[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR7.41]

[Page 99]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 7--SPECIAL REGULATIONS, AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 7.41  Big Bend National Park.

    (a) Fishing; closed waters. Special ponds and springs reserved for 
species of rare fish are closed to fishing and bait collecting. The 
taking or release of any form of fish life in these ponds or springs is 
prohibited except by special authorization by the Superintendent. These 
ponds and springs will be posted as closed to fishing and bait 
collecting and molestation.
    (b) Fishing; method. (1) Fishing with pole and line, rod and reel, 
and trot and throw line is permitted all year from the United States 
side of the Rio Grande.
    (2) Use of seine. The use of seines and nets is prohibited except 
minnow seines no greater than 20 feet in length may be used for taking 
of minnows for bait.
    (c) Fishing; limit of catch. The limit of catch per person per day 
or in possession shall be 25 fish, except that minnows caught for bait 
shall not be accountable for the purpose of this section.

[24 FR 11049, Dec. 30, 1959, as amended at 27 FR 8616, Aug. 29, 1962; 52 
FR 10686, Apr. 2, 1987]