Ind. Admin. Code tit. 312, r. 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:
1. (A) Brookville Reservoir.
2. (B) Cecil M. Harden Reservoir.
3. (C) Monroe Reservoir.
4. (D) Patoka Reservoir.
5. (E) Lake Freeman.
6. (F) Lake Shafer.
7. (G) Hardy Lake.
8. (H) The Ohio River main stem, excluding all embayments.
(2) An individual:
1. (A) may use the live gizzard shad and threadfin shad as bait only within the body of water where it is collected; and
2. (B) must not transport live gizzard shad and threadfin shad from the body of water where collected.

(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).

(e) An individual may collect live alewife from Lake Michigan for use as bait only on Lake Michigan.

(f) An individual must:

(g) An individual must not possess live alewife other than on Lake Michigan.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-6-8; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2716; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Jul 6, 2010, 1:55 p.m.: 20100804-IR-312090616FRA; filed Feb 22, 2011, 1:13 p.m.: 20110323-IR-312100501FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)