Limit question

I wouldn't worry with all this mess. I feel like no matter what I can get a ticket every time I'm checked. Which is less than 10 times in 20 years. Out of those I got a lead shot ticket, non functional life jacket ticket, and a no boaters ed ticket. There are so dang many rules I have a hard time with remembering and following them. Whistles, air horns, fire extinguishers, pole numbers, fish limits, running lights, parking passes, life jackets, licenses, trailer tags, etc. ha. I just be as nice as I can and give them what they ask for. They know who is trying and who is not. Just try to be legal and u will be ok.

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Originally Posted by bird down

I wouldn't worry with all this mess. I feel like no matter what I can get a ticket every time I'm checked. Which is less than 10 times in 20 years. Out of those I got a lead shot ticket, non functional life jacket ticket, and a no boaters ed ticket. There are so dang many rules I have a hard time with remembering and following them. Whistles, air horns, fire extinguishers, pole numbers, fish limits, running lights, parking passes, life jackets, licenses, trailer tags, etc. ha. I just be as nice as I can and give them what they ask for. They know who is trying and who is not. Just try to be legal and u will be ok.

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Now you got me worried about boaters ed, I think I got all those other bases covered but I've never had boater's ed. In Tennessee where my boat is registered, if you were born before 1981 you are not required to take it. Never thought to check Mississippi.

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Originally Posted by BigKyd

I was refering to the issue of keeping each person's limit in a different cooler. I never bring more than one fish cooler. I've just gone through the entire document linked below and I do not see anything stating that each person's limit must be kept separate.

http://www.mdwfp.com/media/166577/f-...e___limits.pdf

If me and a budy are fishing Sardis and I get a ticket for having 21 in the cooler and 6 or more of the fish are my buddy's and thats the only cooler and the only fish in the boat, I'm going to court and fighting the ticket. Dont see how a judge can enforce something that aint on the books.

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Pardon me my mistake. I did not realize that you were taking about separate cooleers. I have not seen anything in the regs stating you have to have separate storage for each persons fish.

Your saying a boat has to have a boat trailer tag too? They never said anything when I registered my boat about trailer tag as well,,,,and the boat Ed certificate Rule for Mississippi if different then tennessee?

Boat trailers are exempt in Tn. from registration. The license requirement in Ms. says any minor under 16 yoa resident or non resident does not need a fishing license. So I would take that 7yo fishing anytime he wants to go and catch 15 crappie PER PERSON including 15 for that 7yo. Nowhere have I read in the regs does it say a specific age for a fisherman be it 5 or 95, if he can fish and hold a pole he is entitled to keep 15 just like everyone else who has posted in this thread. I would rather see him sitting in a boat with his dad catching fish for some father, son time as playing a dadgum video game. and Mississippi excellent video. Keep him fishing any time he wants to.