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STATEWIDE REGULATIONS
See page 3 for Statewide Creel Limits. There are many exceptions to the following Statewide Regulations. Refer to page 7 to learn to
find regulation exceptions for specific waters and drainages on pages 8-18.
Terms and Definitions
Aquaria
Means any enclosures used to contain organisms that prevent escape.
Aquaria shall have a closed system of water circulation with
no risk of contacting the surface waters of this state.
Archery Equipment
Means crossbows, longbows, recurve bows, compound bows and
arrows.
Artificial Flies and Lures
Means manmade flies and lures. Artificial lures are single devices
regardless of the number of hooks, including spoons, spinners and
plugs made of metal, plastic, wood or other non-edible materials,
or plastic products made to resemble worms, eggs, fish or other
aquatic organisms. Artificial flies includes flies, streamers, jigs, or
poppers tied from such materials as thread, feathers, hair or tinsel.
Artificial flies and lures do not include living or dead organisms or
edible parts thereof, natural or prepared organic food stuffs, or
chemical attractants, regardless if the chemical attractant is added
in the manufacturing process or applied afterward.
Artificial Light
Means any man-made light or lighting device.
Aquatic Invasive Species include:
* Zebra and quagga mussel (GENUS Dreissena);
* New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum);
* Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea);
* Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus);
* Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans);
* Bighead, silver and largescale silver carp (GENUS Hypophthalmichthys);
*
Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus);
* Snakehead (GENERA Channa and Parachanna);
* Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata);
* Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); and
* Curly pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
Bait
Means living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or
prepared organic food, and chemical attractants used in the taking
of fish.
Baitfish
Means nongame fish not designated as aquatic invasive species
that were collected or purchased for use as bait.
Business Establishment
Means a single business location with an associated physical address
designated on the live baitfish dealer's license.
Commercially Produced Live Baitfish
Means adult fathead minnows that were propagated and reared in
a Department approved private fish hatchery.
Creel Limit
Means the total number of game fish a person may harvest and reduce
to possession during any one (1) day regardless of the method
or methods of harvest.
20 WYOMING GAME AND FISH
Dates
Means the dates mentioned are inclusive.
Day
Means calendar day.
Drainage
Means the river or stream proper and the area of land, including all
streams and standing waters, that drains into that river or stream.
Fishing Contest
Means any event for catching fish on waters of this state, excluding
licensed fishing preserves or hatchery catch out ponds, where cash
or prizes are awarded or an entry or participation fee is charged and
fifty (50) or more adult (18 years of age or older) anglers or twentyfive
(25) or more boats participate on a given date.
Fishing Contest Permit
Means a document issued by the Department that grants the permittee
authorization to conduct a fishing contest.
Gaff
Means a spear or hook, with or without a handle, used for holding
or lifting of fish.
Game Fish
Unless otherwise provided for specific waters or drainages on pages
8-18, means:
* bass (GENUS Micropterus and Ambloplites);
* bluegill, pumpkinseed and sunfish (GENUS Lepomis);
* crappie (GENUS Pomoxis);
* walleye and sauger (GENUS Sander);
* yellow perch (GENUS Perca);
* trout, salmon, and char (GENUS Salmo, Oncorhynchus and Salvelinus);
*
whitefish and cisco (GENUS Prosopium);
* grayling (GENUS Thymallus);
* pike (GENUS Esox);
* catfish and bullheads (GENUS Ameiurus, Ictalurus, Noturus and
Pylodictis);
* burbot (GENUS Lota);
* sturgeon (GENUS Scaphirhynchus); and,
* freshwater drum (GENUS Aplodinotus).
Hook
Means a single hooked device or bait regardless of the number of
prongs.
Lake
Means a body of standing water in a depression of land and includes
reservoirs, ponds (excluding ponds created by beavers) and gravel
and mining pits.
Live Baitfish Dealer
Means a person licensed by the Department to sell live baitfish.
Live Baitfish Dealer of Record
Means the designated individual legally accountable for all aspects
of the live baitfish dealer.
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