mark.
(c) A person holding a
Vermont non-resident license shall only take fish from that portion of the
Connecticut River west of the Vermont low water mark.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4722, eff 1-1-90; ss by #4878, eff 7-23-90; ss
by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6950, INTERIM, eff
2-27-99, EXPIRED 6-27-99
New. #7115, eff 9-29-99; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note
#2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.02 Trout.
(a)
The season for taking brook, brown or rainbow trout by all legal methods
shall open on January 1 and close October 15, except in the portion of the
river from the boundary of Canaan, VT and Pittsburg, NH downstream to the Main
St. bridge in West Stewartstown, NH from January 1st to March 31, during which
only single barbless hook, artificial lures/flies shall be used.
(b)
The daily bag limit for trout through open water shall be 5 fish or 5
lbs., except that:
(1) In that portion of the river from the Samuel
Moore dam downstream to the Rte. 18 bridge the daily limit shall be one fish;
and
(2) In the portion of the river from the boundary
of Canaan, VT and Pittsburg, NH downstream to the Main St. bridge in West
Stewartstown, NH, from January 1st to March 31, all fish shall be immediately
released.
(c)
The daily bag limit through the ice shall be 2 fish, except in:
(1) that portion of the river from the Samuel
Moore dam downstream to the Rte. 18 bridge the daily limit shall be one fish;
and
(2) that portion of the river from the boundary
of Canaan, VT and Pittsburg, NH downstream to the Main St. bridge in West
Stewartstown, NH from January 1st to March 31, ice fishing shall be
prohibited
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; amd by #3169, eff 12-31-85;
ss by #4722, 1-1-90; ss by #5281, eff 1-1-92; EXPIRED 1-1-98
New. #6950, INTERIM, eff 2-27-99, EXPIRED: 6-27-99
New. #7115, eff 9-29-99; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16; ss by #11080, eff 4-22-16
Fis 408.03 Salmon.
(a) For the purposes of
this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Angling”
means fishing with hook and line which is personally attended;
(2) “Fly
fishing” means angling with the use of a single or double, side by side, hook
whose gape does not exceed 1/2 inch, dressed with hair, feathers, tinsel,
thread, yarn, or similar material and provided that additional
weight is not built into the fly in its construction, as in a weighted nymph,
and no additional weight or other attachments such as spinners or swivels are
attached to the hook, leader or line;
(3) “River”
means the main stem of the Connecticut River from the Massachusetts and New
Hampshire border north to the base of the dam at Lake Francis in
Pittsburg, New Hampshire;
(4) “Snagging”,
“snatching”, “lifting”, or “jigging” means the taking or attempting to take any
fish by foul hooking, that is, hooking the fish in any part of the body other
than inside the mouth;
(5) “Take”
or “taking” means killing or capturing or otherwise rendering into possession;
and
(6) “Commission”
means the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission established under
RSA 213:A-1, Article III.
(b) Connecticut River Basin
Atlantic salmon licensing requirements shall be as follows:
(1) No
person shall take, attempt to take, assist in taking, or possess, on the waters
or the shores of the river or any of its tributaries, any Atlantic salmon
without first having obtained a Connecticut River Basin Atlantic salmon license
from the fish and game department or its agent;
(2) Such
license shall be issued by the fish and game department on forms provided by
the commission and shall be valid during the calendar year of issue;
(3) No
person shall be issued such license unless such person has first obtained a
valid fishing license for all species required by the fish and
game department;
(4) The
fee for such license shall be $10.50, $.50 of which shall be retained by the
fish and game department; and
(5) Such
license shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner on
the outer garment at all times when angling for Atlantic salmon.
