Trot line and jug fishing

[jim1966]

For jug fishing is it leagel to have 5 jugs per person or is it 5 jugs per boat? is it legal to fish with rods while jugs are out? For trot lines is it 50 hooks per person or 50 per boat?

Thanks

[morrison]

All laws unless specified are written to be per individual or person. A person can fish with three poles, five jugs, ten limb lines, and one trot line with no more than 50 hooks. read the posted statute below and if you have further questions, please let me know.

312 IAC 9-7-2 Sport fishing methods, except on the Ohio River

(c) An individual may take fish with not more than three (3) poles, hand lines, or tip-ups at a time. Except as provided in
subsections (g) and (k), an individual must affix to each line not more than two (2) hooks or two (2) artificial baits or harnesses for
use with live bait.

(h) An individual must not take fish with more than one (1) trotline, set line, or throw line. A line must have not more than
fifty (50) hooks affixed. A trotline must be:
(1) anchored to the bottom; or
(2) set not less than three (3) feet below the surface of the water.
A legible tag with the name and address of the user must be affixed to each trotline. Each trotline must be attended at least once every
twenty-four (24) hours. An individual must not take fish from Lake Michigan with a trotline, set line, or throw line.

(i) An individual must not take fish from a lake with free-float lines or fish from a river or stream with more than five (5) freefloat
lines. Not more than one (1) hook shall be affixed to each line. A free-float line:
(1) shall bear the name and address of the user; and
(2) must not be constructed of glass.
Each free-float line must be in constant attendance by the person fishing

(f) An individual must not fish with more than ten (10) limb lines or drop lines at a time