Law Book corrections

   AUGUSTA, Maine — The recently published 2007 Open Water Fishing Law Book has three regulation errors, and the department is working to correct them and ensure that they don’t occur again.
    In the county regulation sections, there was an omission. In Aroostook County on Long Lake, Mud Brook, a tributary of Long Lake, is open to smelt dipping this year. Last year, all tributaries of Long Lake in T17R3 were closed, but due to a legislative bill passed last April, Mud Brook is open to the dipping of smelts this year.  This law will allow a person to take smelts by use of a dip net in Mud Brook, a tributary of Long Lake within T17R3 WELS. Under this law, a person may not exceed the daily bag limit of 2 quarts per person. Also, a person may not harvest smelts in Mud Brook for commercial purposes.  This law will allow smelt dipping in the spring of 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The minimum length limit on brook trout was omitted, affecting length limits statewide. Under General law, brook trout in lakes and ponds have a minimum length limit of 6”. Also under the general law provisions in the Daily Bag and Possession Limit, the possession limit of 2 Togue (Lake Trout) was omitted.