(c) The seasons, methods,
and limits shall be as follows:
(1) No
person shall take or attempt to take from the river or possess on the waters or
shores of the river any Atlantic salmon except at such times as the commission
declares an open season in the river or in specified areas of the river;
(2) The
fish and game department shall issue Connecticut River Atlantic salmon tags at
no additional cost to the holders of the Connecticut River Basin Atlantic
salmon license. The number of tags issued to each individual license
holder by the fish and game department shall be as set forth in regulations
promulgated by the commission. Any person taking any Atlantic salmon
in the main stem of the Connecticut River shall immediately attach thereto a
Connecticut River salmon tag and the possession of an Atlantic salmon on the
waters or shores of the river without such tag attached and the removal of such
tag prior to preparation for consumption shall be prohibited;
(3) During
any open season declared by the commission, Atlantic salmon shall be taken by
fly fishing only, the minimum length for Atlantic salmon shall be 15 inches and
the daily and seasonal creel limit shall be as determined by the commission
upon declaration of any open season;
(4) Any
Atlantic salmon taken under the provisions of this shall be presented to the
fish and game department or its agent;
(5) The
snagging of Atlantic salmon shall be prohibited;
(6) The
taking of Atlantic salmon with the aid of an artificial light shall
be prohibited;
(7) The
use of open or closed face spinning reels, spin cast reels, free spool reels,
bait casting reels, similar devices, or lead core lines shall
be prohibited;
(8) No
Atlantic salmon shall be taken within 250 feet of any dam or fishway;
(9) The
use of a gaff to land Atlantic salmon is prohibited; and
(10) All
Atlantic salmon taken contrary to subparagraphs (1) through (9)
above shall be immediately returned, without avoidable injury, to the
water from which taken.
(d) Nothing
in these rules shall prohibit a duly authorized state, federal, or commission
employee, acting within the scope of official employment, from taking or
possessing Atlantic salmon for the purposes of research, management, or
propagation.
(e) Any person who violates
any provision of these rules shall be subject to the penalties
set forth in RSA 206:19-a.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; amd by #4095, eff 7-22-86;
ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.04 Black Bass.
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking black bass by all legal methods, except as otherwise
provided in Fis 408.10.
(b) The daily bag limits
shall be as follows:
(1) From
January 1 to May 14, 2 fish;
(2) From
May 15 to June 15, all black bass shall be immediately released unharmed at the
site of catch to the waters from which taken; and
(3) From
June 16 to December 31, 5 fish.
(c)
From May 15 to June 15, black bass shall be taken only by artificial
lures and flies.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #5281, eff 1-1-92; ss
by #6627, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by
#12510, eff 4-6-18; ss by #14418, eff 10-22-25, EXPIRES: 10-22-35
Fis 408.05 Walleye or
Pike Perch.
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking walleye, by all legal methods, except as provided
in Fis 408.10.
(b) No person shall take
walleye 16 to 18 inches in length.
(c) The daily bag limit
shall be 4 fish of which only one may be larger than 18 inches.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; amd
by #1844, eff 1-1-82; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83; ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by
#4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6627, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23
(see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.06 Pickerel.
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking pickerel, by all legal
methods, except as otherwise provided in Fis 408.10.
(b) The daily bag limit
shall be 10 fish.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff
6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.07 Horned Pout
(Ameiurus nebulosus).
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking horned pout by all legal methods, except as otherwise
provided in Fis 408.10.
(b) There shall be no
length or weight limits.
(c) The daily bag limit
shall be 25 horned pout.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff
6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.08 Carp. There
shall be no closed season for taking carp by any legal method or by means of
long bow, and arrow with cord attached, in that part of the Connecticut River
beginning at the point on the northern boundary of Grafton County in New
Hampshire which is directly opposite the town of Concord, Vermont, and ending
to the south at the Massachusetts border.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4722, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff
12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96, EXPIRED: 5-22-04
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.09 Ice Fishing
for Certain Species.
(a) A person shall be
permitted to take all species except salmon through the ice during the open
season for such species, except as otherwise provided in Fis 408.10.
(b) No more than 6 ice
fishing devices shall be used to take fish while ice fishing.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; amd
by 1844, eff 1-1-82; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83; amd by
#2500, eff 11-1-83; ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4722, eff 1-1-90; ss by
#6141, INTERIM eff 12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96, EXPIRED: 5-22-04
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.10 Closed Season
in Certain Portion of River.
(a) The Connecticut River
shall be closed to the taking of all species from October 16 to December 31, in
the portion of the river beginning at the confluence of the
Upper Ammonoosuc River and the Connecticut River in Northumberland and
ending at the northern boundary of the town of Canaan, Vermont.
(b) From a point 1600 feet
upstream from the bridge in North Stratford, upstream to a point 250 feet below
the Lyman Falls Dam in North Stratford, and marked by a sign, the following
restrictions shall apply:
(1) Fishing
shall be permitted by artificial lures and flies only;
(2) All
lures and flies shall have barbless hooks or have all barbs pinched so that
they will not interfere with removal of the hook from the fish; and
(3) All
fish shall be immediately released unharmed to the waters.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4722, eff 1-1-90; ss #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss
#5281, eff 1-1-92; EXPIRED 1-1-98
New. #6950, INTERIM, eff 2-27-99, EXPIRED: 6-27-99
New.
