... than just "drop off" your Crappie !!

Re-read the rules I posted. Both states have rules that conflict with the other state. Your licenses only "allow" you to FISH in those states, as long as you abide by that state's laws. The conflict comes in the creel/possession portion of those laws.

As I understand it ... this would be the best case, legal scenarios :

... you camp/launch in KY, motor to TN waters, and catch a TN limit each. Transporting them back to KY would put you in violation of the KY daily creel, according to KY law. Best bet - cull your 20/ea best, & release the others (while you're still in TN waters).

... you camp/launch in TN, motor to KY waters, and catch a KY limit each. Transporting them back to TN would still leave you under the creel limit ... so you "could" continue to fish (in TN) and catch 10 more each.

The rub comes with the "possession" limit laws ... Ky doesn't count cleaned fish as part of your possession limit, and TN does.

KY - day one = 20/person ....... TN - day one = 30/person
KY - day two = 20/person ....... TN - day two = 30/person
KY - day three = 20/person ....... TN - day three = 0/person

WHY ??? ..... because after you've accumulated two days creel limit in TN, you've maxed out your possession limit ... regardless of whether or not they are alive, dead, or cleaned & in your freezer/cooler. The KY law says you can have 20/person on day one, up to 40/person by the end of day two, and if you clean them ... you can continue to catch/keep/clean daily limits from day three on.

TN's draw is the 30/day law vs the KY 20/day law.
KY's draw is the rule that cleaned fish do not count against your possession limit vs the TN law that says your possession limit is 60/person ... period.

TN's 30/day creel law is designed to draw the 1-2day angler, with the 30/day vs 20/day creel.
KY's possession law is designed to draw the 2day + angler, with the idea that you can clean your fish & continue to catch daily limits past day 2. It's the tradeoff for the lower daily creel.

That's the way I see it, anyhow. If you want to know for sure .... contact Paul Rister, western district fisheries biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. 270-753-3886
30 Scenic Acres Dr., Murray, KY 42071

.... cp