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9/1/2006
Two Hearings Scheduled
for 2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations
ANNAPOLIS — The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced
today that there will be two public hearings on the Department’s proposed
2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations. The first will be held on Tuesday,
September 5, at 7 p.m., in the theater at Allegany College in Cumberland,
located at 12401 Willowbrook Road. The second will be held Monday,
September 18, at 7 p.m., in the C-1 Conference of the Tawes State
Office Building in Annapolis, located at 580 Taylor Avenue. Anyone
interested in providing comments on any of the proposals is welcome to
attend.
The proposed 2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations include:
- Amend closure dates for Put-and-Take
Trout Fishing Areas for 2008:
|
Closure |
Existing 2007 |
2008 |
|
0 |
No closure |
No closure |
|
1 |
March 11 to March 31 |
March 9 to March 29 |
|
2 |
March 25 to March 31 |
March 23 to March 29 |
|
3 |
April 15 to April 21 |
April 13 to April 19 |
|
4 |
April 22 to April 28 |
April 20 to April 26 |
The existing Delayed Harvest Trout
Fishing Area on the upper Savage River in Garrett County from Poplar Lick
upstream to Merrill’s Bridge at Westernport Road will be removed. A Zero
Creel for Brook Trout Area will be established in this section and on all
tributaries to the Savage River upstream of the Savage River Reservoir
dam. The Zero Creel for Brook Trout Area will have daily and possession
limits of 2 for other trout species in aggregate; there will be no closed
season; tackle will be restricted to artificial flies and lures only; and
no bait will be allowed. There will be no stocking in the Zero Creel
Brook Trout Area; stocking will remain as before on areas not included in
this regulation.
Modify the existing Put-and-Take
Trout Fishing Area on the Youghiogheny River at Friendsville and add a
Delayed Harvest Trout Fishing Area. A newly defined Put-and-Take Trout
Fishing Area will extend from the upstream side of the Route 42 Bridge
downstream 0.4 miles to a site 50 yards downstream of Maple Street (at the
confluence of Minnow Run). The Delayed Harvest Trout Fishing Area will
extend from the confluence of Minnow Run downstream to the gas-line
crossing upstream of Youghiogheny Reservoir.
Regulations for the use of gigs, bow
and arrow, dip nets and spear guns have all been standardized. These
fishing gears can be used to catch all fish species except all trout
species, walleye, striped bass, striped bass hybrid, northern pike,
muskellunge, muskellunge hybrids and largemouth and smallmouth bass. Dip
netting regulations were clarified to state that they may not be used on
Put-and-Take or Special Trout Management Areas.
The regulation for the culling of
trout was modified to clearly define when a trout is in possession. A
trout is deemed to be part of a daily and possession creel limit if it
cannot freely swim away from the angler.
The dam on the pond at Stansbury Park
in Baltimore County was added to the list of Dividing Lines between Tidal
and Nontidal waters.
Written comments may be submitted by e-mail to: Tamara
O’Connell at
tloconnell@dnr.state.md.us or mail to: Tamara O’Connell, Fisheries
Service, 580 Taylor Avenue C-2, Annapolis, MD 21401, and must be received no
later than October 2, 2006.
DNR Inland Fisheries management activities are
supported by the Sportfish Restoration Program
(Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux) funds, and by fees from the sale of
freshwater fishing licenses and trout stamps.
All interested parties are invited to attend and give
their views. Sign language interpreters and other appropriate
accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon
request. One-week advance notice is requested and appreciated.
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