First trip to Mississippi and heading to Washington

**bandchaser** · 12-01-2016, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Fireman Dave

Didn't really think of that till someone said something about wadding around. Lol. Dont think ill be walking around in a swamp without my "BOOM STICK"

Be too late for a "boom stick" when that log you just bumped, yanks you down for a death roll!

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**MidMsAngler** · 12-01-2016, 02:49 PM

Eh, they will leave you alone. Barnett is ate up with 'em. Counted 38 in one day. Now if there is one that is used to being fed by a human, well he might be dangerous.

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**Fireman Dave** · 12-01-2016, 06:44 PM

I see them guys on tv snagging em and the killing em.... no thanks. I'll stick with the paper mouths. If they aint bittin i guess i could always drift for some catfish...... any jugin or yoyo goin on in March?

**Andrews** · 12-01-2016, 06:47 PM

I think yo yo is illegal in Washington let one of those ms boys chime in on that

**Fireman Dave** · 12-01-2016, 07:22 PM

Ok will do. Always a fail safe to bring some kinda meat back for driving 9 hours ya know. Andrews you get my PM? Not sure if im doing it right

**Andrews** · 12-01-2016, 07:28 PM

I did

**Rees Guide** · 12-01-2016, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Andrews

I think yo yo is illegal in Washington let one of those ms boys chime in on that

Not illegal but has some pretty strict rules, have to stay in sight of them, each one has to be mark with you name, can only use so many, ect, ect, ect............

**bird down** · 12-02-2016, 11:14 PM

Ok so I read 6 pages of this mess and find out that the problem at Washington is the locals...and Andrews AKA gotta use air to grab fish �� Says the top lakes in the country don't have good enough bottom! Yea I'm lost. Bandchaser if u had any idea the amount of non local pressure lake Washington receives I feel certain u wouldn't feel the same. It's almost like a tourist attraction when I go down there. People in the south don't care anything about keeping 10 inch fish. Most grew up taking buckets of 14 to 16 inch fish home a day. I have no idea why anyone would keep a fish under 11 inches because there is no meat. But trust me, your friends up north beg to differ. Kind of bold to go on ms forum and call out the locals. Maybe u saw something? Just asking

**Rees Guide** · 12-03-2016, 07:27 AM

I remember years ago when they first imposed the 10 inch rule on Grenada, we made some marks on our jig poles, waded most the time single poling, so we could measure the fish to be sure we were legal. After we measured a couple legal crappie we figured out it was a joke, we were throwing back the shorter LEGAL fish, not looking for no tater chip!!! The measuring was over for several years.

**ibmack** · 12-03-2016, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Fireman Dave

Sounds like you have a very lenient state. I for one have learned my lesson... while fishing on my home lake " lake of the ozarks" I have been popped twice. Water patrol will stop you, hop in your boat, go through your live well and measure EVERY fish. You better have an exact 15 fish and they better be bigger than 9", or your bill fold is gonna empty out quickly. As for keeping shorts... why? Other than a fish that will definitely, there's no reason fiddle with something that is going to fillet out the to the size of a potatoe chip. Plus not worth the risk in my boat

Hmmm, if it is "not worth the risk in your boat", then why have you been "popped" twice - particularly on your home lake where you should certainly know the rules.

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