Not wanting to start a debate about limits etc..... Just wanted to share this photo that was sent to me....Attachment 328017
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Not wanting to start a debate about limits etc..... Just wanted to share this photo that was sent to me....Attachment 328017
Hopefully there are about 25 other guys fishing with him!
WoW!!
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Just got word that there were 7 guys on a pontoon.....maybe there needs to be a boat limit as well.....just sayin....
That's a pile of fish. Sure wouldn't want to clean all them. Cleaned 50 a few times when my kids freezers were empty and that's a chore.
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Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speckanator
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Need to close the loophole on possession too. Taking a limit back to truck and putting them on ice and catching another limit same day needs to stop as well. See that quite often in saltwater. Especially shrimping on a good run.
Not sure which is harder cleaning those fish or cleaning 5 gallons of shrimp, lol
Either one would be a “tasty” situation to be in. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by slammingjack
Wow, that’s way more than I want to clean.
I'd be all in favor of boat limits here, there, everywhere. People are greedy. No sense in it. I eat a lot of fish, but I don't stockpile. I usually keep a couple of "messes" in the freezer.
Hope all seven guys had a fillet knife!!
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They have a boat limit in MS on the Big 4....boat limit is 40
The possession limit is twice the daily limit on all fresh water fish that have a daily limit. There fore stocking piling to many fish in the freezer just means you might not get to keep any next trip. It is a good thing they taste good. T_om keep enough for a meal if they are over 11", I don't keep any as my lady is trying to keep me off of fried food and that is the only way fish should be cooked.
Those fish could feed the whole town of Hastings, I'm still trying to catch more than 10 a trip lol
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Never mind the legal side, those boys ethics need a good smack in the head!
Not to be "that guy" but possession limit is whole fish, uncleaned. Once they are in your freezer, they don't count anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by D Johnson
Exactly. You can have 5000000000 cleaned and in freezer. Possession limit is in a cooler. So if your say camping for a week and putting fish on ice possession limit applies, in your home in freezer no bueno on possession limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by sunshine
I hate seeing that
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That's a haul.... And is exactly why Grenada, Sardis and Enid now have Mr. Greenjeans at the ramps checking everyone who comes off the lake, they also reduced the daily limit to 20 fish over 12". I have seen guys catch a limit go in put em on ice and be right back out to get another... Just my :twocents
15 over 12".Quote:
Originally Posted by bambislyr1
wonder how many were full of eggs...I see a lot there that probably should have been tossed back anyway
You better check on that a lady in Florida was charged for having more then her possession in her freezer. They counted the fillets This was the states monthly arrest record. If you have them in your freezer they are in your possession. Someone seeing her many days in a row at the ramp with to many fish called the Hot line. Something we should all do.Quote:
Originally Posted by sunshine
Well I am going by what an FWC investigator told me when I called in a tip on a guy showing off 10gallons of shrimp. Question I have is she a Florida resident or snowbird? I believe that makes a difference if they are transporting. I would like to see the FWC report, link please.
The State will go wacky when they see this. This is a photo for the album, not the net....Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
I'm glad they had a good day, but to me, that's like driving back from Georgia, with a deer head tied to the tool box...
Just my :twocents
In Florida's fresh waters, a bag or creel limit is the number of fish an angler can harvest (keep) per day, with a two-day possession limit at a base camp, house boat, or when transporting prior to freezing.
Things to keep in mind are: Once the fish are processed and placed in a freezer (not a cooler) at a residence (e.g., their permanent home, a mobile home or motel catering to anglers), they become a food product. From that point on there is no longer a limit on them. So for instance, if someone is fishing all winter and keeps processing their catch and adding fish to their freezer, then puts them on ice to transport someplace else, they can exceed the possession limit. Hopefully this clarifies the confusion you had about transporting. If you have further questions, please contact the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management at 850-488-0331 or the Division of Marine Fisheries Management at 850-487-0554.
From Fl Sportsman last July (statement above was from FWC) on the same subject
You can have 5000000000 cleaned and in freezer. Possession limit is in a cooler.
WHEW! you had me scared for a minute! :biggrin :biggrin
Might go to this meeting by FWC
FWC - here we go...Black Crappie regulation changes are coming.
