Quote Originally Posted by bayoumonster View Post
Around here gamefish can't be sold---I thought it was nationwide. I'm just suprised that folks are catching and selling crappie... Or am I misunderstanding "market fishermen"?
What's happening at Brownlee is illegal, black market selling of Oregon/Idaho crappie. Nothing legal about it. ODFW and IDFG are both reluctant to put a limit on Snake River crappie. When the crappie population is strong there are two cultures that exploit the fishery. They actually have a shuttle that hauls the fish away while the others keep fishing day and night. This is during the spawn. The selling takes place in major cities 300-400 miles from where the fish were caught. The selling takes place in neighborhoods and small fish markets. To buy them you have to be " in the know", kind of like buying anything illegal. Without a limit LEO's have nothing to enforce and once the fish are transported out of the area to the big cities it's out of sight out of mind.