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Open Water and Ice Fishing Laws and Rules

Maine Open Water and Ice Fishing Regulations - April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2012

Complete Fishing Lawbook (pages 1 – 104)  (3.62MB)

Download the fishing regulations by sections:

• Table of Contents  (page 3) (482KB)
• How to Use this Book (page 4) (484KB)
• General Law Regulations (page 5) (494KB)
• Special Regulation Codes (S-Codes) (page 7) (478KB)
• Fishing Laws and Definitions (pages 8 – 13) (882KB)
• Laws Pertaining to Bait Dealers and Use of Live Bait Fish (page 14) (489KB)
• Map of Counties (page 15) (988KB)
• Southern and Eastern County Fishing Rules (page 16) (480KB)
• Androscoggin County (252KB)
• Cumberland County (496KB)
• Hancock County (506KB)
• Kennebec County (499KB)
• Knox County (489KB)
• Lincoln County (490KB)
• Oxford County (South of the Androscoggin River) (504KB)
• Penobscot County (412KB)
• Sagadahoc County (489KB)
• Waldo County (492KB)
• Washington County (509KB)
• York County (500KB)
• Northern and Western County Fishing Rules (page 44) (481KB)
• Aroostook County (515KB)
• Franklin County (508KB)
• Oxford County (North of the Androscoggin River) (502KB)
• Piscataquis County (539KB)
• Somerset County (522KB)
• Allagash Wilderness Waterway Regulations (pages 73-74) (496KB)
• Kennebec River Regulations (pages 87-88) (467KB)
• Regulations for Waters Indian Territory (pages 89 – 93) (521KB)
• Regulations for Boundary Waters between Maine and New Brunswick (pages 93 – 95) (490KB)
• Regulations for Boundary Waters between Maine and New Hampshire (pages 95 – 97) (490KB)

• Maine Statute, Title 12  (coming soon)

 

 

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