saw a fellow with 25 yo-yo's hanging from a pontoon boat . pulls up on a spot and baits with minnows for crappie .
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saw a fellow with 25 yo-yo's hanging from a pontoon boat . pulls up on a spot and baits with minnows for crappie .
My first guess is that it's legal
Unless they have a camera and tells them what fish are below their vessel
Totally legal, hope he wears em out
Sounds like he's got it all figured out haha forget 6 or 7 poles 25 yo yos are bound to put fish in the boat
Legal, 25 yo yos, rule doesn't say where they can't be attached to on some waters.
Im just glad he is hanging them off of his boat and not leaving them hanging from the trees. Im sure he follows the law and all but we have all seen alot of yoyo's hanging from trees with no ID and seem like they been there for years! But im all for "what ever is legal."
personally, if they are attached to a pontoon boat, They become rods. If the lake has a rod limit, he's over the limit and should get a ticket. If no rod limit, he's good to go
You may be right dondon. Moving vessel might make them become rods. Bet there will be a clarification law/rule soon
Them yoyo's are one dangerous thing. I tried using them years ago catfishing and if you don't watch you can get hooked in a heartbeat. I don't know if it is legal or not but we have enough laws and regulations without anymore to be added. Getting to be so many laws and regulations that if a Game Warden wanted to he could find some reason every time someone went out to just give them a ticket. If the limit on fish is say 30 it should not matter if he used 25 yoyo's. If a person is pulling 6 rods with crank baits(2 treble hooks with 3 points each = 6) they have 36 hook points in the water at one time. Like I said we don't need no more rules we already have enough. Now like Forrest Gump said "That's all I got to say about that".
I agree. If I was gonna do it, I'd check it out with fisheries folks first!:twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
What lake? I would think if on one of the big 4 the pole/hook limit would apply even though he is using yoyo's. If not, that is a loophole in the regulations that needs to be closed.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
They'd play he#/ writing that ticket, there ain't no one in their rite mind would consider a yo yo a dang rod!!
If the goal is to limit the number of baits in the water does it really matter if its a yoyo or a rod? 4 rods per angler and 2 baits per rod is what I am limited too, why should a yoyo guy get to put 25 baits in the water? I'm not anti yoyo, but I do believe there should be a level playing field.
Maybe they need to rewrite the regulations to read lines instead of rods?
now I don't have a clue on how to fish with a yo yo or what one is except for the one you played with as a kid;
but here is what is see as ya'lls law on the matter ;
MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, & PARKS
Additional Information:
Anglers may fish with no more than four (4) poles or rods per person with only two (2) hooks or lures per pole.
The aggregate daily boat creel limit for crappie for boats with three (3) or more anglers shall be 40 crappie larger than 12 inches.
All Yo-Yos, and FFFDs (Free Floating Fishing Devices or Jugs; up to 25 per person with 2 single hooks on each) must be legibly marked with either waterproof ink, stamped, or tagged to show the angler's full name and residence address with zip code. Yo-Yo tags shall be attached above the water line and furnished by the angler. Yo-Yos and FFFDs must be attended during daylight hours. Attended means devices must remain in sight of the angler during daylight hours. These devices may be fished at night without attendance.
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the way I see it,if he has to resort to that method of catching of fishing we need to invite him to c.com and teach him there's a better way to fish.:biggrin
Well there you have it, I guess it's legal. I don't understand the logic behind that being legal but poles limited to 4 per person but the law is the law and if it's legal it's none of my business.
[QUOTE=strmwalker;3148767][FONT=palatino linotype][SIZE=4][COLOR=#800000]now I don't have a clue on how to fish with a yo yo or what one is except for the one you played with as a kid;
but here is what is see as ya'lls law on the matter ;
MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, & PARKS
Additional Information:
Anglers may fish with no more than four (4) poles or rods per person with only two (2) hooks or lures per pole.
The aggregate daily boat creel limit for crappie for boats with three (3) or more anglers shall be 40 crappie larger than 12 inches.
All Yo
Was on Enid . Was told it was legal(according to him ) at this time but if this practice became popular rules/regulations would surely follow . Talking about a floating trotline .
I know you have not been around here so let me help u out. There are not but a few people on this whole board who have caught a limit in the last 60 days on the corp lakes. I would venture to say there may more than a few if the law allowed unlimited hooks, poles, size limits, etc. the laws or rules are set for the purpose of maintaining or creating world class fisheries. The limit is a limit saying is ridiculous. There is nobody that catches a limit of fish everytime they go. The only argument u could have would be for them to lower the limit of fish and allow unlimited rods, hooks, etc. but I'm afraid if they did that by the average of boats per year we would be looking at a 5 fish limit. That would be a hoot!Quote:
Originally Posted by scrat
I talked to some officers today. Some say as long as the boat is moving it's legal. Others say what the difference between moving and sitting still, most yo yos are set at a place to sit still, bait may move some.
We have a size limit and a creel limit. Does it matter if we meet it in an hour or all day?
Good luck with the officer that checks you.
I agree totally but you have pole restriction on same lake . I was just curious. may have been the bud light talking and no warden told him anything .Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
I wouldn't want to take the chance. Just at takes an officer to be having a bad day for it to get real expensive for you
Cane I agree with you but I will share with you what I was told by the guy that literally keystroked the wording in the new laws. There is a direct correlation between the number of poles an angler is using and the amount of time it takes to catch a limit. If the time it takes to catch a limit is real short then the cheaters who travel long distances would have time to take the first limit back to the hotel/campground and clean them, leave the cooler at the hotel and then go to a different ramp and catch another limit. The locals tend go on home and come back the next day.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
So, if he fished in a fruit jar tourney would he be legal?
"The locals tend go on home and come back the next day."
"the cheaters who travel long distances would have time to take the first limit back to the hotel/campground and clean them, leave the cooler at the hotel and then go to a different ramp and catch another limit."
To many stories of watching locals meeting someone at the ramp and swapping coolers.
No not according to the fruit jar rules the way I read them anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Boatbottom
Dang! i had hatched a plan to borrow a toon for the championship this summer. Put 25 arkies on the yo's and cruise my way to the trophy. :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Lordy, catch a two day limit in 45 minutes.
nonononononononononononoQuote:
Originally Posted by Boatbottom