Stickler fish possession question...

[Carp-fisher]

I was paging through a Minnesota outdoors magazine that had an article on Clear Lake in Waseca and there was a "grab 'n grin" picture of a guy with ten crappies on the ice and an eleventh in his hand. Assuming he was really on a Minnesota Lake and that he released the fish he was holding, was he still over his limit in the picture?

[Eric Wettschreck]

He had 10 crappies and that's his limit. 11 is one over. Once you reach your limit you are supposed to stop fishing or target another speicies. If you want to continue to target crappie, you can only have 9 on the ice cuz the #10 you catch is your limit.

I know nothing about the situation so it's possible that he caught his crappie limit, and started to target walleye. He then caught another crappie, took it's picture, and released it. If that is the case he is legal. If he was actually targeting crappie with 10 on the ice he is in violation.

[ameyers41]

Was it a self taken picture? Otherwise, I would assume the picture taker was on the ice and was (hopefully legally) fishing with the person in the pic, thus giving them a limit of 20 between them, right?

[BobT]

Personally I highly doubt a CO would push this one. It seems we get our bunns in a bind over some pretty trivial things. So he is technically over his limit for 30 seconds, big deal! I don't see anything wrong with catch and release after you have your limit. Why not be allowed to enjoy the fishing?

On second thought, I suppose if the ones you have in possession are all dead and you hook another one in such a way that it too will die. You can't legally keep it so you are forced to throw a dead fish overboard.

Bob

[BobT]

This brings up another question. Suppose you have a possession limit at home in your freezer. Would it then be unethical to go out and enjoy some catch and release?

Bob

[Carp-fisher]

Ok here's another one: I go out alone and bring back ten crappies. I give the crappies to my wife (who is a licensed angler) and have her clean 'em and put them in the freezer. So now the crappies are in her possession. Could I then go out and bring back another ten crappies, or would that be "double dipping"?

[slipperybob]

I'm sure that's called double dipping!

Just that in party fishing,...,you help me in any manner,...I consider your license as part of our limit, while on the water. But I'll kick you in the shins, if you come out and tell me, 'yeah I've got my limit yesterday and I'm out to fish for you.'

[metrojoe]

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Ok here's another one: I go out alone and bring back ten crappies. I give the crappies to my wife (who is a licensed angler) and have her clean 'em and put them in the freezer. So now the crappies are in her possession. Could I then go out and bring back another ten crappies, or would that be "double dipping"?

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Your fine Carp. Although it's never happened, I could technically have a limit of crappie in the freezer for everyone in my household. Of course they have to be licensed or under the age of 16.

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Was it a self taken picture? Otherwise, I would assume the picture taker was on the ice and was (hopefully legally) fishing with the person in the pic, thus giving them a limit of 20 between them, right?

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Good point. There could have been more than one person fishing. buns coming unbinded

[Reservoir Dawg]

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Ok here's another one: I go out alone and bring back ten crappies. I give the crappies to my wife (who is a licensed angler) and have her clean 'em and put them in the freezer. So now the crappies are in her possession. Could I then go out and bring back another ten crappies, or would that be "double dipping"?

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I don't know about that being double dipping,but if you bring your fish home for your wife to clean and put away.

You sir... are my hero

[Jeremy airjer W]

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I don't know about that being double dipping,but if you bring your fish home for your wife to clean and put away.

You sir... are my hero

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I'll second that!!!

[Carp-fisher]

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I don't know about that being double dipping,but if you bring your fish home for your wife to clean and put away.

You sir... are my hero

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I'll second that!!!

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Yeah well that was very hypothetical. I've been tempted to try the "Hey Woman get in the kitchen and clean those fish...I'm going fishing again..." thing but I've never gathered the courage or stupidity to try it.

[The_Duckslayer]

OK... So like umm.... I am on a cruise ship, yeah thats right a cruise ship. We are in the Pacific ocean. I like, umm, I catch my limit of blue finn tuna and have them in the freezer by noon. But then they announce at 1PM that we just crossed the international date line and it is now tommorow. Can I go fishing for them again as long as I do not surpass my posession limit?

Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[Grant Pearson]

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I don't know about that being double dipping,but if you bring your fish home for your wife to clean and put away.

You sir... are my hero

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I'll second that!!!

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I'll "third" that!!! I am still trying to teach my other half how to clean fish!! Her argument, although a good one, is: you used to clean fish as part of a job, therefore, you're quicker and better! I can't argue with that logic, but it is nice on a blustery winter day to have help getting them done!!!

[Vickie]

Carp-Fisher,

Absolutey, that is "double dipping" if you are going out to fish again on the SAME day - (daily limit). You'll have to read the DNR handbook on transferring fish, not sure how that would work - but I'm guessing you'd be OK to go out again the next day.

Vickie

Vickie

[chris63]

It would be against the daily limit law to take two limits of crappies in a twentyfour hour period unless your wife came with and caught the second limit herself.Maybe if she caught her own she would be more keen on cleaning them?c63

[boatfixer]

My wife always cleans my catch.