Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-617
This is the official text of Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-617, part of Maryland’s Code, Natural Resources — governs parks, wildlife, and natural resource management.
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§4–617.
Official statutory text
(a) The Department may regulate, supervise, and control ice–fishing.
(b) White shad, hickory shad, and herring may be caught or taken only by angling, unless otherwise provided.
(c) A person may catch large or small mouth black bass from nontidal waters of the State only by angling. An artificial lure is legal.
(b) White shad, hickory shad, and herring may be caught or taken only by angling, unless otherwise provided.
(c) A person may catch large or small mouth black bass from nontidal waters of the State only by angling. An artificial lure is legal.
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