#7384, eff 10-25-00; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.11 Liability for
Prosecution. Violators of the provisions of this part shall be
liable to prosecution under the laws of New Hampshire or,
alternatively, may be liable to prosecution under Vermont law.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff
6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.12 American Shad
(Alosa sapidissima).
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking American, sea-run, shad, by all legal fishing methods,
from the waters of New Hampshire. Such taking from designated brook
trout waters shall be prohibited from October 16 to the Friday before the
fourth Saturday in April.
(b) American shad (Alosa sapidissima) taken by any method shall be immediately
released back into the waters from which it was taken.
Source. #1844, eff 1-1-82; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff
6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10263, eff 1-29-13; ss by #13475, eff 10-28-22
Fis 408.13 Northern Pike.
(a) Northern pike less than
28 inches total length shall not be taken.
(b) The daily bag limit
shall be one fish.
Source. #3169, eff 12-31-85; ss by #4808, eff
4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.14 Fishways Closed. Fishways
on the Connecticut River shall be closed as follows:
(a) Vernon Dam in Vernon,
Vermont and Hinsdale, New Hampshire shall be closed to all fishing 150 feet
below the dam; and
(b) Wilder Dam in Wilder,
Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire shall be closed to all fishing 150 feet
below the dam.
Source. #4722, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff 12-20-95,
EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96, EXPIRED: 5-22-04
New.
#8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter
heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.15 Method of
Taking in Open Water. Any person fishing in open water shall use
no more than 2 lines.
Source. #4808, eff 4-27-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff
6-26-96, EXPIRED 10-24-96
New.
#6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #6627, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss
by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.16 Other Species
of Fish.
(a) There shall be no
closed season for taking black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), white perch (Morone americana), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), horned pout, or sunfish (Lepomis auritus,
L. gibosus, or L. macrochirus) by all legal methods, except as
otherwise provided in Fis 408.10.
(b) The daily bag limit for
black crappie shall be 25 fish.
(c) The daily bag limit for
white perch shall be 25 fish.
(d) The daily bag limit for
yellow perch shall be 25 fish.
(e) The daily bag limit for
sunfish shall be 25 fish.
(f) The aggregate daily
limit for black crappie, white perch, yellow
perch, sunfish, and horned pout shall not exceed 50 fish.
(g) There shall be no
limits on length or weight of black crappie, white perch, yellow perch, or
sunfish taken.
Source. #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14;
ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 408.17 River Herring. The Connecticut River and tributaries shall
be closed to the taking of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback
herring (Alosa aestivalis).
Source. #10936, eff 1-1-16
Fis 408.18 Round Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum). Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) taken by any method shall
be immediately released back into the waters from which it was taken.
Source. #12161, eff 4-18-17
PART Fis 409 MASSACHUSETTS –
NEW HAMPSHIRE BOUNDARY WATERS
Fis 409.01 Waters Included.
(a) The following bodies of
water, lying in the towns identified and subject to the rules specified in this
part, shall be designated as Massachusetts-New Hampshire interstate waters:
(1) Bent
Pond in Winchester, New Hampshire and Warwick, Massachusetts;
(2) Long
Pond in Pelham, New Hampshire and Dracut, Massachusetts;
(3) Lake Monomonac in Rindge, New Hampshire and
Winchendon, Massachusetts;
(4) Robbins
Pond in Rindge, New Hampshire and Winchendon, Massachusetts; and
(5) Tuxbury Pond
in South Hampton, New Hampshire and Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 409.02 Seasons for
All Species. There shall be no closed season for taking any
species, by all legal methods, in Massachusetts-New Hampshire interstate
waters.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 409.03 Black Bass.
(a) The daily bag limit
shall be:
(1) From
January 1 to March 31, 2 fish, of which only one black bass may be greater than
16 inches; and
(2) From
April 1 to May 14 and June 16 to June 30, 2 fish; and
(3) Five
fish from July 1 to ice-in.
(b) From May 15 through
June 15, all black bass shall:
(1) Be
immediately released unharmed at the site of capture; and
(2) Be
taken by artificial lures and flies only.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97; ss by #7582, eff 1-1-02;
ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #10007, eff 1-1-12; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter
heading for Fis 400)
Fis 409.04 Other Species
of Fish.
(a) There
shall be no closed season for taking black crappie,
white perch, yellow perch, horned pout, or sunfish by all legal methods.
