Thread: Weiss fishing rules

I've never understood the 3 rod limit along with a creel limit. I mean if you can only keep 30 fish, what does it matter how many rods you use to get there.

Originally Posted by superfly

I've never understood the 3 rod limit along with a creel limit. I mean if you can only keep 30 fish, what does it matter how many rods you use to get there.

What you say makes sense. The rationale behind the rule is that less poles lowers the percentages of catching a lot of fish. Also spider rigging with a lot of poles causes concern about short fish swallowing hook and dying after being released. Jmo I think they should lower the limit on Weiss to 15 and 30 per boat. I saw someone on another thread bragging about how many hundred they had caught. I'm sure they violated no laws but who really needs or eats that many fish even if there were several people. Tenn and Miss. Have been proactive in protecting their crappie fisheries. Wish Ala would do same