tell me I'm right!!

[basssmasher*]

I recently talked to a few ppl who shall remain nameless for now,,,,, They told me that they thought one can fry up what they catch and still take home a daily limit?.. Theres no way this is possible correct? Also, what happens if you are on the water at 1159pm with a limit and fish til 2 am.. is this considered stilla daily limit or can one fish for more fish like the ppl thought they could?

[Juneau4]

You can only have so many in posession and can only catch and keep your limit in a day. Catch 6 walleys and eat them on that day you legally can not go out and keep 6 more on that day.

[Jim Uran]

Check the reg books on Possession limits. Fish Consumed on the ice still count towards your daily bag limit.

[basssmasher*]

Thats what i thought leech!! I didnt have the reg book right in front of me, but rest assured these ppl WILL be knowing the law soon!

[fishersofmen]

Pretty sure if the DNR stopped a guy going off a lake at 2am with 20 crappies, regardless of what time they were caught they would be in deep sh*t.

[DTro]

But....

If you eat them and you spend the night on the water, I'm pretty sure you can possess another limit the next day (there are some stipulations regarding the carcasses though).

[STEVENS1920]

One time I was fishing out of a buddies perm and got checked by DNR. There happened to be a leftover fish sandwich sittin on a table, and that is the first thing he asked about, even before he checked out what other fish I had, so I would have to say fish caught and eaten or cooked would count IMO.

[Maverick]

Pretty sure if the DNR stopped a guy going off a lake at 2am with 20 crappies, regardless of what time they were caught they would be in deep sh*t.

Especially since the possession limit on Crappie is 10. The possession limit on crappie and most game fish is the same as the daily limit. One exception is perch. 20 daily, 40 in possession.

[BobT]

This is from the 2009 handbook, pages 9 and 10.

Quote:

Possessing Fish

• Daily and possession limits are the same unless otherwise noted. Fish are in an angler’s possession whether on hand, in cold storage, in transport, or elsewhere.

• Once a daily or possession limit of fish has been reached, no culling or live well sorting is allowed.

• While on or fishing waters with size restrictions it is illegal to possess any fish outside legal length limits.

• If legally taken from a connected water or having been packaged by a licensed fish packer, a person who is in transit and taking the most direct route back to their lodging or docking, and not fishing, may possess fish

outside of or in excess of the limits for that water body.

• When on or fishing experimental, special, border or other waters with size restrictions different from statewide regulations, all fish for which the size restriction applies must have their heads, tails, fins, and skin intact and be

measurable except as follows:

(1) Fish that are legally taken on that water body may be used in the preparation of a meal while docked or moored to shore or while on the ice of that waterbody. Fish used for a meal still count towards the daily possession limit. Fillets may be possessed only if the person is in the act of preparing a meal or have been packaged by a licensed fish packer.

(2) On the shore or ice of experimental and special management waters a person may prepare fish for a meal that have been packaged by a licensed fish packer. The total number of fish in possession may not exceed the statewide possession limit.

[joneshat11]

Remember also that if you have 8 crappies in the freezer and you caught two crappies in the morning you have your 10 possession!! DNR can follow you to your freezer if pulls a warrent. Not a good idea if you checked with a limit by an officer and then have more fish the next day without consuming some.

[bikeoutback]

Remember also that if you have 8 crappies in the freezer and you caught two crappies in the morning you have your 10 possession!! DNR can follow you to your freezer if pulls a warrent. Not a good idea if you checked with a limit by an officer and then have more fish the next day without consuming some.

And all this is why I only keep what I think I'll eat between now and the next time I go fishing or rarely keep fish and just practice CPR instead. I found I simply don't need them in the freezer. I also don't catch enough fish to have to worry about limits

[Norm1980]

Fishing out of a Sleeper

I know on Upper Red Lake your Walleye limit is 4. Once you have 4 fish in your bucket you can no longer keep any more walleye's. Now if you have a fish fry that night and eat all 4 walleyes you caught that first day, you have to bring them (the measurable remains) to shore the next day before you can keep any more walleyes. This is because even the remains of each walleye count as a walleye toward your bag limit.

[TruthWalleyes]

Originally Posted By: joneshat11

Remember also that if you have 8 crappies in the freezer and you caught two crappies in the morning you have your 10 possession!! DNR can follow you to your freezer if pulls a warrent. Not a good idea if you checked with a limit by an officer and then have more fish the next day without consuming some.

And all this is why I only keep what I think I'll eat between now and the next time I go fishing or rarely keep fish and just practice CPR instead. I found I simply don't need them in the freezer. I also don't catch enough fish to have to worry about limits

I've CPR'd probably 95% of my fish this year. I make it a point to not have fish in my freezer that i have no immediate plans to eat. Think there's 1 northern in the freezer right now, and a jar of pickled fish in the fridge.

[basssmasher*]

Thanks for all the info people!! I was right! lol.. Plus i learned about a fish fry on ice too

[Ed Carlson]

One must also consider all fish remains must be acounted for and be packed off the ice, and not deposited on the ice or below the ice...so..the accumulative carcasses, no matter what, will still count against the daily bag limit. Leaving the remains on the ice or dumping to pad a daily bag limit only compounds the infraction. Especially if intended to cover up a over limit.

So if they claim to have ate some, the question still will be, if asked by a warden, where are the remains.

To the best of my knowledge in ND, MN, and SD one can not leave fish carcasses behind on any lake river or stream, or dump them in the waters. That in itself is a fine-able offense.

[theicehooker]

What is the deal with this one....was fishing lake of the woods with a buddy and had about 10 fish cleaned. We then decided to take off to Red after the day bite and was sitting there and thought oh S%@* we have those fish from lake of the woods......what is the law there??

[HandySpence]

the law is the same for where you stand at what time. If you went to red THEN went to LOW you would be safe, BUT because you had 10 fish and Red says you can only have 8, if you drove out on the lake and got stopped BEFORE YOU EVEN STARTED FISHING, you would most likely be fined for 2 fish over the limit.

[bogwalker]

You really need to know the laws before you go fishing. They are not complicated. It is just our duty as sportsmen to know and obey the law.

[DTro]

You really need to know the laws before you go fishing. They are not complicated. It is just our duty as sportsmen to know and obey the law.

In general, I would agree, but there are no doubt several laws out there that will make your head spin trying to figure them out, or how to interpret them. Heck, even the DNR themselves can't agree.