MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      625

The only changes made are in style.
4-619. USE OF CERTAIN FISHING RIGS PROHIBITED.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN §4-620, A PERSON MAY NOT
USE OR ATTEMPT TO USE A GIG, GIG IRON, A LIGHT, NET,
SEINE, FISH POT, OR OTHER FISHING RIG. IF ANY PERSON
IS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF THE DEVICES PROHIBITED BY
THIS SECTION WHILE CATCHING FISH, IT IS PRIMA FACIE
EVIDENCE OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
part of Article 66C, section 211(a) of the
Code. The provision creating a prima facie
presumption of guilt is rewritten in light
of the original statute, in Chapter 121,
Acts of 1947, to indicate what devices the
provision refers to. The only other
changes made are in style.

4-620. EXCEPTIONS TO USE OF CERTAIN FISHING RIGS.

(A)   CATCHING CARP IN CERTAIN WATERS WITH BOW AND
ARROW OR GIG.— UNDER SUPERVISION, RULE OR REGULATION,
AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT, A PERSON MAY CATCH CARP
WITH BOW AND ARROW, AND BY GIG IN THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY WATERS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, CONOCOCHEAGUE
CREEK, ANTIETAM AND LICKING CREEKS, EXCEPT DURING
APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.

(B)    CATCHING CARP OR EELS. - A PERSON MAY CATCH
CARP OR EELS UNDER THE SUPERVISION, OR RULE OR
REGULATION, AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE
WATERS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, THE POTOMAC RIVER, AND THE
MONOCACY RIVER IN FREDERICK COUNTY.

(C)    CERTAIN NETS PERMITTED FOR CATCHING BAIT
FISH. - A DIP OR LANDING NET OR SEINE NOT MORE THAN
SIX FEET IN LENGTH NOR MORE THAN FOUR FEET IN DEPTH
MAY BE USED TO CATCH BAIT FISH.

(D)   SNAGGING WITH HOOKS PROHIBITED. - FISH MAY
NOT BE SNAGGED BY MEANS OF HOOKS.

(E)    FISH POTS IN CONOCOCHEAGUE AND LICKING
CREEKS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.— DAMS COMMONLY KNOWN AS
"FISH POTS" MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ONLY IN THE WATERS OF
CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AND LICKING CHEEK. NECESSARY
PORTABLE SLATS, TILTS, SLIDES, OR ESCAPES SHALL BE
INSTALLED IN EVERY FISH POT AND SHALL REMAIN OPEN WHEN
THE FISH POT IS NOT ATTENDED OR IN USE. BASS MAY NOT