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A friend called and passed on some news. I knew the WO has been watching the fishermen over here real close. Well he caught a couple with a bucket full in the truck and another bucket full still fishing. Rumor is the fine over is 300 dollars each!:yikes
Would be a high price to pay for a lesson in reading the regulations. Personally, I think they'll be getting of lucky at $300.
Reading the regulations is not gonna help people like that! A bucketful at $300 a pop will help them more!!
A guy was fishin he was gettin ready to leave with a bucket full of fish game warden walked up said u got a license for those fish he said I don't need a license these are my pet fish every couple days I bring em out her let em swim around and then clap my hands and they come back to te bucket the game warden says I gotta see this so the man throws all the fish in the water waits a couple min the game warden says ok now get your fish back the man replies what fish
That only works in Loozeanna. LMBOQuote:
Originally Posted by Rakoprtr
Thats funny
That's a classic Rakoprtr. I haven't heard it in years. Funny stuff.
Guys like that....some only get to fish a few days a year and will take the risk in catching what they can
When they can.If thats the case i see nothing wrong in catching what you can to put in freezer,...in my zone we can kill 6 deer in one day which is the yearly limit...if i don't check them on line i can kill 6 more the next day and the next.
For the ones that only get to fish a few days a year should have a special lic. For a few days to catch several
limits and not allowed to buy yearly lic.
Even though those people probably wouldnta ever bothered my fishing I'm still glad they were caught. I hope it hurts 'em to have to pay those fines too.
Most of the time the limits are liberal enough. If you have already caught a limit and that's not enough, cull some of the smaller ones for bigger fish. I know this can be done especially at Nimrod. At this time of year a cooler full of water will hold several fish alive for a long time if you don't have a live well.
It's 250 bucks for each fish over the limit, and I heard he's been watching everyone over there fishing porter creek and that he watched a guy leave with a limit this morning, and then come back and caught him with another bucket full! I bet he learned his lesson. aside from that, my father in law caught his limit out in the river and called me, so me and wife went and joined him and we ended up with 60. didnt take very long to get there either!!!
You're making a very big assumption there, my friend. Doesn't matter, though. Over the limit, is OVER THE LIMIT. If you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtlebait
X2!!! Nothing more than wildlife thieves.Quote:
Originally Posted by jigflinger
BRM
Somebody correct me if I am wrong. If you have 20 crappie in the livewell and you are still fishing, can't they give you a ticket?
Don't know but that would seem to be a gray area. I think I would stick to 19 and have room for one more. There are a lot of gray areas in the book. We only get a tiny regulations pamphlet but if you go online you can take a look at the one the GW's go by. Its huge.
rtark, the wardens here in my county say that if you have a limit in the live well, you can continue to fish as long as you release them. But if you have a limit in the livewell and you bring another one in the boat and want to cull, then technically, you are over the limit.
If you follow regs , your fish count towards your daily limit even if you give them away.Quote:
Originally Posted by mdperson
This is one topic I don't need to worry about. I never get close enough to a limit to worry about getting in trouble!!!!!!!
I've heard once you put #20 on stringer or livewell your through for the day by law. Better stop at 19 to cull or stop fishing. I always recount my fish when just a few short esprcially when fishing with another person. One slip up could be expensive and embaressing to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by rtark
Hey tripple D - I am with you. Were I have been the last 3 weeks the limit is 50. 2 people in the boat makes 100. Thats a lot of fish and we have not hit that limit since last fall.
Hey guys the crappie limits are there for the fishermen(so they can catch a limit! ) Most states do not have a limit on pan fish, due to their reproductive potential! But, I do not break wildlife regs. even if it does't hurt the resource. I was once the director of the Ohio Wildlife agency, and our studies showed less fish were taken "over all" when there was no limit!
I know that all the states I fish in have limits on panfish.
I think taking the limit off crappie in arkansas louisiana and mississippi would devastate the population and harm our sport. There is far too much potential for abuse in these states.
I agree.
I think some lakes should be more liberal on limits and some should have size restrictions.
That is correct if you catch a fish and give it away it is still counted toward your limit. However, you can catch all the fish you want to during a day as long as you only keep your "creel limit" to take home or give away to someone else. For instance, you could not catch 20 and give them away to your buddy who is on the water in another boat and then go catch yourself another 20.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Some of you guys are a little paranoid in my opinion. If you have a limit in the boat and keep catching them in order to cull a few little ones no one is going to care if you reach into the livewell and throw out a little one to keep a bigger one. Yes technically you will have 21 fish in the boat for just a few seconds in order to accomplish the cull but do you truly think that anyone is going to care. The wildlife officers are out there trying to catch people who are blatantly breaking the rules for most part. I'm sure on occasion there is some poor soul who doesn't really know the law who gets caught doing something wrong, but it is their responsibility to know the rules if they are going to hunt or fish in our fine state. These types of matters are not very vague in my opinion. We all know what the creel limits are, that we have to have a license to hunt or fish, that we have to have life jackets in the boat, and tags on the hull, etc. If you don't know the rules you can log onto the web site and get them for free or pick up one of those colorful little books they have at the checkout at every bait shop and Wal-Mart in the state. As long as you are following the rules you have nothing to be concerned about.
