Wisconsin has long had a law on the books making it illegal to shoot a fish. However, there was also a prohibition against simply possessing a firearm while enjoying casting a line in the water, and this upset many of the state’s sizeable sporting population.

Thanks to the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regulation is no more.

The panel voted on December 17 to temporarily lift the ban, with the DNR indicating it would make the repeal permanent.

The impetus for change was a lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The legal action argued that the statute, which was instituted in the 1950s, in effect established a gun-free zone on the Badger State’s numerous waterways.

The original intent was to end the shooting of fish, which was apparently a serious issue in the mid-20th century, and a law was needed to address it.

However, Wisconsin enacted a concealed carry law in 2011 that directly conflicted with prohibiting possessing a firearm while fishing.

Interestingly, two senators from urban areas on the committee voted against the repeal. Kelda Roys (D-Madison) and Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) admitted they were troubled that more state residents could freely exercise their Second Amendment rights.

Though the rule existed for several decades, the committee found no instances of fishermen being cited for carrying a weapon. Sen. Steve Nash (R-Whitewater) declared, “Nobody’s pulling their pistol out to shoot fish. So, hallelujah.”

Only one state in the Republic, Vermont, allows shooting fish for sport. The state allows hunters to use their firearms to shoot pike, pickerel, gar, carp, shad, bowfin, mullet, suckers, and other varieties from March 25 to May 25 in specific locations.

Shooting fish is not exactly all the rage in Vermont. It is estimated that only a few hundred hunters turn their attention to the state’s waterways during the two-month window.

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