Consuming fish on the lake

[Feldy]

Always wondered this. They touched a little bit on this in the URL forum but never answered for sure. Anyone know the law?

[ice_shack]

I believe as long as the fish is still identifiable and measurable you can consume the fillets but it still counts against your daily limit.

[jigginjerk]

my undersyanding is on lakes with a slot limit the fish with the slot cannot be consumed because once cleaned there is no way to measure accurately.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm with jigg on this one.. On lakes where there is a slot, You can not even clean the fish on the ice, let alone eat them. And yes, fish eaten are a part of your daily limmit...

[ice_shack]

This is from the regs:

While on waters with size restrictions, all fish for which the size restriction applies must have their heads, tails, fins, and skin intact and be measurable; except when a watercraft is docked or moored to shore and the person is in the act of preparing the fish for a meal.

It doesn't say anything about the fillet.