(b) The
daily bag limit for black crappie shall be 25 fish.
(c) The
daily bag limit for white perch shall be 25 fish.
(d) The
daily bag limit for yellow perch shall be 25 fish.
(e) The
daily bag limit for horned pout shall be 25 fish.
(f) The
daily bag limit for sunfish shall be 25 fish.
(g) The
aggregate daily limit for black crappie, white perch, yellow
perch, sunfish, and horned pout shall not exceed 50 fish.
(h) There
shall be no limits on length or weight of black crappie,
white perch, yellow perch, horned pout or sunfish.
(i) The taking of northern pike shall be subject
to the following:
(1) The minimum total length shall be 28
inches; and
(2) The daily bag limit shall be one fish.
(j) The
taking of walleye shall be subject to the following:
(1) The minimum total length shall be 18
inches; and
(2) The
daily bag limit shall be 2 fish.
Source. (See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for
Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for Fis 500) #5016,
eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff 1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
Fis 409.05 Pickerel.
(a)
The daily bag limit shall be 10 fish.
(b)
There shall be no limits on length or weight for pickerel.
Source. (See Revision
Note #1 at chapter heading for Fis 400 and Revision Note at chapter heading for
Fis 500) #5016, eff 1-1-91; EXPIRED 1-1-97
New. #6432, eff
1-21-97, EXPIRED: 1-21-05
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #13698, eff 7-26-23 (see Revision Note #2 at
chapter heading for Fis 400)
PART Fis 410 MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERSTATE WATERS RULES
Statutory
Authority: RSA 211:4
Fis 410.01 Waters Included.
(a) Interstate waters between New Hampshire and
Maine subject to this part shall include:
(1) Umbagog Lake in
Errol/Cambridge, New Hampshire and Upton, Maine which shall include the waters
of the Androscoggin River upstream of the Errol Dam, the waters of the Magalloway River upstream to coordinates 44.795602o
-071.062732o to 44.795602o -071.061793o using
WGS84 map datum within the state of New Hampshire and the waters of
the Rapid River upstream to the marker at Cedar Stump in the State of Maine;
(2) Province Lake in
Effingham/Wakefield, New Hampshire and Acton/Newfield, Maine;
(3) Balch Pond in Wakefield, New Hampshire and Parsonsfield, Maine;
(4) Horn Pond, the northern terminus of which
shall be delineated by signage, in Wakefield, New Hampshire and Acton, Maine;
(5) Great East Lake in Wakefield, New Hampshire
and Acton, Maine;
(6) Milton Watershed in Milton, New Hampshire and
Lebanon, Maine which shall include all of the Milton
Three Ponds – Northeast Pond, Milton Pond and Townhouse Pond beginning at the
dam in Milton to the influx of the Branch River and the Salmon Falls River;
(7) Lower Kimball Pond in Chatham, New Hampshire
and Fryeburg, Maine;
(8) Spaulding Pond in Milton, New Hampshire and
Lebanon, Maine; and
(9) The Salmon Falls River in Wakefield, Milton,
Rochester, Somersworth, and Rollinsford, New Hampshire and Acton, Berwick and
South Berwick, Maine, including the upper reach of the Salmon Falls River
beginning at the outlet dam of Great East Lake, also known as State Line Canal,
to a point downstream marked by signage delineating the northern terminus of
Horn Pond.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; amd by #4153, eff 10-31-86;
ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff 12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96; amd
by #6628, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by
#9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; amd by
#10936, eff 1-1-16; amd by #11080, eff 4-22-16
Fis 410.02 Ice Fishing Restrictions.
(a) The open season for ice fishing except on
Great East Lake as specified in Fis 410.06 and Salmon Falls River as specified
in Fis 410.05, shall be January 1 to March 31 for all species except salmon.
(b) No person shall take a
salmon or cusk through the ice.
(c) The daily bag limits shall be as follows:
(1) Two lake trout, also known as togue, 2
rainbow trout, 2 brown trout or 2 brook trout except in Lake Umbagog as specified in Fis 410.07;
(2) Pickerel shall be 10 fish;
(3) Black bass shall be 2 fish with only one over
14 inches;
(4) Smelt shall be 2 quarts; and
(5) There shall be no bag limits on all other
species of fish.
(d) The minimum total lengths shall be as
follows:
(1) Lake trout, also known as togue, shall be 18
inches, except in Great East Lake as specified in Fis 410.06;
(2) Brook trout shall be 6 inches, except in Lake
Umbagog as specified in Fis 410.07;
(3) Brown trout and rainbow trout shall be 10
inches in lakes and ponds; and
(4) There shall be no length or weight limits on
all other species of fish.
