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Minnesota Statutes Game and Fish (Ch. 97-102) § 97C.331. Snagging fish prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Subdivision 1. General prohibition. A person may not:

(1) intentionally take fish by snagging; or

(2) use a snag line, snag pole, snag hook, or cluster of fish hooks, designed to be placed in or drawn through the water to hook the body of a fish.

Subd. 2. Lake Superior tributaries. On tributaries to Lake Superior below the posted boundaries, and on tributaries to Lake Superior with no posted boundaries, a fish that is hooked in any part of the body except in the mouth must be immediately unhooked and returned to the water.

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