Rod, Thanks for the clarification. Same with Wyoming- rules change everywhere.
So... In NM, on a stream with a five fish limit, you could have 4 in the creel and then C&R and gamble on that last trout going into the possession limit. On a stream (or in a section of a stream) with a one-fish limit, it's keep it and stop fishing, or release it and keep fishing. Or move into another area with a higher limit. OK, so now... On the SJR, can you move into the quality waters with your creel of 4 fish (from below the 4.5 mile marker) and catch that last fish in the 1-fish quality waters? Or can you have 5 fish in your creel (from the low-quality area) and move up into the C&R only section? Do you have to take all fish to camp before you can move up-river? Nitpicky in Wyoming, DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Barilleaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Any More Bream?... Now C&R Rules DonO and all, I checked out the regulations from the New Mexico Game and Fish and they said the following: There is a "Daily Bag Limit" of 5 "Trout" in any combination of Brown, Rainbow, Cutthroat, Brook, Lake Trout and Kokanee Salmon, with the exception of Cutthroat Trout... Only 2 Cutthroat Trout may be included in the "Limit" and that includes "Daily Bag Limit" AND "Possession Limit"... Once a daily bag limit of 5 fish are aquired, you must STOP fishing... There is no C&R fishing allowed once your daily bag limit is aquired... There is a "Possession Limit" of twice the daily bag limit... That includes what you have in your camp, your camper and ALSO includes what you have at your home in your freezer... Now in areas of what's called "Quality Waters", there are "Special Regulations"... For example the San Juan River: The first quarter mile below the Navajo Dam is C&R only... The next 4.25 miles is considered "Special Trout Waters", (no bait fishing, live or artificial, and single, barbless hooks only), where you may only keep one, (1), fish, "Daily Bag Limit", which has to be 20 inches or better, and you MUST STOP fishing once that "Dialy Bag Limit" is aquired... BUT, you may fish the "Non-Quality Waters" below that 4.5 mile marker and the fish that was aquired in the "Quality Waters" counts towords your "Daily and Possession Limit"... New Mexico is really weird and you really have to read up on where you're going to be fishing because different areas in New Mexico have different regulations and that includes "warm water fishing", (Black Bass, Catfish, Crappie, Stripped Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Tiger Muskie, White Bass, Bluegill, Sunfish and Perch)... Rodney... ;-) On 6/15/05, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rod and all, > > Out of curiosity and wanting a difinitive 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 siting 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... > > > > >
