(a) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, a valid Kansas fishing license is required to fish or to take any bullfrog in this state.
(b) The provisions of section (a) do not apply to fishing by:
(1) A person, or a member of a person’s immediate family domiciled with such person, on land owned by such person or on land leased or rented by such person for agricultural purposes;
(2) A resident of this state who is less than 16 years of age or who is 65 or more years of age;
(3) A nonresident who is less than 16 years of age;
(4) A person fishing in a private water fishing impoundment unless waived pursuant to K.S.A. 32-975;
(5) A resident of an adult care home, as defined by K.S.A. 39-923 and amendments thereto, licensed by the secretary of health and environment;
(6) An inmate in an honor camp operated by the secretary of corrections, pursuant to an agreement between the secretary of the Kansas Department of Corrections and the secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks;
(7) A person on dates designated by the secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks;
(8) Any person who is 65 or more years of age.
(9) A person fishing under a valid institutional group fishing license; or
(10) A participant in a fishing clinic sponsored or co-sponsored by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, during the period of time that the fishing clinic is being conducted.
(c) The staff personnel of the facility or center supervising the group trip, group outing or other group activity shall have in their possession the institutional license when engaged in supervising any activity requiring the license. Such staff personnel may assist group members in all aspects of their fishing activity.
(d) Handicapped or developmentally disabled individuals, not to exceed 20 at any one time, may fish under a special nonprofit group fishing license while on a group trip, outing or activity which is supervised by the community, civic or charitable organization. Individuals fishing under a special nonprofit group fishing license shall not be required to obtain a fishing license but shall be subject to all other laws and rules and regulations relating to fishing.
(e) The staff personnel of the community, civic or charitable organization supervising the group trip, outing or activity shall have in their possession the special nonprofit group fishing license when engaged in supervising any activity requiring the special nonprofit group fishing license. Such staff personnel may assist group members in all aspects of their fishing activity.
(a) Legal equipment and methods for taking sport fish shall be the following:
(1) Fishing lines with not more than two baited hooks or artificial lures per line;
(2) Trot lines;
(3) Set lines;
(4) Tip-ups; and,
(5) Snagging for paddlefish in waters posted by the department as open to snagging of paddlefish, subject to the following requirements:
(A) Each paddlefish caught and landed shall be included in the creel and possession limit unless a minimum length limit has been established and posted for that area, in which case each paddlefish not meeting the minimum length limit shall be released immediately into the waters from which it came.
(B) Each individual fishing for paddlefish shall place all paddlefish legally caught on a stringer, cord, cable, or chain, or in a basket, sack, cage, or other holding device, which shall be marked with the individual’s name and address.
(C) Each individual with a filled creel limit shall cease all snagging activity in the paddlefish snagging area until the next calendar day.
(D) Each individual taking paddlefish during the snagging season shall transport each paddlefish taken to a check station established by the department, and each paddlefish shall be taken to the check station immediately upon the filling of the daily creel limit or upon cessation of the day’s fishing activity.
(E) Each paddlefish checked shall have a numbered tag attached to its lower jaw at the check station.
(F) Each individual shall provide that person’s name, address, and fishing license number to the check station attendant.
(b) Legal equipment and methods for taking non-sport fish shall be the following:
(1) Fishing lines with not more than two baited hooks or artificial lures per line;
(2) Trot lines;
(3) Set lines;
(4) Tip-ups;
(5) Snagging and gigging in waters posted by the department as open to snagging or gigging.
(c) Dip nets and gaffs may be used to land any legally caught or hooked fish.
(d) Fish may be taken by any method designated by the secretary when a fish salvage order has been issued by the secretary through public notice or posting the area open to fish salvage.
(e) Fish may be taken with the aid of boats, depth finders, artificial lights, sound attracters, and scents.
(f) Fish may be taken by legal means from vehicles.
(g) The creel limit will be as posted by the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
(h) The length limit will be as posted by the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
(a) Except as authorized in this regulation, any person may operate or set two fishing lines and, in addition, one trot line or eight set lines.
(b) Each fishing line, trotline, and set line shall be checked at least once every 24 hours.
(c) Each trotline, tip-up, and unattended fishing line shall have a tag or label securely attached, designating the name and address of the operator. No trot line or set line shall be set within 150 yards of any dam.
(d) Sport fish shall be deemed legally taken by hook and fishing line only when hooked within the mouth, except paddlefish, which may be snagged as authorized by K.A.R. 115-7-1. Other sport fish hooked elsewhere shall be returned unrestrained to the water.