Quote Originally Posted by Grumpa View Post
No names told but a guide in Illinois got busted a few years back. He was catching more than his limit and counted his total in with his clients. 3 people 45 crappie, more than 15 were caught by him. I believe he lost his right to guide for a few years and maybe fined some as well. If a guide fishes every day I would think maybe not catch a limit if his clients are catching fish. That is what he is being paid for, not to fill their freezer. Just my opinion
How would you even enforce that? Do I really want a game warden spending his entire day following one boat around to count how many each individual in the boat caught? We already don't have enough out there as it is, I dont want one spending his/her entire day with his/her eyes glued to one boat, does not feel like that would be an efficient use of resources. As long as there are no more fish in the boat than the combined limit of everybody on board, or the boat limit if boat limits are in place, then I'm fine. I don't care who caught which fish, seems like just splitting hairs at that point and would be hard to enforce.