The Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners approved amendments to the 2010 fishing regulations Thursday, including one that prohibits the harvest of wipers at Zorinsky Lake.

Stocking of wipers into the Omaha lake has begun, so they may prey on abundant gizzard shad. The regulation should reduce premature harvest of small wipers to allow them to eat shad and grow, so they eventually may be caught several times during their lives.

Other regulation changes are:

Iron Horse Trail Lake is added to the list of waters with a 21-inch minimum length limit on black bass.

The new walleye spawning reef habitat at Sherman Reservoir is included in the area closed to fishing from sunset to sunrise, April 1 - 20.

Blue Lake in Garden County is closed to access during the November firearm deer season.

It is unlawful to possess live baitfish at Hedgefield Lake in Lancaster County. The lake is being rehabilitated, and the goal of the regulation is to reduce introduction of undesirable fish.

It is unlawful to possess live baitfish at Lake Wanahoo in Saunders County. The lake is being built, and the watershed will be treated with rotenone in the fall of 2009 to eliminate existing fish. The goal of the regulation is to reduce introduction of undesirable fish.

The following have been added to a list of waters managed as High Use Fishing Areas: Open Fields and Waters program lakes and ponds, Big Springs City Pond, Birdwood Lake in North Platte, Friend City Lake, Hedgefield Lake, Hooper City Lake, Humphrey Pond in Ogallala, Kramer Park Lake in Bellevue, Lake Wanahoo, North Platte Interstate 80 Lake, Oxford City Lake, Papio D4, Schwer Park Pond in Papillion, Silver Creek City Lake, and Stanton Lake in Falls City.

The regulations for High Use Fishing Areas are: 21-inch minimum length limit and one-fish daily bag limit on black bass, 10-fish daily bag limit on panfish, and three-fish daily bag limit on channel catfish.

Regarding bait collection and dealer regulations, the maximum legal opening size of a baitfish trap throat increased from 1.5 to 2 inches.