Don: Alabama is the same.. Bream for example.. Daily limit is 50, but you can catch 500 if you're lucky enough.. as long as you don't have over 50 in possession per licensed person... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: [VFB] Was Bream Flyfishers, now C&R/Keeper Rules? > Rod and all, > > Out of curiosity and wanting a definitive answer, I called our Game and Fish > warden's office and talked with an officer. In Wyoming, at least, you can > still keep fishing C&R if you have your bag limit for the day in possession. > I've kept gill-hooked fish for dinner and kept right on C&R fishing, > although there is a one-fish limit where I fish. > > I'd be curious if other states have the same law or say you have to quit > fishing. Here, the bag limit is 'in possession', which means it can be > cumulative over many days- say, if you're camping and hadn't eaten your > catch, but it's in the cooler. (A 6 fish (daily) limit would be all you can > possess per license.) So even though you can't keep any more fish, you can > still C&R for the meantime until you eat your fish (your vacation fishing > time). This also keeps people from stocking up their freezers with fresh > fish because the older fish are freezer-burned from sitting in there too > long. It also keeps poachers from having huge quantities of fish that they > say they caught over time. > > I'd be curious as to the rules of other states. > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodney Barilleaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Any More Bream Flyfishers here??? > > > The San Juan River, for example, does have a > "Daily Bag Limit" of one fish, 20 inches or better, per day... But > what happens when their clients catch that 20" or better fish and keep > it??... They're done for the day... > Rodney... >
