# Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.11: Ice fishing and fishing shelter restrictions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_11

## Section

- **Citation:** Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.11
- **Heading:** Ice fishing and fishing shelter restrictions
- **Jurisdiction:** Wisconsin
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Wisconsin Administrative Code / NR / Chapter NR 20 / § NR 20.11

## Text

Ice fishing and fishing shelter restrictions.
(1) No person may construct, place, use, maintain or occupy a fishing shelter on the ice of any waters of this state unless:
(a) The name and residential address or department of natural resources customer identification number in the English language of the person owning or using the fishing shelter is legibly painted or otherwise affixed on the outside of the fishing shelter with block lettering a minimum of one inch square and in contrasting colors. Fishing shelters that are occupied or otherwise in use are exempt from this requirement.
(b) The door can be readily opened from the outside while the shelter is occupied.
(c) The person is actively using the fishing shelter and it is removed from the ice daily and when not in use on the Fox river downstream from the DePere dam, Brown county.
(d) The fishing shelter is removed from the ice daily and when not in use after the first Sunday following March 1, on inland waters south of highway 64.
(e) The fishing shelter is removed from the ice daily and when not in use after the first Sunday following March 12, on inland waters north of highway 64 and all other outlying waters.
(2) No person may cut, use or maintain a hole larger than 12 inches in diameter or square for the taking of fish in any manner through the ice except for spearing fish in Lake Superior, sturgeon spearing, taking fish with dip nets, taking minnows with minnow traps or skin or scuba diving.
(3) The department or its agents may direct that fishing shelters be removed from the ice by a date earlier than specified in subs. (1) (d) or (e) if it has reason to believe that the ice has become unsafe for travel.

## Nearby sections

- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.01 Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_01.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.05 General restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_05.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.06 Hook and line fishing](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_06.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.07 Lake sturgeon carcass tags and registration, hook and line fishing and spearing](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_07.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.08 Restrictions on the use of bait](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_08.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.09 Spearing restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_09.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.10 Special lake sturgeon spearing restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_10.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.11 Ice fishing and fishing shelter restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_11.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.12 Setline and set or bank pole restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_12.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.13 General netting restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_13.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.14 Minnow collecting restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_14.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.15 Authorized methods](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_15.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.16 Special early catch and release season for trout](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_16.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code NR § 20.18 Total daily bag limits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_NR_20_18.md)

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