Targeting out of season species

[Alagnak]

And white white bass and big gills.

[SXViper]

The warden probably wouldn't ticket you for targeting out of seson species, but he could ticket you for harassing wildlife. This I totally agree with. If you are fishing and catch more yhan a couple out of season fish it is time to move on. It is not so much a legal obligation as it is a moral obligation. Reading a bunch of these comments just strengthens my feelings that this country is spiraling down the drain. People saying I don't have to move because I don't won't to. You all sound like a bunch of spoiled 6 year olds. We need less of this dump and some more people with the balls to actually do what is morally right.

[DTro]

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[SXViper]

Just another example of a spoonfed baby.

[Alagnak]

Dtro- I sure hope you moved from that spot after catching that walleye with that big gear you are using. It's obviously not walleye season when that pic was shot or OBVIOUSLY you would have been fishing for them and had a jig, lindy rig, or bobber on.

[Shack]

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It is not so much a legal obligation as it is a moral obligation.

I see no connection with this topic and a persons morels. Seriously? "Moral Obligation"?

Ethics maybe. Conservational mindness possibly but tying this subject to anything involving ones morels is takinger out of the ballpark.

[jerkbait]

DTRO, that is one ugly sturgeon!

[h8go4s]

"I see no connection with this topic and a persons morels. Seriously? "Moral Obligation"?

Ethics maybe. Conservational mindness possibly but tying this subject to anything involving ones morels is takinger out of the ballpark."

Morels are mushrooms. They are in season.

[Shack]

Opps, yep! You can see what is on mind.

[amateurfishing]

I think the way some wanna define or interpret the law is laughable.

words like intent, legal, target, and such. when push comes to shove in the legal process no one can actually legally determine what another persons intent is unless they actually admit it.

that said, if u r a legal decent law abiding respectable fisherman and you are constantly catching out of season species you need to think twice bout your current fishing spot

my last time out on ice I drilled dozen or so holes, and one of them I caught 2 very nice bass on very same ratso jig I was catching gills with. it would have been a blast to sit there and catch bass after bass after bass in that same hole cept for 2 things, 1 I wanted a dinner of gils and 2. if that is all I am catching in that particular hole I would have to hold myself accountable cause at that time all I was catching was bass even though I could claim I am "hoping" for a gill from same hole. any other fisherman who would have stayed and just keep catching bass would in my opinion be breaking the law, if one keeps catching out of season species even though the claimed intent is of something in season, it is your responsibility to move and stop catching an out of season species cast after cast after cast.

[aanderud]

ameteurfishing -- you were looking for gills. What do you suppose those bass were eating? Probably gills. I'm guessing you were in a good location for them if the bass were there. You very well might have been in the buegill honey hole of the whole lake, and that's why the bass came cruising through looking for a meal. Who knows, 5 minutes later those bass might have been done with their dinner and the gills might have come out to play.

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any other fisherman who would have stayed and just keep catching bass would in my opinion be breaking the law

Move if you want to -- that's your right. But, there's no getting around the fact that your opinion is wrong in this case -- if you stayed, with that little ratso and ultralight gear in a location likely to contain bluegills you would not be breaking the law.

[Alagnak]

+1

They're both in the 'sunfish' category. Whether feeding, moving, sunning, whatever-

they're in the same locations 90% of the time! You'd have no obligation to move from there. [PoorWordUsage]...

[amateurfishing]

i was in a gill honey hole & not even know it?!! now that hurts...uh, well, I am an amateur, chalk another one up to learning curve

[CaptainMusky]

Actually they are both in the panfish category not sunfish. But common sense and logic is lost on most people these days.

Incidental catch and targeting out of season are two different things. An incidental catch is one of many catches targeting it fishing with the intent of catching said species.

[TruthWalleyes]

Those bacon pancakes are friggen awesome!

[CaptainMusky]

Those bacon pancakes are friggen awesome!

Saweet been wanting to try them but been too busy catching walleyes muskies and pike over the weekend.

[Alagnak]

Actually they are both in the panfish category not sunfish.

[fishnowworknever]

The warden probably wouldn't ticket you for targeting out of seson species, but he could ticket you for harassing wildlife. This I totally agree with. If you are fishing and catch more yhan a couple out of season fish it is time to move on. It is not so much a legal obligation as it is a moral obligation. Reading a bunch of these comments just strengthens my feelings that this country is spiraling down the drain. People saying I don't have to move because I don't won't to. You all sound like a bunch of spoiled 6 year olds. We need less of this dump and some more people with the balls to actually do what is morally right.

This comment made me laugh a little.

If I catch 2, 3, even 4 bass while fishing for sunfish, you're out of your mind if you think I'm instantly moving from that spot. I guess you can call me immoral by your standards, I won't lose any sleep over it though.

[tinfoilscenario]

A couple blocks in one direction I can legally fish for bass and pike and walleye year round. A couple blocks the other way and it's "seasonal". Pretty silly imho.

[fishdog]

"cateye" fishin aka "crapeye" fishing

[fishnowworknever]

Just thought I'd share this experience with a CO this past weekend.

We were all but 2 short of our limit for 3 guys (walleyes). CO came up to the boat to check us, asked how many we had, said we were 2 shy. He asked who's fishing for walleyes. I told him I was fishing perch, one buddy said pike, the other said he was working on his 2 last walleyes. As he was there, my buddy and I were pulling in walleyes and letting them go obviously.

He said, have a great day fellas and good luck.

So to the person who said you need to move if you're catching out of season fish, or how about when someone already has a limit of a certain species and you're still catching those fish but not targeting them...you were wrong.

Oh yea, we were all using the exact same jig/minnow presentation.

[Craigums]

I don't get it... Walleye season isn't closed.

[fishnowworknever]

Sorry I should have clarified.

Since 2 of us already had our limits we were not to be targeting walleyes. (His words not ours) Kinda goes hand in hand I guess, at least in my head.

I should have maybe started a new thread, with the appropriate subject.

[Craigums]

You can still target a fish even if you have a limit. You just can't keep anymore.

[Alagnak]

You have a license to fish. You can certainly fish, catch, and release all day long of a species in 'season' with few exceptions in some states on certain waters. Kenia River in AK for example- once you catch and kill your ONE king salmon for the day you are DONE fishing for them.