{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-481a.68","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 481A.68","heading":"Tip-up fishing device.","body":"1. As used in this section, “tip-up fishing device” means an ice fishing mechanism with an attached flag or signal to indicate fishing action, used to hold a fishing rod or pole with line and hook.\n2. A person shall not use more than three tip-up fishing devices for fishing in the waters of the Mississippi river, the Missouri river, and the Big Sioux river, and their connected backwaters. A person may use two or three hooks on the same line, but the total number of hooks used by each person shall not exceed three. Each tip-up fishing device used in fishing shall have attached a tag plainly labeled with the owner’s name and address. A person shall not use a tip-up fishing device for fishing within three hundred feet of a dam or spillway or in a part of the river which is closed or posted against use of the device. Three tip-up fishing devices may be used in addition to the two lines with no more than two hooks per line, as specified in section 481A.72.\n3. An untagged tip-up fishing device found in use shall be confiscated by any officer appointed pursuant to section 456A.13 or 456A.14.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 481A - WILDLIFE CONSERVATION","Subchapter VI - ANGLING LAWS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/481A.68.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"03f7aaa393905beb2960bfedb06d507741d93ba17fb473ef5e8512834c11a2fc","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-481a.67","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-481a.69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}