Continuing to fish after a limit?

This was brought up in another thread.Someone posted about the GW telling them they would get an over the limit ticket if they brought another fish within the sphere of their boat my ? is.Can you not continue to fish after you'v caught a limit if you catch and relesse not cull but throw everything back?Say you knew where the fish are and go out and catch your limit by 2:00 then want to go check out some new spot's to see if they have fish why could you not catch and relesse?Look's like if the fish were not in your live well,stringer or cooler they would not be cosidered in your possission.

THAT WAS ME . THOUGHT HE WAS NUTS . SINCE I COULD AT LEAST CATCH BREAM, CATFISH ECT. AFTER CATCHING A LIMIT OF CRAPPIE . WAS NOT WORTH THE HASSEL . WENT HOME AND MOWED THE GRASS . Had almost the same thing deer hunting . killed a nice 8 pt. . and was checked (at kill site ) went scouting that afternoon for the next day hunt . when I came out of the woods the same warden was there and questioned my hunting . I asked him if it was legal for me to kill a doe/buck a day ? he said yes and drove away .these were in two different parts of the state Panola/Lincoln , Ms.

If he keeps it up, throw one of your smaller fish that's still alive back. Lol

I called Jackson today and ask.Once you have your limit the next 1 you touch put's you over the limit.Once in hand it's considered in your possission even if you throw it back.

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Originally Posted by Grave Digger

I called Jackson today and ask.Once you have your limit the next 1 you touch put's you over the limit.Once in hand it's considered in your possission even if you throw it back.

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I don't believe that's right. I've always known the guys in Jackson to be straight up. That would mean I'd have to throw one back before I culled it????

Who did you talk with at Jackson?

Just keep one fish less than a limit and cull until you find the one you want.

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Originally Posted by Speck

Just keep one fish less than a limit and cull until you find the one you want.

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Bingo......

If ya don't want a ticket or headache, quit at the limit. If ya like to argue with G&F officers, sit in court to defend yourself, and have a badge looking for you to slip up, keep fishing.

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Originally Posted by Grave Digger

I called Jackson today and ask.Once you have your limit the next 1 you touch put's you over the limit.Once in hand it's considered in your possission even if you throw it back.

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If thats he case I sure he dont pull up on me while I am taking a short fish off the hook, hat way of thinking gets you a ticket for a short fish.:yikes

Rees, thats the truth, but they got the badge and I don't like the man... Plus if I have a limit, better go on and find a lottery ticket to buy somewhere.

This is all contrary to their own rules for tournament fishing which is that you can't have more than the number of fish that you can take to the weighin. It would be tough if you had to quit fishing a soon a you got 7.

But you would still be under the legal limit, there's no telling what they want. Wish we had a GW that we could ask... Who has a GW friend? They don't like me

Makes sense to me. When you hold that 16th fish in your hand you are over the limit by one. I start culling at 14 now.

If this is true in our case . If catch it , it counts what !!! All those dinks count . What you said means just that , i catch 30 6" fish and don't keep any of them i have to quit . Bs , bs , bs ,

just have you're smallest fish tagged where you can reach in and chunk it back when you get a bigger one in your dipnet

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Originally Posted by Speck

Just keep one fish less than a limit and cull until you find the one you want.

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That'll work. The worst that could happen would be going home with 14.

I am new on posting but I had a question about this post. If I am trolling and get my limit what am I supposed to do if I catch another fish before I get my poles out of the water?

Cut your line quick !

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Originally Posted by 4THETHUMP

Cut your line quick !

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:Rofl

Will if it just the number fish caught as it seems dd that we should quit when we hook a limit not when we keep a limit. Hog wash . Bound to have something to do with the government .

These hypotheticals are stewpit. One things for sure, they'll never get me for over the limit. No license maybe, but not over limit.

Wannabe...

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

These hypotheticals are stewpit. One things for sure, they'll never get me for over the limit. No license maybe, but not over limit.

Wannabe...

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that would be a given............

guys, at this time I would not mess with the gw's. they are already a little stressed...:cool:. what's + or minus one fish anyway?

$200

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Originally Posted by 4THETHUMP

$200

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The plus part especially.

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Originally Posted by majflyboy

This is all contrary to their own rules for tournament fishing which is that you can't have more than the number of fish that you can take to the weighin. It would be tough if you had to quit fishing a soon a you got 7.

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Major, that is a COE rule. Not a state reg.

A lot of folks are missing the point entirely. If you put a limit in your livewell, you have your limit. Catch another one and you're over. As long as you don't have a limit in the box you can still catch and release until you get what you want. You just cannot take a fish out of the box to cull. Once it's in the box, it's yours.

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Originally Posted by MO' MONEY

But you would still be under the legal limit, there's no telling what they want. Wish we had a GW that we could ask... Who has a GW friend? They don't like me

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Not a friend, MO', but I believe "Pistolero" is a GW.

We shall see . We shall see .