California · Fish and Game Code - FGC
FGC §9024: Crayfish traps may be used at any time in any district to take crayfish only.
What this law says, in plain English
Crayfish traps are permitted for taking crayfish at any time in any district, with no other use allowed.
Read the full statutory text
Crayfish traps may be used at any time in any district to take crayfish only. Traps shall not exceed three feet in greatest dimension. Any other species taken with crayfish traps shall be returned to the water immediately. The commission may prohibit the use of crayfish traps which will injure fish or which will entrap unnecessarily large numbers of fish other than crayfish.
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