Nevada Spearfishing Rules

RULE REVIEW FOR WFSC

After speaking to our local Dept Of Wildlife Warden, he asked that I review a few rules that should be made clear before you all get to Lake Mead and start scouting.

All these will be on the web site and reviewed again at the Briefing May 15th, 6pm, Railroad Pass Casino.

NO DIVE ZONES:
There is a state rule that you can not dive with in 1/2 mile of a harbor or swim beach.
That is equal to 880 yds or 805 meters. So please be aware of this and just stay away from the 2 marinas. Also there is a long swim beach area between the Boulder Harbor boat ramp (our staging area) and to the right – East to the LV Boat Harbor. This full length of beach is off limits for diving, it is also not that productive , so less area to scout.
There are a couple small bathroom floating docks, you may dive around them.
Fishermen on shore and in boats anchored have the right to be there first and fish their zone. Please give them a wide birth and surface swim beyond their fishing zone before you start diving again. Being friendly to these fishermen is always a good idea to keep the peace.

Boats trolling where your hunting: Your dive Flag should be respected by other boats but few recognizes them so keep your eyes open for on coming traffic in both directions. Try to make a friendly pass by, if boats need to troll past you. Just getting out of their way for a 1 minute, it can avoid a lot of tension.
House boats hang out in lots of the coves and need to be avoided as well. giving a 200 foot space keeps everyone happy.
The northern boundary for the event is a NO WATER SKING buoy line just 2 miles north of Callville Harbor – bay. This is where the lake narrows to only 70 mt wide. It is also very steep & deep diving and not very fishy. If you wish to practice spearfishing travel north of these narrows into the shallow parts of the northern lake area.

DIVE FLAGS:
Diving around other competitors is fair game but not productive, give each other some space.

When picking up your divers, Captains should avoid other divers by 100 ft . Always approach slowly and carefully when all divers are on the surface.

All divers need to drag a red and white divers flag on a line not more then 100ft away, with them, everywhere.

All dive boats should also carry a divers flag to help other boats identify that divers are in the area.

Captains of boats should be close enough to their divers for safety and to support them, while giving them enough room to focus on the competition.
There needs to be at least 2 competitive divers on each boat.

FISH:
All fish need to be shot the day of the meet and be kept in separate containers with ICE.

No chumming

Only Striper will be counted on May 18th, 3 points per fish You are allowed only 20 over 20”. Most fish are just under 20”, mark you guns and keep track. Unlimited under 20″
Only Carp will be counted on May19th, 1 point per fish.

Your 1 biggest fish will be weighted each day and the biggest one will break any scores that are ties. You must pick this fish at or before the wt table.
You may use a scale on your boat or while your in line.

**A tie will happen in this event , so it is important to pick your biggest fish each day no matter how small you think they may be.

There is no spearfishing in the event region 30 days before the event. However guns with out shafts and pole spears with out heads or bungees may be dove with.

Black bass (large and small mouth) are not allowed to be shot. Razor back chubs are endangered and not allowed to be shot.