Thread: Mississippi limit question

Doesn't sound right to me either. What if you were trolling and just put the limit fish in the box, and then caught another one while other poles were still out?

I fish Cave Run here in eastern Ky. And while we have no size limit we do have a 30 fish daily limit I usually start out keeping 10 inchers and when I get 20 or so I raise my size limit to 11 or 12 inches and if I can get a limit of fish in that range I figure I have had an excellent day. As far as I know here you can catch all the crappie you wont after catching your limit just as long as they don't go in the live well. Another thing I didn't know until a few years ago is that a warden can't count your fish once you have pulled your boat out of the water.

Originally Posted by drc

I fish Cave Run here in eastern Ky. And while we have no size limit we do have a 30 fish daily limit I usually start out keeping 10 inchers and when I get 20 or so I raise my size limit to 11 or 12 inches and if I can get a limit of fish in that range I figure I have had an excellent day. As far as I know here you can catch all the crappie you wont after catching your limit just as long as they don't go in the live well. Another thing I didn't know until a few years ago is that a warden can't count your fish once you have pulled your boat out of the water.

They can count them here....had mine counted at the boat ramp parking lot before

Originally Posted by "G"

They can count them here....had mine counted at the boat ramp parking lot before

pretty much only way they do it these days.

Had them count mine last week and weigh them .

Originally Posted by drc

I fish Cave Run here in eastern Ky. And while we have no size limit we do have a 30 fish daily limit I usually start out keeping 10 inchers and when I get 20 or so I raise my size limit to 11 or 12 inches and if I can get a limit of fish in that range I figure I have had an excellent day. As far as I know here you can catch all the crappie you wont after catching your limit just as long as they don't go in the live well. Another thing I didn't know until a few years ago is that a warden can't count your fish once you have pulled your boat out of the water.

Originally Posted by "G"

They can count them here....had mine counted at the boat ramp parking lot before

I really don't know that I would want to argue that point with them anywhere. Tick them off and they will find something to write you a ticket for. Best to just make sure your not over the limit.

WAS TOLD BY A WARDEN THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THE LIMIT AND YOU GET THE NEXT ONE IN THE BOAT YOU ARE ILLEGAL EVEN IF YOU RELEASE .

Originally Posted by eagle 1

WAS TOLD BY A WARDEN THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THE LIMIT AND YOU GET THE NEXT ONE IN THE BOAT YOU ARE ILLEGAL EVEN IF YOU RELEASE .

I think you could beat it as long as you don't have too many in your box, just not worth the hassel. My question is, if you are over the limit when a legal size fish gets on your line wouldn't you also be guilty of having a short fish when it got on your line, same concept, you got him?
A lot of times 5 different wardens will tell you 5 different things on something like this.