(e) No person shall use more than 5 lines to take fish except in Great East Lake as specified in Fis 410.06..
(f) No dead or living pickerel, goldfish, yellow
perch, white perch, black bass, sunfish, crappie,
horned pout, carp or any spiny finned fish shall be
taken, sold or possessed for use as bait for fishing in New Hampshire-Maine
interstate waters.
(g) Smelt shall be taken only by angling in all
interstate waters and their tributaries except in the tributaries of Great East
Lake the taking of smelt shall be closed.
(h) The following restrictions shall apply to ice
fishing shacks on the Maine/New Hampshire interstate waters:
(1) No person who owns any shack or temporary
structure used for ice fishing shall place, or allow the shack or structure to
be placed, on the ice more than 3 days before the waters on which the shack or
structure is located are open to ice fishing;
(2) All ice fishing shacks while on the ice shall
be labeled on the outside in 2 inch letters with the
name and address of the owner; and
(3) Ice fishing shacks shall be removed from the
ice within 3 days after those waters close to ice fishing.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff
12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96; amd
by #7582, eff 1-1-02; ss by #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by
#9005, eff 1-1-08 ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16
Fis 410.03 Open Water
Restrictions.
(a) The open water fishing
season, except on the Salmon Falls River, shall be April 1 to December 31
except that in all lakes and ponds between October 1 and December 31, all
trout, landlocked salmon, and lake trout shall be released alive at once.
(b) From May 15 to June 30,
black bass shall be taken only with artificial lures and flies.
(c) The daily bag limits shall
be as follows:
(1) Two lake trout, also known
as togue, 2 salmon, 2 rainbow trout, 2 brown trout, or 2 brook trout except in
Lake Umbagog as specified in Fis 410.07;
(2) For pickerel the limit
shall be 10 fish;
(3) For black bass the limit
shall be:
a. Two fish from April 1 to May
14;
b. Catch and immediate release
from May 15 to June 30; and
c. Two fish from July 1 to
December 31;
(4) For smelt the limit shall
be 2 quarts; and
(5) There shall be no bag
limits on all other species of fish.
(d) The minimum total length
shall be as follows:
(1) For salmon the minimum
total length shall be 14 inches;
(2) For lake trout also known
as togue, the minimum total length shall be 18 inches, except in Great East
Lake pursuant to Fis 410.06;
(3) For brook trout the minimum
total length shall be 6 inches, except in Lake Umbagog
pursuant to Fis 410.07;
(4) For brown trout and rainbow
trout the total minimum length shall be 10 inches in lakes and ponds and 6
inches in rivers and streams;
(5) Only one black bass shall
be greater than 14 inches; and
(6) There shall be no length or
weight limits on all other species of fish.
(e) No person shall use more
than 2 lines to take fish.
(f) No dead or living pickerel,
goldfish, yellow perch, white perch, black bass, sunfish, crappie, horned pout,
carp or any spiny finned fish shall be taken, sold, or
possessed for use as bait for fishing in New Hampshire-Maine interstate waters.
(g) In all interstate waters
and their tributaries smelt shall be taken only by angling except as follows:
(1) In Lower Kimball Pond dip
nets not over 18” in diameter shall be permitted between sunset and 12 midnight
during the open water season; and
(2) In the tributaries of Great
East Lake the taking of smelt shall be closed.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94,
EXPIRED: 1-1-00
New. #7384, eff 10-25-00; amd
by #7582, eff 1-1-02; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16
Fis 410.04 RESERVED
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff
12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96; ss by #6628, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #7582, eff 1-1-02; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss
by #10425, eff 1-1-14; rpld by #10936, 1-1-16
Fis 410.05 Salmon Falls River.
(a) In the Salmon Falls River the exceptions to
the general ice fishing and open water restrictions as specified in Fis 410.02
and Fis 410.03 shall be as follows:
(1) The open water fishing season for the Salmon
Falls River shall be January 1 to December 31; and
(2) The Salmon Falls River shall be closed to ice
fishing.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff
12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96, EXPIRED: 5-22-04
New. #8381, eff 6-21-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06;
ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10674, eff 1-1-15
Fis 410.06 Great East Lake.
