Indiana Changes Law on Usage of Alewives!!!

[ITOFlies]

I cut a bunch of crud out of the press release! What sucks is we can not use the sabiki rigs yet!

Changes on using live gizzard shad, threadfin shad, and alewives as bait

Rule changes regarding the use of live gizzard shad, threadfin shad and alewives as bait, and the size of cast nets used in collecting such bait, take effect March 22.

- Live alewives may be collected, possessed and used on Lake Michigan only, and may not be transported away from Lake Michigan. Any unused alewives must be killed. A person must immediately kill alewives collected from waters other than Lake Michigan.

- The maximum cast net diameter is increased to 20 feet for both the Ohio River and the rest of the state. Mesh size remains at 3/4 inch stretch mesh for normal minnow/crayfish collection statewide. However, cast nets used at the eight named live shad water bodies listed above will be able to have a maximum mesh size of 2 inches stretch mesh. Stretch mesh is the distance between two opposite knots of a net mesh when the net is stretched tight. This will allow for more practical use in collecting live gizzard shad, threadfin shad or alewives, which school in open water.

The DNR website will be updated as the effective date approaches.

[killerbe20]

reminds me of florida fishing. opens a lot of possibilities as long as the alwives are readily available for netting.