Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 23.02

Current through August 26, 2024

Section NR 23.02 - Definitions

The following definitions apply to terms used in this chapter:

(1m) "Bag limit" or "daily bag limit" has the meaning given in s. NR 20.03(8).

(2) "Dip net" means a piece of netting suspended from a frame designed to be raised and lowered vertically when fishing.

(3) "Fisher" means any person engaged in fishing.

(4) "Length of fish" means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the snout of the fish to the end of its tail with the tail or caudal fin fully extended.

(4m) "Menominee river" means the Menominee river, all impoundments downstream to its confluence with Green Bay, and that portion of Green Bay bounded by the mouth of the Menominee river on the west, the "government pier" or breakwall on the south, the "lighthouse pier" or breakwall on the north, and a line connecting the eastern-most points of those breakwalls on the east.

(5) "Minnow" has the meaning given it in s. 29.001(54), Stats.

(6) "Open season" means that period of the year established in s. NR 23.04 when a specific species of fish is allowed to be taken.

(7) "Possession limit" has the meaning given in s. NR 20.03(31).

(8) "Rough fish" has the meaning given it in s. 29.001(74), Stats., and also includes amur carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).

(8m) "Safe harvest" means a level of harvest that incorporates an appropriate margin of safety, estimates of the population and acceptable exploitation rates which will reasonably prevent harvest of more than 35% of the population of adult walleyes or 27% of the population of adult muskellunge. The margin of safety assures that the true safe harvest is not exceeded in more than 1 of 40 cases. For waters where a population estimate has not been made, a regression model based upon population estimates from other waters will be used. The margin of safety used depends upon the age of the population estimate and whether a regression model was used.

(8n) "Secretary" means secretary of the department of natural resources.

(9) "Sport fishing" means fishing, when authorized, with hook and line, spearing and the use of a dip net.

(10) "Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters" means the following waters that form the interstate boundary water between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan:

Name	Location
(a) BASIN LAKE ...........................	T45N, R43W, Sec. 34 .....................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R7E, Sec. 30 .......................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(b) BIG LAKE ............................	T44N, R41W, Secs. 16 & 17 ................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 13, 14, 23 & 24 ............	Vilas co. - Wis.
(c) BIG BAD WATER LAKE ..................	Dickenson co. - Mich.
Florence co. - Wisconsin
(d) BIG BATEAU LAKE .....................	T44N, R40W, Secs. 26 & 27 ................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10E, Sec. 30 ......................	Vilas Co. - Wis.
(e) BRULE RIVER .........................	Iron co. - Michigan
Florence & Forest cos. - Wisconsin
(f) CRAMPTON LAKE .......................	T44N, R41W, Sec. 18 .....................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 10, 14 & 15 ...............	Vilas co. - Wis.
(g) CRYSTAL LAKE ........................	T43N, R39W, Secs. 3 & 4 ..................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10 & 11E, Secs. 36 & 31 ............	Vilas co. - Wis.
(h) CYRUS LAKE ..........................	T45N, R43W, Sec. 35 .....................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R7E, Sec. 32 .......................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(i) LAC VIEUX DESERT .....................	T43N, R38 and 39W ......................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R11E, Secs. 4, 10, 11, 12 & 15 ........	Vilas co. - Wis.
(j) LITTLE PRESQUE ISLE LAKE ...............	T44N, R42W, Sec. 6 ......................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R7E, Sec. 3 .......................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(k) MAMIE LAKE .........................	T44N, R41W, Sec. 23 .....................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R9E, Secs. 17, 10 & 21 ..............	Vilas co. - Wis.
(l) MENOMINEE RIVER .....................	Menominee, Dickinson & Iron cos.- Michigan Florence & Marinette cos. - Wisconsin
(m) MILL LAKE ..........................	T44N, R40W, Sec. 36 .....................	-Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R10E, Sec. 33. . ....................	-Vilas co. - Wis.
(n) MONTREAL RIVER ......................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
(Including the East Fork up to the mouth of Layman Creek)	Iron co. - Wis.
(o) NORWOOD LAKE .......................	T43N, R38W, Secs. 23 & 24 ................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R12E, Sec. 20 ......................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(p) PLUM LAKE ..........................	T44N, R42W, Secs. 11, 12 & 13 .............	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Sec. 9 ........................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(q) ROACH LAKE .........................	T44N, R42W, Secs. 3, 4, 9 & 10 .............	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Sec. 7 ........................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(r) SMOKY LAKE ..........................	T43N, R37W, Secs. 21, 28, 29, 32 & 33 .......	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T42N, R12E, Secs. 35 & 36 .................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(s) STATE LINE LAKE .......................	T45N, R43W, Secs. 29 & 32 ................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T44N, R6E, Sec. 26 .......................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(t) TENDERFOOT LAKE .....................	T44N, R42W, Secs. 10 & 11 ................	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8E, Secs. 7 & 8 ....................	Vilas co. - Wis.
(u) WEST BAY LAKE ......................	T44N, R41, Secs. 15, 16 & 22 ...............	Gogebic co. - Mich.
T43N, R8 & 9E, Secs. 13 & 18 ..............	Vilas co. - Wis.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 23.02

Cr. Register, March, 1986, No. 363, eff. 4-1-86; emerg. cr. (8m), eff. 5-5-89; cr. (8m) and (8n), Register, November, 1989, No. 407, eff. 12-1-89; correction in (5) and (8) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, January, 1999, No. 517; cr. (4m), am. (10) (l), Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99; CR 04-024: am. (1) and (7) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 09-051: renum. (1) to be (1m), cr. (1) Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10.

Amended by, CR 17-061: r. (1) Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 3/1/2018