Iowa Code § 483A.28 (2026)

1. A boundary waters sport trotline license entitles the licensee to use a maximum of four trotlines with two hundred hooks in the aggregate and only on boundary waters. All boundary waters sport trotlines shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on\n\nTue Dec 09 22:07:54 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 483A (70, 2) §483A.28, FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES, CONTRABAND, AND GUNS 24\n\na weather-resistant tag provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A boundary waters sport trotline licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade fish or turtles taken pursuant to the license.

2. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum of one hundred pounds of live turtles or fifty pounds of dressed turtles. Any unattended fishing gear used to take turtles pursuant to a fishing license shall be tagged with the name and address of the licensee on a weather-resistant tag provided by the licensee and affixed above the waterline. A fishing licensee is not permitted to sell, barter, or trade live or dressed turtles taken pursuant to the license.

3. A valid fishing license issued pursuant to this chapter entitles the licensee to take and possess a maximum amount of mussels or shells daily as authorized by rule under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39. A fishing licensee shall not sell, barter, or trade freshwater mussels or shells taken pursuant to the fishing license.

4. Any person who is issued a valid fishing license pursuant to this chapter may fish with a third line as provided in section 481A.72 only upon the annual purchase of a third line fishing permit as provided in rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1. 2009 Acts, ch 144, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1096, §21, 23; 2018 Acts, ch 1159, §24, 28 Referred to in §481A.67, 805.8B(3)(c) For applicable scheduled fine, see §805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph c Commercial harvest, see chapter 482\n\n 483A.29 Reserved. \n 483A.30 Nonresident deer and turkey license fees. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 180, §7. \n