Section 481A.68. Tip-up fishing device.

  1.  As used in this section, “tip-up fishing device” means an ice fishing mechanism with an attached flag or signal to indicate fishing action, used to hold a fishing rod or pole with line and hook.

  2.  A person shall not use more than three tip-up fishing devices for fishing in the waters of the Mississippi river, the Missouri river, and the Big Sioux river, and their connected backwaters. A person may use two or three hooks on the same line, but the total number of hooks used by each person shall not exceed three. Each tip-up fishing device used in fishing shall have attached a tag plainly labeled with the owner’s name and address. A person shall not use a tip-up fishing device for fishing within three hundred feet of a dam or spillway or in a part of the river which is closed or posted against use of the device. Three tip-up fishing devices may be used in addition to the two lines with no more than two hooks per line, as specified in section 481A.72.

  3.  An untagged tip-up fishing device found in use shall be confiscated by any officer appointed pursuant to section 456A.13 or 456A.14.

88 Acts, ch 1041, §1

C89, §109.68

C93, §481A.68

2003 Acts, ch 31, §1