Unless otherwise authorized by the adoption of Department regulation or issuance of Division permits, it shall be illegal for any person to fish for any game fish in the tidal waters of the State with any fishing equipment, or by any method, unless it is provided for in the following subdivisions:
(1) A hook and line may be used, and each hook and line shall have no more than 3 hooks or 3 separate lures with hooks;
(2) At any 1 time the number of hooks and lines any 1 person shall be permitted to use to fish for any game fish in the tidal waters of the State shall be no more than 2.
Code 1915, § 2503; 28 Del. Laws, cc. 203, 204; Code 1935, §§ 2986, 2987; 44 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 1; 7 Del. C. 1953, §§ 905, 906; 57 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§ 1, 2; 64 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 1.