Thread: Why'd you cut my limblines?

I will say that I get pretty annoyed if lines are out unattended in the daylight hours but not enough to cut them. As much as yoyo's are now I wouldn't leave mine out unattended. I have cut two trotlines in my days but only after they got wrapped in the trolling motor.

Originally Posted by BigKev77

I will say that I get pretty annoyed if lines are out unattended in the daylight hours but not enough to cut them. As much as yoyo's are now I wouldn't leave mine out unattended. I have cut two trotlines in my days but only after they got wrapped in the trolling motor.

It is perfectly legal to leave limb lines unattended in the day time, just not YoYos.

Yoyo's are what I thought he was talking about. Still folks don't be cutting lines. Carry on.

I love to set the limb line and jugs over the trot-lines and yes we've had issue with people running them for us more than once. As for cutting them, not too bad unless you run them down the bank and bass fisherman catch them but a lot of people will run a line in a heart beat. My suggestion is to bait them at dark and run them at daylight, don't put them where folks will snag em and call the warden if you have to. I put up several messes of catfish every year from lines I set so I know how you feel.

It's like everything else. I was raised trot lining and we never left a line in the water. I can ride up and down Beaver lake and every bank is riddled with trot lines left behind. At least one every 10 feet. The world is full of stupid lazy idiots and they make it hard for the rest of us. I don't know what else to call somebody that goes out and buys all the stuff and make up the lines, buys bait, sets the lines and never goes back to run them. I've found 3 blue herrens tangled in trot line on my lake.

I have also seen several Herons caught in yo-yos and limb lines. I think there should be more regulation on guys that just leave stuff unattended. Sucks to hear that your lines were cut. Probably someone mad at those morons that mess it up for everyone else.

Hey Yard Dog, what body of water was that on where your limb lines were cut? Pretty low to do something like that! I'm guessing they cut the ones with fish on them!

Thats just the reason why I dont leave out my limb lines yoyos or trot lines. and when Im done I pick them up and go too the house. Ill will pole night catfish or bass fish while they are baited out and checking them every 2 hrs for fish and thieves. I cant tell you how many times on Lake Conway here I have pulled on someone caseing my stuff out here or had my stuff cut. So i dont travel very far from when im fishing anymore.