(A) Commercial fishing prohibited. No person shall engage in commercial fishing of any kind. No person shall use or operate a boat of any kind or description in the waters of the Reservoir for the purpose of catching and taking fish or game for market or sale.
(B) Fishing prohibited near intake structure. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish within a 200-foot radius of the water intake structure.
(C) Bowfishing of carp. It shall be unlawful for any person to bow fish for carp from any city-owned lake.
(D) Other statutes to apply. All federal, state, and county fishing laws and statutes shall apply on all city property.
(E) Causing hazard to boats. It shall be unlawful for any person to attach any glass, metal, or other solid floating object hazardous to boats, to any trotline, gang hook, or fish net set out in the waters of Mill Creek Reservoir. Flexible plastic bottles or foam floats shall not be a hazard to boats.
(F) Use of metal line cable prohibited. It shall be lawful for any person to place or extend any metal line or cable in, over, on, or across the water of Mill Creek Reservoir or any of its tributaries.
(G) Nets, trotlines and the like - general. It shall be unlawful to fish with any type of nets, trotlines, or traps.
(H) Nets, trotlines, and the like - removal. Any trotline, net, or similar apparatus, set out on or in the waters of Mill Creek Reservoir or its tributaries is hereby declared to be a nuisance, endangering the health, safety and welfare of the general public; and any law enforcement officer or authorized personnel shall be authorized to immediately remove and take possession of such trottine, net, or similar apparatus, in order to abate such nuisance.
(I) Hunting. Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for a person to carry, transport, shoot, discharge, or hunt with a bow, crossbow, slingshot gun, firearms or any type of weapon in, on, over, across or upon Mill Creek Reservoir or any city property adjacent thereto.
(1) Bows and arrows may be used for fishing only in accordance with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Regulations.
(2) There shall be no hunting other than duck hunting during open duck season, and then only with a shotgun from areas designated by the City of Canton as hunting areas. (See Exhibit A).
(J) Duck blinds. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct any blind or blinds for the purpose of killing or taking ducks in the waters of Mill Creek Reservoir.
(Ord. 94-13, passed 9-29-1998; Ord. 2009-18, passed 6-16-2009; Ord. 2017-05, passed 2-21-2017; Ord. 2018-05, passed 2-20-2018) Penalty, see § 92.99