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Was woundering if anyone could help out on licence reg. If i have ky license is there a start and stop point i can fish to and from,, and if i get tn license were is that good for? We stay at lakeview cottages and i think in cypress bay? and we are not real sure how far we can go ? Thanks for the help and we are going in nov!!!
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Originally Posted by fishforlife
Secondly ... get yourself a copy of the "KY Fishing & Boating Guide" ... a free publication from KDFWR ... available at bait/tackle shops & Wal-Marts, etc.
To answer your questions :
With a KY license ... you can fish KY Lake, all the way into Tenn as far as the McWhorter Bridge (US 79/Hwy 76) ... which is just North of the Paris Landing State Park.
With a Tenn license ... you can fish all of KY Lake, that's within Tenn ... and up into KY as far as Eggner's Ferry Bridge (US 68/80).
The Reciprocal License Agreement, between KY & TN, is basically allowing either state's license holder to fish all the coves/bays between the two bridges ... except for Blood River, and I think you have to have a KY license, there.
Currently ... KY has a 20fish daily creel limit & 10" size limit on Crappie. TN has the same size limit, but their daily creel limit is still 30fish/day. They're in talks, about decreasing the daily creel ... but, I don't think it's passed any new limit laws, yet.
I've never fished below (South of) the US68/80 bridge ... so I can't offer you any info on potential places. Maybe some of the other KY members will chime in. You might also want to post on the Tenn State Board ... or just keep an eye out for any info posted there.
... luck2ya ... cp :cool:
If you have a KY license, you are good anywhere north of the 79 bridge at Paris Landing.
This may sound stupid but... If a person holds a Ky. and a Tn. licence and fishes this area we are talking about does this allow him to catch 20 fish on his Ky. licence and 30 fish on his Tn. licence in the same day? :confused:
I don't think that would be right if you could. :cool:
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Originally Posted by Wiskers
Lungbuster and I were just talking about that :eek:
I don't think it's legal, since you'd be "in possession" of more than a days limit.
Lungbuster is going to contact KDFWR and check things out. I've asked him to post his findings, here, so that all of us can get the skinny on this.
... cp :cool:
I am going to cal KDFWR tomorrow and find out.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
I wonder if you could fish TN, catch a limit, process them then go to KY and do it again?
If I were in Ky. I would be 10 over but... if I were in Tn. I would be 10 under.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
I believe if you get checked the officer is gonna let you pick 1 of the licences to be under and go from there.
If you caught 30 in TN & 20 in KY ... on the same day's outing ... you'd be 30 OVER in KY & 20 OVER in TN :D (since you'd have a total of 50 fish for that one day's total)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
Remember - creel limit is "per one day's outing" ... possession limit is what you have in your possession (accumulative) "after each day's outing". By that reasoning, you'd be breaking both laws (creel & possession) in both states :eek: if you caught 50 fish in one day, even though you fished in two different states and on two legal licenses.
I seriously doubt that the Officer would be that accomodating, to let you choose which license to show ... and it wouldn't matter to him/her WHERE you caught the fish -- just how many you had, when checked (in your camp OR your boat). :p
We'll know soon as Lungbuster gets ahold of KDFWR and poses the questions ;)
... cp :cool:
I put a call into KDFWR and the agent that answered the phone could not answer my quesiton. I was then referred to Mike Fields. He was unavailable and I left a voicemail.
I will post his answer.
I would think if you have a valid license in each state, one could catch a limit in each state in one day...I sure hope so, or we've broken the law a few times!!
According to KDFWR website the angler must abide by the regulations of the state in which he/she is fishing. There was no additional info. If a person has both licenses and catches a limit in KY, leaves them in KY, then goes to TN and catches a limit I believe they are within the law.
I think Pappy misunderstood what I was trying to say. The way things are I believe I could go out in the morning and legally catch 20 fish in Ky. then go in and come back out on my Tn. licence and fish Tn. waters and catch 30 more. I'm fish'n 2 different states on 2 different licences. If the game Wardened checked my cooler back at camp I would have 50 fish. In Ky. I would be 10 over the possion limit but in Tn. I would be 10 under.Quote:
Originally Posted by speckfinder
That make since? :confused:
If you have 50 fish, for one person, after one days fishing (in your possession, in your campsite/lodging ... you're 20 over the KY possession limit (if you're camped in KY) -or- 30 over the TN possession limit (if you're camped in TN).Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
You may be fishing two different states legally ... but, your possession limit is still one days creel limit on day one.
NOW ... you might be "legal", if you caught a limit in KY ... took them HOME ... then went back, to the TN side, and caught a TN limit, and brought them HOME (in the same day). But, bringing them back to "camp", I still think is a possession limit violation, since you'd have more than one days creel limit in your possession, after just one days fishing.
... cp :cool:
Pap, so you're saying if i come down for a 3 day weekend, from PA, to fish both states, with both permits, i couldn't take them both, back to the motel i'm renting? Because i'll be staying in Aurora, KY. I dont catch limits anyway but it would be good to know what i can do, if i do catch them.
The way I understand if your fish are cleaned and if you are not in the field with them they do not apply to your possession limitQuote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
Although I still haven't talked to Mike Fields at KDFWR, ( I called again today and got his voicemail) the agent I spoke with on the phone did say that although the daily limit for KY lake is 20 the posession is 60 fish.
Now I'm really confused! :confused: But going back to what Pappy said. That agent doesn't know if I caught those fish today or yesterday. I wouldn't want to be dishonest and I wouldn't to lie but I know I can go deer hunting in Ky & kill a buck in the morning and go kill a buck in Tn. the same day even though you are only allowed 1 buck in Ky. Ofcourse I'm not sure I can transport that meat across the state line.Quote:
Originally Posted by lungbuster
The following is a question in the 2008 Ky Fishing Guide
Scroll down to page 5
http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/pdf/08f...h=C128C168C682
Q: How is a daily creel limit
different than a possession limit?
A: The daily creel limit is the
number of a particular sport fish
species you may keep in one day’s
fishing. A possession limit is the
maximum number of sport fish a
person may hold in the field after
two or more days of fishing.
The thing different about deer is that they are checked in, at least in KY. So you have proof that it was killed in a particular state. You can transport deer meat across state lines (prevention of the spread of CWD may prevent you from bringing brain and spinal tissue into certain states)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
I can't remember if I heard it on here or another site ... but, the statement was made that KDFWR had changed the possession law, so that now your allowed to have a daily creel limit for every day you're on the water (days in a row, I'm sure). This would mean that you could camp at KY Lake for 5 days and have 100 Crappie cleaned and on ice in your camp. Whereas with the previous rule ... 40 Crappie would be all you could have, after two or more days.Quote:
Originally Posted by lungbuster
I'd REALLY like to know if that's the case, or just someone's misinformation (or wishful thinking) ;)
I think Alabama's possession law is two days creel limit ... and they even stipulate that you can't transport more than two days creel over the state line. Tennessee's possession law is two days creel, but I don't think they have any transport addendum. If KY has changed their possession limit law, to allow a collective of creel limits times the total number of days fished ... then it may cause more people to fish KY waters (locals AND out of state anglers).
ANYONE know the facts on this :confused:
... cp :cool:
Regulations go into effect March 1, 2009
Twice the daily creel limit for all species with a limit.
No one person shall possess more than one creel limit while on the water or on the shore.
no one shall possess more than two times the daily limit of unprocessed fish at any time at camp.
You CAN return home with more than the possession limit if the fish have been cleaned and its more than a two day fishing trip.
This is in the Ky Game and Fish Mag this month Page 12
Rowdy