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 Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 02:18 PM
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I was stationed at Fort Riley Ks for a few years and did quite a bit of fishing there. Because of the spread of zebra mussels and the Asian carp you were not allowed to catch your own "minnow" bait. If you were fishing with "minnows" you had to provide a receipt as proof that you purchased the minnows from a bait shop. The game wardens worked directly with the local bait shops to ensure that the bait they sold was safe to use. I would assume this is most likely the reason Texas has now started this same rule.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 03:14 PM
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Minnows are not regulated like that ..... overreaction has occurred here!!!!!
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:21 PM
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CenTexan
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I was checked on Lake Waco, before it closed. I didn't have the receipt and received a verbal warning. Its cheaper and easier to get the receipt than to go to court and force them to prove whether or not you caught them in the lake. They are going to start checking so get your receipt guys.
Last edited by CenTexan; 07/01/15 04:23 PM.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:28 PM
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smak90
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With the millions of gallons of flood waters ripping across the state, those zebra mussels are going to go where ever they want. Regulating minnow sales is a joke and waste of time.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:35 PM
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cleve
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OMG, Whats next! I have never heard about this .
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: smak90]
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07/01/15 04:47 PM
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With the millions of gallons of flood waters ripping across the state, those zebra mussels are going to go where ever they want. Regulating minnow sales is a joke and waste of time.  
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:48 PM
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CenTexan
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Everyone has a valid point. But they are going to check, so have the receipt. And remember that the GW's are doing as instructed. Making this argument with them on the water and pissing them off is not smart. I wouldn't give them a reason to look for other violations.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:51 PM
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Because they are not there to enforce our laws anymore .... they are there to generate revenue!!!!
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 04:51 PM
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And here's something to ask your TPWD reps and lawmakers. "Once all the lakes in Texas have Zebra mussels in them, because they eventually will, will the current laws regarding their potential transportation be repealed?". You will either get this confounded look in return, or a resounding "no".
It's not about the zebra mussel, there's nothing they can do that will stop it and they know it. It's all about the revenue.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: leviconaway]
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07/01/15 05:02 PM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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I was stationed at Fort Riley Ks for a few years and did quite a bit of fishing there. Because of the spread of zebra mussels and the Asian carp you were not allowed to catch your own "minnow" bait. If you were fishing with "minnows" you had to provide a receipt as proof that you purchased the minnows from a bait shop. The game wardens worked directly with the local bait shops to ensure that the bait they sold was safe to use. I would assume this is most likely the reason Texas has now started this same rule. then the state of Texas should reword their law because the way I read it, it seems to state plainly that you can use personally caught live bait from the water body in which you got it from. In my mind it is a law that is almost impossible to enforce.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/01/15 08:24 PM
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sac-a-lait me
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Store bought live bait doesn't have water from the lake so the above regulation doesn't even apply to them. You can freely move that minnow bucket full of minnows with the tap water every bait shop uses to fill it from lake to lake to lake
If u catch your own bait it has to stay in that lake
Easy nuff
Last edited by sac-a-lait me; 07/01/15 08:26 PM.
fishing without beer is like,.umm...hunting without beer!
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/02/15 01:38 AM
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Just a way to STEAL your hard earned dollars!
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/02/15 02:30 AM
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It was explained to me that they are not concerned about farm raised minnows. Some folks that are catching their own bait are catching tilapia fry and spreading them to other lakes. Supposedly this is their concern and not zebra mussel but I would still keep a receipt in my pocket.
To whom much is given, much is required.
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Re: Minnow receipt????
[Re: MrRoachie]
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07/04/15 05:10 PM
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Rockdodger00
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