Quote Originally Posted by kscrappeye View Post
I am all for rules and regulations, but I really don't see the point of this type regulation. Most boats are set up with the capacity of seperating out at most 3 anglers serparate creel limits for fish. My boat is set up with two livewells with one that can be divided. It seems to me that all this does is put more pressure on the CO's in checking each individual angler. To answer you question on who is reponsible for the short fish, it is the owner of the boat. The owner is responsible for each fish put in the livewell. Of course we could put all of our fish on seperate stringers, but what is the point? It that is the case, all we have to do is put the first 20 fish in one livewell and then move to the next. How can this be enforced on a a consistent manner?

I measure every fish that is put in the live well in my boat.

I have been checked several times on my home lake. Some times on the water and sometimes at the boat ramp. I have no problems with that but how many bank anglers are checked as regulary as boat fishermen? Once the spawn is on, I hardly ever see a CO checking the shore line fishermen. I fish lakes with a 20 fish creel limit and a 10" length limit.

I guess it is about time to start having CO's check the individual limits on pheasant hunters. How many folks hunt in groups of 10+ people split out there limit of 4 birds per day?

These type of regulations are not realistic. It boils down to each angler being honest and obeying the rules.
kscrappeye,

Please see the corrected post above.

I apologize for the confusion.

Thanks,

Craig