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14 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 PERMITS • A person may not submit more than one paddlefish application or buy more than one preference point during any paddlefish application period. • A preference point does not enter a person in the draw. • Permits are issued using a preference system. The applicant will receive a preference point if he or she is unsuccessful in being awarded a permit. Applicants who are awarded a paddlefish permit will lose all accumulated preference points. Nonrefundable fee due at time of application: $7. • A permit fee is due if successful in the draw. Residents: $28: Nonresidents: $53. • Application must have valid email address provided to assist in contacting on draw results. • The deadline to complete the purchase of permits: Archery – April 5; Snagging – Aug. 5. • Instead of participating in the draw, anglers may buy one preference point per season during the application period. The fee is $17 for residents and $27 for nonresidents, plus a $7 application fee for each. 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 drawing will be made available to the next resident unsuccessful applicant(s). Snagging permit: July 1-14 Permits remaining following the drawing will be made available to the next resident unsuccessful applicant(s) 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 must be received by 11:59 p.m. CT. ARCHERY PADDLEFISH Paddlefish may be taken by bow and arrow and possessed in a designated area of the Missouri River only during the season. Paddlefish Regulations 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 – This includes the north wall of the spillway and immediately below the Gavins Point Dam powerhouse downstream to a line extending from the east end of the south cement wall of the discharge canal northwest to the east end of the north wall of the discharge canal during the archery paddlefish season. See image below. 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. Applicants for tags must be 12 years old by June 1. Tag limit – Each angler may have no more than two tags. SNAGGING PADDLEFISH Snagging of paddlefish and nongame fish in the Missouri River is permitted from the Gavins Point Dam downstream to the mouth of the Big Sioux River at mile marker 734. Season – Oct. 1-31 Legal Hours – 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Area – The closed area is the north wall of the spillway and immediately below the Gavins Point Dam powerhouse downstream Continued on page 16

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