Thread: Mississippi limit question

Nope. Start culling when your 1 away.

Why cull. There all good fish. Ones you toss back might not recover from stress. I just set my bar at 12" everything under goes back. Be fortunate to get a limit.

Thanks for the info Hotrod. Not trying to be greedy, you just never know when you could catch a wall hanger this time of year.

Kinda a gray area, I'd do like Hotrod suggested and stay a couple under the limit. They say once you put your hand on the fish you are in possession of it, if it puts you over the limit then you are in the wrong. My thoughts on that is wouldn't the same hold true with a short fish?

I got stopped once with a limit and was still fishing since I caught them so fast and wanted to just fish and catch and release. Told them that and had no problem don't know what they would say if I had number 31 hanging on my pole.

When I catch limit of fish, I had a really good day. That wall hanger will be there for me tomorrow.

Yep, I know that the limit in the box and 1 on a hook is over limit for sure.
Back then it was a 20 mile trip in the other direction than home. $20 court cost, $25 for the fine and they kept my catch.

This is what a warden at Butla told me. You got a limit in the box you catch another fish and he see's you it's over the limit. Rarely do I get to that point but times their really biting and I want to fish I stop keeping a couple shy then return everything I catch after that. If I get ready to go and their still biting I'll finish a limit. If not I still go home with plenty of fish for me.