{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-214-34-a","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 214:34-a","heading":"Manner of Taking.","body":"Any person holding a bait dealer's license may take smelt, minnows, shiners, suckers, chubs, or tommycod by means of a dip net held in hand, a drop net not over 48 inches in diameter, or by means of a square umbrella net not over 42 inches on a side. Minnows, shiners, chubs and tommycod may also be taken by licensed bait dealers in traps measuring not over 36 inches long with an opening not to exceed 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Suckers may also be taken in traps not to exceed 50 inches in length and 30 inches in diameter with an opening of not less than 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Licensed dealers may also take any of the species, except smelt, mentioned in this section, by means of an ordinary commercial type minnow seine not over 4 feet in depth and not over 50 feet long, from such streams, lakes, and ponds and at such times as are approved by the executive director.","path":["Title XVIII: FISH AND GAME","Chapter 214: LICENSES","Sale of Freshwater Fishing Bait"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XVIII/214/214-34-a.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:44Z","sha256":"e0b3fa97415a79d8a16d88db95c35552f9a46f4b7a090a258bbf3a2a83b95850","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-214-34","next":"us-nh/rsa-214-34-b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}