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22 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 Buddy Applications – Buddy permits are for two applicants only. Applicants must be either both residents or both nonresidents. If there is a difference in preference points, the applications will be assigned to the applicant with the lowest preference points. APPLICATION PERIODS Archery permit: March 1-14 Permits remaining following the first drawing will be sold on first-come, first-served basis beginning at 1 p.m. Central Time on the first working day of May. Snagging permit: July 1-14 Permits remaining following the first drawing will be sold on first-come, first-served basis beginning at 1 p.m. Central Time on the first working day of September. NOTE: All application periods begin at 1 p. m. Central Time. Mailed applications must be received in the Lincoln office by 5 p.m. on the last day of the application period. Online applications end at midnight. ARCHERY PADDLEFISH Paddlefish may be taken by bow and arrow and possessed in a designated area of the Missouri River only during the season. Season – June 1-30 Legal Hours – sunrise to sunset Open Area – The open area is from Gavins Point Dam downstream to the mouth of the Big Sioux River at mile marker 734. Closed Area – The area extending downstream from Gavins Point Dam to a line extending from the east end of the south cement wall of the discharge channel northwest to the east end of the north wall of the spillway is closed to archers. The area downstream of this line is open to archers taking game and nongame fish during the appropriate seasons. During the archery paddlefish season, that portion of the tailwaters from Gavins Point Dam downstream to a line that extends from the east end of the south cement wall of the discharge channel northwest to the east end of the north wall of the stilling basin is closed to archers. The use of crossbows is not allowed in the area from the Gavins Point Dam downstream to the U.S. Highway 81 bridge. NOTE: From the open area below Gavins Point Dam to 0.6 miles downstream, archers may harvest paddlefish if they possess a valid Nebraska resident or Nebraska nonresident archery paddlefish permit as well as a valid Nebraska fishing permit or a South Dakota resident archery paddlefish permit. A South Dakota nonresident fishing permit/tag is not valid in this area. In the remainder of the river open to archery paddlefish, South Dakota nonresident archery paddlefish permits are valid. Requirements – All paddlefish archery anglers must have in their possession a paddlefish tag and a Nebraska fishing permit, if required (see Permit Section, page 8). Applicants for tags must be 12 years old by the second Saturday of July. Tagging – Any paddlefish landed must be tagged immediately in the dorsal fin with the angler's tag. Any paddlefish tag that is locked shut before attachment, altered or modified shall be void and will not be replaced. SPILLWAY GATES WARNING: If the spillway gates are in operation, boating may be restricted in the tailwater area by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Closed Area Cement Wall Discharge Channel Spillway Cement Wall Rock Rock

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