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Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 06:21 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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I was watching the Texas Insider Fishing Report on Fox Sports and one of the guides said he has been keeping his crappie ribs from his trips and using them as cutbait to catch messes of catfish on Taledo Bend. I know crappie and sandbass make excellent bait but I thought this was against the law in Texas. Can someone please clarify?
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 06:36 PM
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Dothead
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I'd be iffy on whether or not that's legal as well. It's probably worth a call to you'r local GW and see what he says. I do remember seeing guys at the cleaning station in Port A digging Redfish, trout, and all kinds of carcasses out to use for chumming for sharks. All while there was a GW in the parking lot checking peoples fish as they came off the boat ramp. That would be pretty much the same IMHO.
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 06:42 PM
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TCK73
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I can say this with 100% accuracy, I know a guy that may or may not have been in my boat using Crappie ribs for bait on Lake Arrowhead, and he paid a hefty fine to the State Of Texas for doing it........
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 06:56 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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They call it secret bait for a reason...
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 07:09 PM
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BigPoppa007
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Not Legal as Far as I know. I got checked by the Chic Game Warden a few years ago Bankfishing on Grapevine. I was using some kind of fish from the Asian Market that looked Sandbass Like and she wasnt Happy about it. I showed her my receipt and she gave me a warning but took my bait. She said even tho I had a receipt she didnt know for sure if it was bought or caught.........and not to use anything that is or resembled a Game Fish even if from the Asian market. She was Cool with squid and octopus I had bought and was using.......
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 07:34 PM
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Caribou
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That guide will definitely be getting a call from the warden. Bout the same as the guy who posted illegal bass on Facebook. Big ticket.
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 08:37 PM
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Catfish Lynn
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As the book states, you cannot use any part of a game fish, that includes liver, ribs, heads, or even meat that went bad before or after the freezer.
Lynn aka "Catfish"
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 09:26 PM
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When I fillet a crappie, I either throw the remains back into the water, or take them home for the cats. Why in the name of the Almighty would it be illegal to use crappie parts for bait?
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 09:33 PM
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BigPoppa007
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When I fillet a crappie, I either throw the remains back into the water, or take them home for the cats. Why in the name of the Almighty would it be illegal to use crappie parts for bait? any part of any Game Fish is Illegal - they don't want Game Fish being Harvested for bait......... Most people would be using leftovers from Legally caught and cleaned but TPW has no way of determining that so it's All Illegal.
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 09:42 PM
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clk
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Toledo bend is in the state of Louisiana also. It may be legal on there side.
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 09:55 PM
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Spiderman
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Toledo bend is in the state of Louisiana also. It may be legal on there side. That's probably the situation, it may not be a problem in La.
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 10:00 PM
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uncle_bagster
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In OK, it's legal to use a live crappie for bait, but it counts toward your limit. It's odd how every state has completely different fishing regulations. In OK the limit for crappie is 37--go figure that one!
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09/15/18 10:27 PM
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catdub
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No because crappies are game fish and it's not legal to use game fish or any part of game fish as bait in Texas .
Wesley
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Re: Are crappie ribs legal bait?
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09/15/18 10:29 PM
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catdub
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However you can use non game fish like drum,carp,shad or bluegill they make good cut bait
Wesley
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