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4.10. Bait Fish Use in the Southern
District.
Except as provided below, live or dead fin fish
shall not be used or possessed for use as bait
in the Southern District:
(a) Dead threadfin shad and live or dead
longjaw mudsucker may be used in all Southern
District waters.
(b) Live threadfin shad may be used only at the
location where taken.
(c) Golden shiner and red shiner may be used
in San Diego County.
4.15. Bait Fish Use in the Colorado
River District.
Except as provided below, live or dead fin fish
shall not be used or possessed for use as bait
in the Colorado River District:
(a) Live or dead golden shiner, fathead minnow,
red shiner, mosquitofish, longjaw mudsucker,
threadfin shad, goldfish, sunfish, molly, and
dead carp may be used in all Colorado River
District waters.
(b) Live carp may be used only at the location
where taken.
(c) Tilapia may be used in the Salton Sea,
and may be taken for bait only within the area
bounded by Highway 111 on the north and east
and Highway 86 on the west and south (except
as in subsection (d) below.
(d) Tilapia may be taken and used for bait in the
Colorado River and its associated backwaters
only within the area bounded by Palo Verde
Diversion Dam south to the Morelos Dam.
NOTE: See subsection 4.05(b).
4.20. Bait Fish Use in the Valley and
South Central Districts.
Except as provided below, live or dead fin fish
shall not be used or possessed for use as bait
in the Valley or South Central District:
(a) Live or dead golden shiner, fathead minnow,
mosquitofish, longjaw mudsucker, and staghorn
sculpin, and dead threadfin shad, Mississippi
silverside and lamprey may be used in all Valley
and South Central District waters except those
listed in subsection (f) below.
(b) Red shiner may be used only in the Valley
District north of Interstate 580 and Highway 132.
(c) Yellowfin gobies may be used in the
Valley District only in those areas described in
subsections (d)(1)-(3) below.
(d) In addition, except for trout and salmon,
fin fish lawfully taken in the following waters by
angling or with bait fish methods approved in
Section 4.05 may be used only in the waters
where taken:
(1) Carquinez Strait and Suisun Bay and their
tributaries and saltwater tributaries.
(2) Sacramento River and tidewater of
tributaries downstream from the Highway
32 bridge near Hamilton City, Feather River
downstream from the Oroville Hatchery Fish
Barrier Dam, Yuba River downstream from
Daguerre Point Dam, and American River
downstream from Nimbus Dam.
(3) San Joaquin River and tidewater of
tributaries downstream from Interstate 5
bridge.
(e) Live threadfin shad, Mississippi silverside
and lamprey may be used only at the location
where taken.
(f) Fin fish may not be used in Keller Lake
(Glenn Co.), Letts Lake (Colusa Co.), Merced
Lake (San Francisco Co.), Upper and Lower
Plaskett Meadow Ponds (Glenn Co.), Whale
Rock Reservoir (San Luis Obispo Co.).
4.25. Bait Fish Use in the North
Central District.
Except as provided below, live or dead fin fish
shall not be used or possessed for use as bait
in the North Central District:
(a) Golden shiner, fathead minnow, red shiner,
mosquitofish, longjaw mudsucker and staghorn
sculpin may be used in Napa and Sonoma
counties, in Marin County except for Stafford
Lake, in Lake County except for the Eel River
and its tributaries, and in Lake Mendocino
(Mendocino Co.).
(b) Live threadfin shad, Mississippi silverside
and lamprey may be used only at the location
where taken.
4.30. Bait Fish Use in the Sierra and
North Coast Districts.
Except as provided below, live or dead fin fish
shall not be used or possessed for use as bait
in the Sierra and North Coast Districts.
(a) In Donner, Fallen Leaf and Tahoe lakes
Lahontan redside, tui chub, Tahoe sucker,
Lahontan speckled dace, mountain sucker and
Paiute sculpin may be used only in the same
lake where taken.
(b) In Shasta Lake only golden shiner, red
shiner, fathead minnows, mosquitofish and
threadfin shad may be used or possessed for
use as bait.
(c) Crayfish shall not be used for bait in the
Pit River and all tributaries between Pit 3 Dam
(Lake Britton) and the Fall River-Cassel Road
Bridge at Fall River Mills, California (includes
Hat Creek and Fall River and their tributaries).