Is it legal to:

[Halfway]

Spear carp in Minnesota?  - Recently I was bicycling along a few lakes and looked over to see a bunch of them swimming around.

Sure I could use a pole and hook, but I thought it would be 'much cooler' to bicycle while toting my spear and eventually a few carps.  Good eats.

Thanks for the time.

[HD]

Here ya go, copied from the regs booklet...............


DNR Web site: mndnr.gov 59
*Night bowfishing June 1 – Aug. 31 on selected waterbodies. See the DNR Web site for
listing of waterbodies.
SPEARING, archery, and dip nets
Rough fish are defined as carp, buffalo, sucker, redhorse,
sheepshead,
bowfin, burbot (eelpout), cisco (tullibee), gar, mooneye, and bullhead. The
regulations below apply to spearing
rough fish in state waters unless noted
otherwise
in this booklet.
SPECIES SPEARING SEASON POSSESSION LIMIT
Bulhead 100
SUCKER 50
REDHORSE 50
Other rough No limit
fish species
From sunrise*
to sunset,
May 1, 2009–
Last Sunday in
February.
(See pg. 61 for dark
house spearing laws.)
• A bow may be transported uncased and discharged while taking rough
fish in a boat powered by an electric motor. Gas motors may not be
used when bowfishing. Crossbows may not be used to take rough fish,
except by disabled persons who have a valid crossbow permit. Permit
applications are available from the DNR Information Center or through
the DNR Web site.
• Arrows must be attached to the bow with a tethered
line. Broadheads
must have barbs for night bowfishing.
• Night bowfishing noise levels may not exceed 84 decibels.
• Lights can be used when night bowfishing but may not be used to
attract fish.
• Must take reasonable measures to retrieve arrows and wounded fish.
• Rough fish may not be taken by spear, harpoon, archery, or dip net in
designated trout lakes or streams.
• Check local firearms and archery ordinances that may apply while
bowfishing in or near cities.
• Licensed anglers and children under 16 may take rough fish by
spearing,
harpooning, archery, and hand-held dip nets on all inland
waters, except where taking fish is prohibited. All rough fish, except
cisco (tullibee), may be bought and sold.
• Hand-held dip nets shall not have hoops exceeding
24 inches in
diameter. (For more on smelt, see page 24.)
• Harpoons (spears) must have a tethered line not more than 20 feet
long, may be discharged only when the equipment and the operator
are entirely under the surface of the water, and may not be used within
1,000 feet of a swimming beach.
• It is unlawful to possess on or near waters a net or any device that
can take fish. The exceptions are angling equipment and landing nets
used for angling, seines and traps for taking minnows for bait, and as
otherwise specifically authorized.
• It is unlawful to have a spear on or near any waters from Feb. 23, 2009-
April 30, 2009 and March 1, 2010-April 30, 2010.
• Speared or dead rough fish may not be returned to the water or left on
the ice or banks of any lake or stream.
Spearing Season and Posesion Limit