(a)Trout fishing shall be allowed in all the waters specified in Schedule II to these rules.(b)Fishing in the waters specially reserved for trout fishing, and in the tributaries of such waters shall be, subject to the following provisions, namely:-(i)The holder of a trout fishing licence may also take any other fish he may catch in the said waters. He may also fish in the waters mentioned in Schedule 111 to these rules, subject to the rules regulating fishing in these waters, but without alterations of the maximum catch of trout allowed on his trout licence, the holder of an annual licence for mixed fishing may, on payment of an additional sum of Rs. 50 (Rupees fifty only) per year or such other sum as may be fixed, from time to time, by the Director, obtain a yearly licence for trout fishing.(ii)Fishing shall be closed in these waters including tributaries of such waters during such periods-as may, from time to time, be notified by the Director in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore District Gazette.(iii)Fishing in the waters specially reserved for trout fishing or in the tributaries of such waters shall be with artificial fly or flies on a single hook only. No weight in any form shall be attached to the cast, fly or line. Spinning may be permitted in such water or waters by the Director in writing.(iv)For the purpose of this rules, "spinning" means the use of artificial minnows, lure or spoon and dead bait (which means dead fish only) used with spinner or by attaching to the hook or hooks a dead fish so placed (i.e. by arranging the tail) as to spin in the water. The use of live bait is strictly prohibited. On no account shall unrequired bail dead or alive, be thrown into the lakes.(v)Trolling in the Kukurti, Emerald, Avalanche and Upper Bhavani Reservoirs, within the limits specified on the notice boards in the office of the Assistant Director or Inspector, is permitted during such period as spinning is permitted.(vi)All fishes of a length less than that fixed, from time to time, by the Director should be returned alive to the waters where they have been captured.(vii)Every licence holder should carry a disgorger.(viii)All trout bearing marks by the Fisheries Department of the Government for experimental purposes should, after capture, be surrendered intact to the nearest Fisheries Officer with information regarding the place, date and time of capture.