(a) In Great East Lake the exceptions to the
general ice fishing and open water restrictions as specified in
Fis 410.02 and Fis 410.03 shall be as follows:
(1) Only 2 lines may be used to take fish during
the ice fishing season: and
(2) Lake trout also
known as togue, shall be 16 inches total minimum length.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #5718, eff 1-1-94; ss
by #6628, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss by
#10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16
Fis 410.07 Umbagog
Lake.
(a) In Umbagog
Lake the exceptions to the general ice fishing and open water restrictions as
specified in Fis 410.02 and Fis 410.03 shall be as
follows:
(1) Brook trout shall be 18
inches minimum total length; and
(2) Brook trout daily bag limit
shall be one fish.
(b) That
portion of Umbagog Lake north of a straight line
between Molls Rock, Errol, New Hampshire and the red post between Spillman and
Glassy Coves, Magalloway Plantation, Maine shall be
closed to ice fishing.
(c) In the Magalloway
River in the state of New Hampshire there shall be no size or bag limit for
black bass.
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; ss by #4723, eff 1-1-90; ss by #6141, INTERIM eff
12-20-95, EXPIRED 4-18-96
New. #6253, eff 5-22-96; ss by #6628, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #7582, eff 1-1-02; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss by #9005, eff 1-1-08; ss
by #10425, eff 1-1-14; ss by #10674, eff 1-1-15; ss by #10936, eff 1-1-16
Fis 410.08 – RESERVED
Source. #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by #2263, eff 1-7-83;
ss by #2839, eff 8-31-84; rpld by #4723, eff 1-1-90
Fis 410.09 – RESERVED
Source. #1464, eff 1-1-80; #745, eff 1-25-76; ss by
#2263, eff 1-7-83; amd by #2500, eff 11-1-83; ss by
#2839, eff 8-31-84; amd by #3169, eff 12-31-85; amd by #4153, eff 10-31-86; rpld
by #4723, eff 1-1-90
PART Fis 411 RESERVED
Fis 411.01 RESERVED
Source. #5614, eff 4-16-93; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #10279, eff 2-28-13; rpld
by #10674, eff 1-1-15
Fis 411.02 RESERVED
Source. #5614, eff 4-16-93; ss by #5991, eff 2-24-95;
ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98; ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8442, eff 1-1-06; ss
by #10425, eff 1-1-14; rpld by #10674, eff 1-1-15
Fis 411.03 RESERVED
Source. #5614, eff 4-16-93; ss by #6629, eff 1-1-98;
ss by #6714, eff 3-11-98; amd by #7115, eff 9-29-99;
ss by #8119, eff 1-1-05; ss by #10279, eff 2-28-13; rpld
by #10674, eff 1-1-15
APPENDIX
|
Rule |
State or Federal Statute the Rule Implements |
|
Fis 401.01 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
|
|
|
Fis 402.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.02 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.03 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.04 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.05 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 402.09 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.10 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 402.11 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
|
|
|
Fis 403.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.02 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 403.04 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 403.08 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.09 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.10 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.11 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 403.12 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 403.13 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 403.14 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 403.15 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
|
|
|
Fis 404 |
Reserved |
|
|
|
|
Fis 405.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 405.02 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 405.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:2 |
|
Fis 405.05 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 405.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:9; RSA 212:19 |
|
|
|
|
Fis 406.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 406.04 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 406.05 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 212:19 |
|
Fis 406.06 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
Fis 406.07 |
RSA 206:10, I |
|
|
|
|
Fis 407.04 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 212:19 |
|
|
|
|
Fis 408.01 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
|
Fis 408.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5; RSA 213-A |
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Fis 408.04 |
RSA 206:10, I, RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.07 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.08 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.09 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.10 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.11 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.13 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.14 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.15 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 408.16 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:5 |
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Fis 409.01 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:4 |
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Fis 409.02 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:4 |
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Fis 409.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:4 |
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Fis 409.04 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:4 |
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Fis 409.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 211:4 |
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Fis 410 |
RSa 206:10; 207:14 |
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Fis 410.01(a)
intro. &(a)(1) |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:14, II |
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Fis 410.02 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:14 |
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Fis 410.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:14 |
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Fis 410.05 |
RSA 206:10 |
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Fis 410.04 |
Reserved |
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Fis 410.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:14 |
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Fis 410.07 |
RSA 206:10, I |
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Fis 410.08 and
Fis 410.09 |
Reserved |
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Fis 411.01 |
Reserved |
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Fis 411.02 |
Reserved |
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Fis 411.03 |
Reserved |