Let's call this for what it is...greed. If you go catch your limit take them home and then come back to catch another limit you are rolling the dice and if you get caught, oh well, it's on you and you shouldn't be upset with no one but yourself. The guys that are doing this are stealing from everyone of us who pay our license fees each year and do abide by the rules.
It's just my personal rule but I won't continue to fish with a limit of fish in the boat. I will fish with one or two less fish than the limit and swap out the smaller ones with larger fish as they are caught. Technically, if you have a limit in your possession and continue to fish you are in violation and can receive a fishing award from the game officer. I will not give them the chance to do that.....they might be having a bad day when I am checked and decide to take it out on everyone they see! I play by the rules when on the water.....it keeps everyone happy. LOL !! There have been days where I caught multiple limits of great fish and kept ten or less because that was all I needed or wanted to mess with that day. Most of those would have been the ones that would have died anyway if released. Didn't go home with a limit but still happy for a good day!
Probably won't have anything to worry about, but in March we'll be fishing a full week across the state and will need to carry what we catch with us. If I have a limit cleaned bagged and iced, I wonder if I'm legal to fish the next day? I looked at the regs and it says something about not having over a daily limit on a one day fishing trip, but doesn't say anything that I could find about a multi-day trip.
Next day ok, but after that you would need to go home and put the fish in your frig.
Page 8 of the 2012 Arkansas rulebook
Possession Limit: Double the daily limit
Possession Limit − The total limit of a certain fish species that is in your possession
at any time, whether on your person or stored in another location. Fish and wild
game (other than migratory game birds) that have been processed and stored at a
residence do not count toward a person’s possession limit. A residence is defined
as a house or house trailer that is permanently in place and is owned, leased or
rented by an individual; it does not include mobile travel trailers, tents, vehicles or
temporary rental units (motels, lodges, cabins, resorts, etc.).
We have so many dinks here I wonder if a 10-12" slot would work.:dono Keep up to your limit of less than 10" and anything over 12"
Hope you can make to Nimrod Lake and we can fry a few .Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
Nimrod could use a thinning, maybe just limit fish over 10'' . Maybe like Channel Catfish on the Arkansas River where a extra limit of fish under a certain size in addition to the normal limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by luvpt
I can tell you from personal experience that you will get a ticket if you have a limit in your boat and cull. I learned the hard way when I was in my early twenties fishing with my wife. We had our limit and were culling. The warden pulled up and asked to see our liscense, life jackets etc. then he got our fishs out and counted them. We had our limit and i told him we were culling. He politely told me i to put my rods down and we couldnt fish any more. If we caught another fish we were breakin the law. Gave us a warning and since then I always keep one out of the cooler for each person fishing if we are culling. I also use a counter to prevent from going over. Everytime a fish goes in the box its clicked. Best investment to prevent this error in my opinion.
yelp, also remember of you go north into MO you can not cull. Once you put a fish in the livewell, you keep it.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter
I have found that game wardens are not always correct about the law. For example, if you were not culling and have a limit, you can catch all you want as long as you are releasing them. I think the Game and Fish Commission did enact a regulation that you couldn't cull trout, but I don't think they have ever applied it to any other species. On the other hand, they may have passed something I missed. If you really want to know, get on their website and don't go to the easy to get to regs, but find the complete official regs (which you have to work at to find, or at least I do), and then you will know.
fishing/hunting regulations are put there so the honest person has a guide line to follow, those that decide to cross the line whether it is catching to many fish or killing to many deer,ducks or rabbits the law states you will get fined and might lose your hunting/fishing rights for ever. I dont want thhat to happen to me cause I love the outdoors and its activities. Thats my soap box speech.
Cull means cull. You don't cull when your at limit for law dog safe. You cull 1 before. If you don't make limit, so be it, you culled. IF YOU DON'T MAKE LIMIT AND CULLED, SO BE IT! Seriously, if you know the next ya catch will make limit, and even remotely think you will cull, do so. Going home 1 less than limit > a ticket and points on your record. Points + Disqualification = You no fish in the long run. :)
Jimbo'
when i get my limit i start bream fishing. Same water, same jig, same pole. If a crappie gets on it isn't my fault. I will release him.not cull