Has anyone else seen this?

**clfarms1** · 08-08-2016, 07:59 PM

CULLING It is illegal to replace a smaller fish held in possession with a larger fish unless: the smaller fish is counted toward the daily limit or released within the confines of a bona-fide catch-and-release fishing tournament which requires the participants to have a boat live well with a pump constantly adding fresh or recirculating water. Once you have 5 10 inch fish in your livewell you cant put in a bigger one and throw one back or you would have to count that as 6 fish. I looked up the regs on snagging and it looks like you can only snag certain times of the year and this isn't the time of year that you can. I'm not sure on the snag regs but that's the way I read it. It may not seem like much about releasing the buffalo or keeping it as there are a lot or them in the lake, but the laws are set up for everywhere and there are people that make there living catching them commercially so we have to respect that.

**newbe2** · 08-08-2016, 08:34 PM

Good point regarding others that commercially fish. Makes sense why that rule is there now. While one guy catching them like that won't hurt a body of water, if the rule is not enforced and commercial fishermen catch wind they could hurt the body of water by taking too many.

**BobB** · 08-08-2016, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by kmastr1

So im guessing w that many tickets you automatically lose your fishing priveleges in Illinois due to amount of points incurred.

I was wondering the same thing .... Looks like 16 tickets ....what a shame if true.

**clfarms1** · 08-08-2016, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by BobB

I was wondering the same thing .... Looks like 16 tickets ....what a shame if true.

A shame that he got 16 tickets and would lose his license or a shame that he did so much illegally .

**BobB** · 08-08-2016, 09:07 PM

Both

**walrusambush** · 08-08-2016, 10:15 PM

What paper was this in? Just curious

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**Banjomarsh** · 08-08-2016, 10:26 PM

We used to catch big bufflo carp and common carp at Powerton Lake by casting BPS Strata spoons. They were always hooked in the mouth, not snagged. I have caught the Asian carp on a Pop-R while top water fishing for bass. They too were hooked in the mouth, not snagged.

**Banjomarsh** · 08-08-2016, 10:35 PM

I have never fished with a guide, do you have to keep each persons catch separate? When duck hunting you have to have your harvest separated for each hunter. Seems it would get confusing with 3 clients and 5 overs and 10 unders unless you had 2 big live wells and a partition in each. Does each person keep their fish on a stringer?

**clfarms1** · 08-08-2016, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by Banjomarsh

I have never fished with a guide, do you have to keep each persons catch separate? When duck hunting you have to have your harvest separated for each hunter. Seems it would get confusing with 3 clients and 5 overs and 10 unders unless you had 2 big live wells and a partition in each. Does each person keep their fish on a stringer?

You don't have to keep them separate in Illinois and we never keep our ducks separate either and have been checked by the game warden, but then again we usually don't have that many ducks..lol

**clfarms1** · 08-09-2016, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by Banjomarsh

We used to catch big bufflo carp and common carp at Powerton Lake by casting BPS Strata spoons. They were always hooked in the mouth, not snagged. I have caught the Asian carp on a Pop-R while top water fishing for bass. They too were hooked in the mouth, not snagged.

Some of the Buffalo that they were catching did bite on a jigging spoon with a piece of ribbon tied to it as a streamer and I have caught them on a crappie jig, but the preferred method was to find a school of them and cast into them and set the hook really hard when they felt one.

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