Section 11-1316. Use of fish as bait

1.  The  department may, by regulation designating the waters in which
  such use is not permitted, prohibit the use of minnows or other  species
  of fish as bait in the lakes or ponds and tributaries thereto in which:
    a.  trout  are  the  predominant  protected  species of fish and which
  lakes, ponds or tributaries are not infested with yellow perch; or
    b. fish have been eradicated by chemical treatment and in which  trout
  or  other  game fish have been restocked. The list of the water to which
  this section shall be applicable  shall  be  published  in  the  fishing
  guide.
    2.  No  person shall possess any species of fish either dead or alive,
  in or on waters where the use of fish  as  bait  is  prohibited,  except
  species  actually  present in such waters naturally or by stocking or as
  permitted by the department by order.