- Each angler is responsible for his or her own bag limit. It is illegal to transport or possess more than two days’ bag limit of fish per licensed angler without a commercial license. Exceptions are fish legally acquired from aquaculturists (fish farmers) for use in aquaria, for brood stock, pond stocking, or properly marked for the market. This is from Regulations | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. I am not trying to start a pissing contest but that is how i read it. I know the way they write these things they can be miss interpreted I maybe I read it wrong, but if it saves any of us from getting a ticket that is what I am trying to do. I don't put a lot of weight in what the FWC officer on the water says when one tried to tell me my offshore type 1 life jackets were type 3 and I needed to get type ones on the river where I was fishing. The tag even said they were type 1. He then went on to say that he cut the flap off the back of his making it more comfortable to wear. that right there removes the Coast Guard approval. He gave me a by this time but he is just the guy who might give you a possession limit ticket. BTW the young officer sit in the back of their boat and just shook his head as he knew better.
Well if what is processed and in my freezer matters I could really be in deep water. Have moose from Alaska, venison from Florida and South Carolina and do not have a liscense for any. See where that goes. If they cited me I would go to court.
I've often wondered... Been in the same boat with the freezer thing, huntihslabs. And if I don't eat everything up from this fall, then I got THE NEXT YEARS stuff in there, (hopefully)!Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
I think the rule was to keep poachers guessing, as to what can be at the house. I do know they
check time /month stamps, on photos, and can somehow prosecute.
I've no clue....
:fish
This just makes me sad. I mean how many do you really need? Full boat or not. And at least throw the dinks back for pete's sake!
What a fish fry! :yikes
OrionQuote:
Originally Posted by Orion_70
Why does the Fwc write tickets to a boat with over 100 fish for 2 fishermen and take fish with them?
Your info is wrong in FL
This tab is getting intense : popcorn
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Here is the full clip, directly from the Florida Fish and Wildlife site. Other states have other rules:
No person shall have in his possession more than two days’ bag limit of freshwater game fish (see Rule 68A-23.005 for details).
And here is the cited rule 68A-23.005, which says the exact same thing.:
68A-23.005 Bag Limits, Length Limits, Open Season: Freshwater Fish.
(1) The open season for fishing shall be from July 1 until June 30 of the following year, except as otherwise provided by these rules.
(2) This rule does not apply to game fish lawfully acquired for aquarium use in accordance with Rule 68A-23.009, F.A.C.
(3) No person shall have in his possession more than two days’ bag limit of freshwater game fish. In any water body where there are specific regulations as to bag limits, minimum length, maximum length, or protected length limits for any species, which are different from the general regulations, the specific regulations supersede the general provisions of this rule section.
(4) Bag or length limits for lakes designated as Fish Management Areas shall be as specified in Rules 68A-20.004 and 68A-20.005, F.A.C.
(5) Bag or length limits for lakes within designated boundaries of Wildlife Management Areas shall be as specified in Rules 68A-15.061, 68A-15.062, 68A-15.063, 68A-15.064, 68A-15.065, F.A.C.
(6) State-wide bag limits: Except as otherwise provided in these rules, no person shall take in any one day more than the following:
(a) Five (5) black bass, of which only one may be 16 inches or longer in total length.
(b) Twenty-five (25) crappie.
(c) Fifty (50) in the aggregate for all other panfish.
(d) Two (2) butterfly peacock bass, only one (1) of which can be greater than 17 inches total length. No person shall kill or possess any speckled peacock bass.
(e) American Eels must be nine inches or greater in total length for recreational and commercial harvest. The recreational bag limit for American Eels is twenty five (25) per angler per day.
Wholesale/Retail purchase exemption. Recreational anglers purchasing American eel as bait may possess more than the legal bag limit provided that the eels were purchased from a licensed dealer. The burden shall be upon the person claiming the benefit of this exemption to show, by receipts, bills of sale, or other appropriate documentation, that such fish were purchased from a licensed wholesale or retail dealer.
(7) In that portion of the state north and west of the Suwannee River (including in the Suwannee River and in any tributary river, creek or stream of the Suwannee River), bag or length limits are as follows:
(a) Black bass – no person shall kill or possess any Suwannee Bass, Shoal Bass, Spotted Bass, or Choctaw Bass that is less than 12 inches in total length.
(b) Striped bass, white bass, or sunshine bass – no person shall kill or possess more than 3 striped bass nor any striped bass less than 18 inches total length. The daily aggregate bag limit of white bass, striped bass and sunshine bass shall be 20.
(c) Lake Seminole (Northwest Florida) – see Rule 68A-23.0131, F.A.C., for bag or length limits for certain freshwater game fishes.
(d) Lake Talquin (including that portion of the Ochlockonee River lying between Lake Talquin and the railroad trestle that is located immediately below US Highway 90, that portion of the Little River lying between Lake Talquin and County Road 268, that portion of the Rocky Comfort Creek lying between Lake Talquin and County Road 65-B, and that portion of Bear Creek lying between Lake Talquin and Bear Creek Road, those portions of Ocklawaha and Hammock creeks lying between Lake Talquin and State Road 267, those portions of Blount’s, Freeman [Stoutamire], and Harvey and Polk creeks lying between Lake Talquin and State Road 20): No person shall kill or possess any crappie less than 10 inches in total length.
