1. (a) Licensed bait dealers may take freshwater smelt for sale as bait.
2. (b) Licensed bait dealers shall only take freshwater smelt in the waterbodies listed in Table 502.1 in paragraph (c) below by means of a dip net held in hand, a drop net not over 48 inches in diameter, or a square umbrella net not over 42 inches on a side, pursuant to RSA 214:34-a.

3. (c) Licensed bait dealers may take freshwater smelt for sale as bait by the methods described in paragraph (b) above from ice-in through February 28, in the open waterbodies in Table 502.1:

   Table 502.1 WATERBODIES OPEN FOR TAKING FRESHWATER SMELT FOR BAIT

   WATERBODY

   TOWN(s)

   Beech Pond, Lower

   Tuftonboro

   Cedar Pond

   Milan

   Christine Lake

   Stark

   Crystal Lake

   Enfield, Gilmanton, and Eaton

   Deering Reservoir

   Deering

   Iona Lake

   Albany

   Loon Lake

   Freedom

   Loon Pond

   Gilmanton

   Manning Lake

   Gilmanton

   Pea Porridge Pond

   Madison

   Pleasant Lake

   Deerfield

   Post Pond

   Lyme

   Rust Pond

   Wolfeboro

   Sandy Pond

   Richmond

   South Pond

   Stark

   Suncook Lakes

   Barnstead

   Sunapee Lake, Little

   Springfield

   Sunset Lake

   Alton and Gilmanton

   Tewksbury Pond

   Grafton

   Webster Lake

   Franklin

   Wentworth Lake

   Wolfeboro

   White Lake

   Tamworth

4. (d) The daily limit for freshwater smelt taken by licensed bait dealers in the water bodies listed in Table 502.1 in paragraph (c) above shall be 8 quarts liquid of whole, with head and tail intact, freshwater smelt in the 24 hours between 12 o'clock noon one day and 12 o'clock noon the following day.
5. (e) The daily limit for freshwater smelt taken by licensed bait dealers in locations other than those set forth in Table 502.1 in paragraph (c) above shall be 2 quarts liquid of whole, with head and tail intact, freshwater smelt in the 24 hours between 12 o'clock noon one day and 12 o'clock noon the following day and shall be taken by angling only.
6. (f) No licensed bait dealer shall have in possession more than one daily limit of freshwater smelt while taking freshwater smelt for sale as bait from streams, ponds, or lakes, or when leaving such waters.

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