Authority: IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22-16

Sec. 15. (a) An individual may take minnows at any time during the year.

(b) An individual must not take minnows except by:

1. (1) a minnow trap;
2. (2) a dip net;
3. (3) a minnow seine;
4. (4) a cast net;
5. (5) lawful sport fishing methods provided in this rule; or
6. (6) methods authorized under a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6.

(c) An individual must not transport beyond the limits of this state more than one hundred (100) minnows in a twenty-four (24) hour period. This subsection does not apply to a person:

1. (1) engaged in commercially raising minnows in private waters for sale;
2. (2) with a scientific purposes license under 312 IAC 9-10-6; or
3. (3) with a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16.

(d) A person must not sell minnows unless the person is issued a bait dealer's license under IC 14-22-16.

(e) An individual must not use a cast net, seine, or any other device to collect minnows extending from a dam downstream five hundred (500) yards on:

1. (1) inland water; or
2. (2) the boundary waters of this state, except for the Ohio River.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-7-15; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2720; 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; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Oct 24, 2017, 8:46 a.m.: 20171122-IR-312170262FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)