(e) Chipola River: No person shall kill or possess any Shoal Bass in the section between Peacock Bridge (Peacock Bridge Road; County Road 278, Jackson County) and Johnny Boy Landing (Johnny Boy Landing Road, Calhoun County). Anglers in the process of certifying a possible state record Shoal Bass (within 0.25 ounces of the existing state record Shoal Bass) may termporarily possess in live condition one cadidate Shoal Bass in this section of the river until the fish is certified by FWC staff or an authorized representative.
(8) In that portion of the state south and east of the Suwannee River, bag or length limits or areas closed to fishing are as follows:
(a) Striped bass and sunshine bass – the daily aggregate bag limit of striped bass and sunshine bass shall be 20, no more than 6 of which may be more than 24 inches total length.
(b) Fishing is prohibited in Silver Glen Springs in Lake and Marion counties and in Salt Springs in Marion County and within 50 yards of the springs. Fishing is prohibited from the headwaters of Rainbow Springs to a point one mile downstream on Rainbow River within Marion County.
(c) No person shall kill or possess any black bass in the following areas:
1. In Wildcat Lake within the boundaries of the Ocala National Forest.
2. In the St. Johns River Water Management Area, in Indian River and Brevard counties (commonly known as Farm-13 and including the Stickmarsh).
3. In the St. Johns River Water Management-owned area formerly known as the S.N. Knight Farm in Indian River County (commonly known as Kenansville Reservoir).
(d) Lake Okeechobee ‒ defined as any point lakeward of a boundary line delineated by the following points: Intersection of St. Rd. 78 and US 441, US 441 SE to St. Rd. 5 (“80”) St. Rd. 5 (“80”) to St. Rd. 25 (US 27) St. Rd. 25 (US 27) to St. Rd. 78 St. Rd. 78 to US 441 Including: Harney Pond Canal (C-41) north of St. Rd. 78 to South Florida Water Mgmnt. District (SFWMD) structure S-71 C-41-A Canal, southeast of the S-84 structure Indian Prairie Canal (C-40) north of St. Rd. 78 to SFWMD structure S-72 All of Taylor Creek and Nubbin Slough in Okeechobee County C-38/Kissimmee River south of SFWMD structure S-65E to St. Rd. 78, All of L-50 Canal in Glades County, Fisheating Creek to US 27, All of Sportsman’s Canal (LD-3) in Glades County. No person shall kill or possess any crappie less than ten inches (10'') in total length.
(9) Anglers participating in the TrophyCatch Program in compliance with TrophyCatch Program rules and fish handling guidelines may temporarily possess in live condition one Hall of Fame candidate largemouth bass (13 pounds or greater) over the legal length limit and bag limit until the fish is certified by FWC staff or authorized representative.
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 8-1-79, Amended 5-19-80, 6-4-81, 6-21-82, 7-1-83, Formerly 39-23.05, Amended 2-27-86, 5-10-87, 3-1-88, 4-13-88, 7-1-89, 4-11-90, 7-1-92, 8-23-92, 4-20-93, 7-1-94, 9-15-94, 4-1-96, 7-1-98, 10-20-98, Formerly 39-23.005, Amended 7-1-00, 7-1-01, 7-1-04, 7-1-05, 7-1-06, 7-1-08, 7-1-11, 5-22-13, 9-9-13, 11-26-14, 7-1-16.
You can not have over limit in boat, you can have a cooler with possession limit heading home. You can not have possession limit in livewell. Alive is considered days catch. Can have a limit in cooler on ice and a limit in livewell. Processed cleaned and frozen does not apply to possession limit unless you transport again. This is where people get tied up is vacationing for a few weeks and loading a freezer and then transporting in RV home. Once the fish become mobile again possession limit applies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzy
I'm not going to get into a pissing match on here over this, but I can assure you that cleaned fish in your freezer at home do not count against your possession limit.
I worked offshore for years and had FWC on the boat with us more times than I can remember.
We can argue what the intent of the word "possession" means, but for the intent and purposes of these rules, it means whole, unprocessed fish or game.
There fore the 25 crappies in the cooler in your truck and the 25 in the live well works if you didn't catch the 25 in the cooler the same day. This maybe this way because people take weekend trips. I am not going to worry about it I don't keep them anyway and T_om only keeps 7 or 8 all above 11".
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Originally Posted by D Johnson
Yup, heck I don't like cleaning that many anyways haha