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An Act To Allow Spearfishing for Northern Pike in Sebago Lake
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12656, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
 
B.  Except as otherwise provided, use any grapnel, spear, spear gunspeargun, trawl, weir, gaff, seine, gill net, trap or set lines for fishing.
 
(1) A person may take suckers, eels, alewives and yellow perch in accordance with section 12506.
 
(2) A person may take baitfish with a baitfish trap, as defined in section 10001, subsection 7.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §12656, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Exceptions.     Notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraph B, a person may:
 
A.  Take suckers, eels, alewives and yellow perch in accordance with section 12506;
 
B.  Take baitfish with a baitfish trap, as defined in section 10001, subsection 7; and
 
C.  Use a spear or speargun to fish for northern pike in Sebago Lake.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the use of a spear or speargun to fish for northern pike in Sebago Lake.