A question of little significance

Yesterday I was able to finally able to get to important tasks that have had to wait because of some minor medical issues. I was able to put in just as the sun was coming up and able to make sure my running lights work.
It seems the wind was holding off so I could actually see a little smooth water :dono.
Seeing an abundance of minnows around a dock, I thought “Hmmm, follow the bait, and the I thought, catch some bait!”. I proceeded to get my almost new casting net out of its storage container. After a bit of “now how does this work again” I was finally able to make a semi decent cast. (Much practice still needed).
Now here is my question , does a crappie caught in a casting net count as a catch? :dono

No minnows we’re harmed in this endeavor :fish

it "counts" as a fine here in Texas if it don't go back in the water right fast :Rofl
so it appears we need a better definition on "counts" .....:highfive :Rofl

Since I now have an expert opinion, I caught 3 crappie and 1 small brim..:ThumbsUp:Rofl
2 crappie in net and one on a blue ice jig. Sorry only two pics
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If I am in a "Catch and Grease" mood and it makes it to my belly it does not matter if it was in a net or on a hook. If you are in a tournament then you have to follow tournament rules. Either way you MUST FOLLOW size and creel limits. Just my penney's worth. My advice was not worth two cents.

Mike

If I am in a "Catch and Grease" mood and it makes it to my belly it does not matter if it was in a net or on a hook. If you are in a tournament then you have to follow tournament rules. Either way you MUST FOLLOW size and creel limits. Just my penney's worth. My advice was not worth two cents.

Mike

At least you know where they are hiding,,,,that’s half the battle,,,,

It's a big fine in Texas if you keep gamefish caught in a net. They have too be released. You can do what you want in private waters. Years ago there was a Y-Tube video in which a guy was throwing a net for shad. Instead he caught around 60lbs of crappie.

YOU can count it as a "catch", but you can't "keep" it nonono (not in KY, anyway).

I did a similar thing ... cast netting Shad & came up with a couple game fish. Shad were kept, game fish were released. IF my "thinker" is working correctly, I believe this happened on Watts Bar Reservoir (many decades ago).

Thanks all. I never keep no matter how it’s caught. I thoroughly understand the lawful matters :biggrin. I just didn’t want to claim a catch unfairlynonono. I guess you could say I am a hi and bye guy lol.

2 outta 3 ain't bad.... and no, netted fish or those that jump in the boat don't count, only hooked fish do.

Well to be perfectly clear. Two crappie in the net. One on the hook. One tiny brim in the net. All the fellows went back home.. :biggrin

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Originally Posted by Takeum

At least you know where they are hiding,,,,that’s half the battle,,,,

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Remembering that old TV show…”and knowing is half the battle. GI JOE!”
Bob

on my first boat ride as a wee one , mullet were doing the lose their minds thing early one morning and jumping like sailfish all over the place as we motored out , one big one just tossed itself right in the boat at my feet !
I was about as excited as any kid in the world to go ketchn with dad and his bud and instantly said ,,,,
hey I got one ! I was corrected almost as quickly with "no, son that don't count" :banghead
now as you can imagine I wanted to continue the conversation as it seemed to me at the time that I just ketched me one ....:dono
so dad explained that it had to be on my rod and line and hook and not grabbed from the bottom of the boat .....:Rofl

Glad to hear the health issues are far enough behind in The rear view that the boats now getting wet. If said fish were to be kept I would say you batter check your state agency’s opinion and not mine. As for the hi/bye or visiting fish, just say you got to meet em. :biggrin

Folks after serious pondering and such. It seems the coconscious is I CAUGHT one (with rod and hook), and I CAPTURED two (accidentally with a net).
The little brim was just collateral damage. :peacesmile

As said above several times, check with your state, but in Texas no game fish (meaning anything that has a limit) can be caught and kept (that is the kicker, and "kept") with a cast net. Doing around a dock, I would for sure follow that rule as everyone seems to have camera out and it will take that one person that see's you do it to turn that video in. Stick to the pole, but cast nets are fun. Now, if you are on a private lake that is another story. Also I say lake, but somewhere there is a definition of lake vs pond, but to me if I can put a boat in it, it is a lake! :yikes