Weekend Limit Question

[cm1977]

Great Site, I do a lot of lurking but don't post that often. A group of us are heading up north this weekend to URL and LOW. I know the limits on each lake are different, 4 walleyes below the slot on URL and 4 walleyes with a combo of 4 more Saugers on LOW, but if we catch and keep 4 walleyes from URL, are we only able to take 4 saugers from LOW the next day if we have the 4 walleyes back at the lodge from URL?

We are hoping to cook the fish from URL on the ice but if guys head out early and take their fish with them and put them in the freezer at the resort for taking home they are limited how many they can keep correct? Basically I guess I need to know how many fish I can have in possession on Sunday...which I think is 4 walleyes but want to verify with the experts.

Thanks!

[fivebucks]

4 walleyes in possession at any time and also a cleaned carcas is considered a walleye in possession. Once you properly disposs of the cleaned fish on shore you are good to catch another fish. Walleyes in the freezer at the resort are counted towards your 4 walleyes.

[cm1977]

Thanks!

[RiverFish]

cm1977,

You may want to double check. Even if you catch, clean, and "dispose of cleaned fish on shore" as fivebucks states, those fish still count towards your daily limit.

Now the tricky part. Can you eat your 4 URL fish then go up to LOW and get another 4 fish. LOW has their on rules.

I would double check at the resorts that you are going out of.

You would hate to be the guy that gets fined for overlimit and gets bashed on here for being from WI....

[cm1977]

Thanks Riverfish. Called the resort and they said as long as we eat them on Friday we are good to go on Saturday. Whatever we bring with us to their resort will count towards Saturday's catch total.

[Hazzard]

Since the mn limit is 6 walleys if you had your 4 from red and left them on shore at lake of the woods then you should be able to take 2 more walleyes.Right?

[Boar]

Thats the gray area, better have the legal limit of fish for the lake or area you are fishing. If You take four eyes from red an goto LOW an left them on shore or at a resort, you canot catch any more eyes, only saugers. If you arrive at red with four eyes from LOW you cant keep anymore eyes at all since that lake limit is 4.d check them in with the resort cause their slot is defferent. An Now if you leave red an go home an stop of at another inland lake that supports thhe MN 6 limit then only two can be taken. I think I'm close on this. If not then I need to read better. Boar

[Duluthian]

Devil’s advocate. Why can’t I keep two red lake walleyes and four LOW walleyes for a state position limit of six fish? Yes I agree with not having them on the lake but once off a specific water who’s to say were said fish came from. I read it as the restricted limit and slot is for a specific body of water. I did not read any where in the reg’s that restricted your possession limit to the most restricted body of water fished.

[croixflats]

Now this is gotta be at the top of the list as for a brain teaser thread. Now I have a head ache.

[jwmiller33]

duluthian has a good point... there are always so made grey areas when it comes to limits.. there are a lot of different ways one can perceive the written regulation

[Boar]

What Im saying is If you have fish in your possesion on shore near a specific body of water youd better play the restriction game for that body of water. If you get checked what do ya think is gonna happen? Some one once told me that if you leave LOW with six eyes an your going home, an you off the ice you are now legal with the inland water limit. May be so Many miles from LOW. But if your in the vicinity of LOW with six eyes an get checked, your busted. CO's dont play the "You cant prove where I caught them" Game.I understand with what your saying an agree. But Again with the gray area. Boar

[fivebucks]

Like boar said, I am sure the warden will pinch you if you have 4 walleyes on shore at either LOW or Red and then keep 2 more out on the water - and he should cause the limit on those lakes is 4. Now if you fished Lake X, which has a 6 fish limit and you have proof that you caught them there(ie: packaged and labeled by a resort on the lake) then I believe you could catch up to 6 walleyes in combination. That's my 3cents.

[matthothand]

Just call the DNR. They need to know when the regulations book isn't clear enough and I bet they'd appreciate hearing from someone that wants to stay legal. Or you could go by what a bunch guessers have to say.

[GrizzlyAdams]

The way I understand it is... the DNR can test those fish and usually determine what body of water they were taken from or atleast a general area. Not to hard to lie about after that. The Upper Red lake strain of walleyes came from a specific lake if I remember right and they can tell if they are Red Lake walleyes or not by a simple test. Be careful and always stay within the limits of the body of water you are fishing on. Eat your fish from URL before you leave and catch more on LOW. No need to even transport them. Unless you don't expect to catch fish at spot number 2.