Shad

[savagehead]

I read the regs regarding shad but was left confused...lol...I fish Lake waveband a lot and the place is loaded with gizzard shad....i also like to use dead gizzard shad as catfish bait...my question to you is this...can I catch and kill shad on lake Waveland to use them elsewhere as bait?

[morrison]

I have posted the Indiana Administrative Code below that pertains to Gizzard Shad. In reading this, you cannot collect and possess "LIVE" Gizzard Shad from a body of water not listed in the code. If you collect shad from any other body of water, they must be killed immediately. Let me know if you still have questions.


312 IAC 9-6-1 Definitions pertaining to fish and fishing activities
(C) Notwithstanding IC 14-22-16, 312 IAC 9-7-15, and 312 IAC 9-7-16, live gizzard shad, threadfin shad, and alewife may only be collected, used, possessed, sold, bartered, and disposed of in accordance with 312 IAC 9-6-8.

312 IAC 9-6-8 Carp and gizzard shad as bait
Sec. 8. (a) An individual must not use live carp as bait.
(b) An individual must not use live gizzard shad or threadfin shad as bait except as follows:
(1) An individual may collect live gizzard shad or threadfin shad for use as bait only from the following:
(A) Brookville Reservoir.
(B) Cecil M. Harden Reservoir.
(C) Monroe Reservoir.
(D) Patoka Reservoir.
(E) Lake Freeman.
(F) Lake Shafer.
(G) Hardy Lake.
(H) The Ohio River main stem, excluding all embayments.
(2) An individual:
(A) may use the live gizzard shad and threadfin shad as bait only within the body of water where it is collected; and
(B) must not transport live gizzard shad and threadfin shad from the body of water where collected.
(c) An individual must:
(1) kill any live gizzard shad or threadfin shad collected for bait and not used; and
(2) immediately kill gizzard shad and threadfin shad collected at waters not listed in subsection (b)(1).
(d) An individual must not possess live gizzard shad or threadfin shad at waters other than those listed in subsection (b)(1).