482.8 Baits.
1. It is lawful for licensed commercial fishers, commercial turtle harvesters, and commercial roe harvesters to pursue, take, possess, and transport any commercial fish or their parts, bait fish, turtles, frogs, salamanders, leeches, crayfish, or any other aquatic invertebrates for bait unless otherwise prohibited by law.
2. It is lawful to use any member of the following families as bait fish in boundary waters: Cyprinidae, the minnows; Catostomidae, the suckers; Umbridae, the mudminnows; Clupeidae, the herrings; Hiodontidae, the mooneyes; Amiidae, the bowfin unless otherwise prohibited by law.
3. It is lawful to use green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus, and orange-spotted sunfish, Lepomis humilis, for bait fish.
4. It is lawful to use minnow seines for taking bait in the boundary waters. Minnow seines may not exceed fifty feet in length and eight feet in depth.
86 Acts, ch 1141, §8
C87, §109B.8
C93, §482.8
2009 Acts, ch 144, §26
Referred to in §805.8B(3)(d)
For applicable scheduled fines, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph d
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 482 - COMMERCIAL FISHING
Section 482.1 - Authority of the commission.
Section 482.3 - Commercial fishing — where permitted.
Section 482.4 - Commercial licenses and gear tags.
Section 482.5 - Commercial gear.
Section 482.6 - Tagging of commercial gear.
Section 482.7 - Gear attendance.
Section 482.9 - Unlawful methods.
Section 482.10 - Commercial fishing licenses.
Section 482.11 - Turtles and turtle eggs.
Section 482.12 - Freshwater mussels.
Section 482.13 - Reciprocity for commercial fishing and commercial turtle fishing.
Section 482.14 - Reports and records required — inspections.