Thread: legal or not ?

Originally Posted by canebreaker

I talked to some officers today. Some say as long as the boat is moving it's legal. Others say what the difference between moving and sitting still, most yo yos are set at a place to sit still, bait may move some.
We have a size limit and a creel limit. Does it matter if we meet it in an hour or all day?
Good luck with the officer that checks you.

Cane I agree with you but I will share with you what I was told by the guy that literally keystroked the wording in the new laws. There is a direct correlation between the number of poles an angler is using and the amount of time it takes to catch a limit. If the time it takes to catch a limit is real short then the cheaters who travel long distances would have time to take the first limit back to the hotel/campground and clean them, leave the cooler at the hotel and then go to a different ramp and catch another limit. The locals tend go on home and come back the next day.

So, if he fished in a fruit jar tourney would he be legal?

"The locals tend go on home and come back the next day."

"the cheaters who travel long distances would have time to take the first limit back to the hotel/campground and clean them, leave the cooler at the hotel and then go to a different ramp and catch another limit."

To many stories of watching locals meeting someone at the ramp and swapping coolers.

Originally Posted by Boatbottom

So, if he fished in a fruit jar tourney would he be legal?

No not according to the fruit jar rules the way I read them anyway

Originally Posted by "G"

No not according to the fruit jar rules the way I read them anyway

Dang! i had hatched a plan to borrow a toon for the championship this summer. Put 25 arkies on the yo's and cruise my way to the trophy.

Lordy, catch a two day limit in 45 minutes.