NAC503.506. Eastern Region: Applicable waters; restrictions on bait and lures.  


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  •      1. The Eastern Region consists of all waters in Elko, Eureka, Lander and White Pine Counties.

         2. Within this region:

         (a) The possession while fishing or use of fish as bait, whether dead or alive, or parts thereof, except preserved salmon eggs, is prohibited.

         (b) Aquatic bait may be used only in the water from which it is taken.

         3. Only artificial lures may be used in the Tonkin Springs Reservoir and the collection ditch of the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

         4. Only artificial lures with single barbless hooks may be used in the Smith Creek Reservoir and on the south fork of the Humboldt River from the access causeway for the Lucky Nugget subdivision upstream to Lee. Only one single barbless hook may be attached to each hook eye or ring of the lure.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 1-1-81; A 12-15-81; 12-1-82; 1-2-86; 12-11-87; 1-31-90, eff. 3-1-90; 12-13-91; 11-23-94; 11-22-95, eff. 3-1-96; R198-97, 3-2-98; R104-01, 12-6-2001; R083-09, 10-27-2009)