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11/3/2006
COMMISSION APPROVES FISHING REGULATION CHANGES FOR 2007
Handfishing, bass pass, paddlefish, and trout fishing regulations
included
PRATT -- The
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved a variety of fishing
regulation changes for 2007. At a public hearing in Chanute Oct. 26t, the
commission approved the following regulations:
 | handfishing -- establishes a handfishing season of June 15-Aug. 31
for flathead catfish on the Kansas River and the Arkansas River (Wichita
to the Oklahoma border). A $25 permit will be required. While
handfishing had not been allowed in Kansas prior to enactment of this
approved regulation, several other states do allow the practice. The
regulation prohibits the use of hooks, snorkeling or scuba gear, or
other man-made devices while engaged in handfishing. |
| Bass Pass -- establishes a Tournament Bass Pass (fee $10), which
allows participants in registered bass tournaments held between Sept. 1
and June 15 to keep two fish, to be released after tournament weigh-in,
that meet the statewide minimum length limit but are under a special
length limit for that fishing location. The regulation also allows
anglers in registered tournaments to cull their catch, meaning they can
replace a small fish in their livewell with a larger one. To qualify for
these tournaments, organizers must provide adequate weigh-in procedures,
and boats must be equipped with working livewells that contain an
electrolyte chemical-water solution. |
| Paddlefish permit -- establishes a permit required of anyone wishing
to snag paddlefish during the snagging season opened at designated
waters. The $10 permit will include six paddlefish tags, which must be
affixed immediately upon catch to each fish that exceeds the length
limit. |
| Trout Fishing permits -- establishes two categories of trout fishing
waters. Waters in one category would require all anglers fishing there,
for any fish species, to have a trout permit ($10) during the Oct.
15-April 15 trout season. Waters in the other category would require a
trout permit only for anglers fishing for and harvesting trout. |
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