Met a guy at Winnsborro yesterday that said he got a ticket for giving other people fish after he had his limit....

He did say he caught over 100 fish and an undercover witnessed this.

How can you get a ticket if you only have 25 in your posession??

When you catch a limit you are done. If you put them on stringer, in bucket , in basket.

Interesting rule. So if you have a limit, could you then practice catch and release? Or, don't exceed your limit and then cull? I just enjoy the thump!!!

Just asking... it's not often that fish stack up like this at least for me.

Yep, if you catch 25, quit fishing until you give some away, you are always under you limit. But at any time you have 26 fish, you are over. Can't catch fish until you ready to go, then cull fish until you get to your limit.


keith

When I want to keep fishing and I have a limit, I throw the last fish back and then I have 24. The next fish I catch I throw it back or cull a smaller one. If you have 25 and you catch another one, even tough you are going to release it, you're in possession of 26 at the time.

Possession is the key word here. If you bring a fish in the boat and don't immediately release it, you have taken possession of the fish. Giving the fish to someone else would constitute possession. You can't possess more than the legal limit. Nor can you possess an illegal fish,ie. wrong length. Put an over/under length fish in the live well, bucket, give to someone else and you took possession. Bringing the fish in the boat to unhook it and release it is not considered possession. Otherwise you could get ticketed for a short fish on the end of the line.

I'd do as Benny suggests, stop keeping at 24 if you want to continue fishing.

The Game Warden done his job, Hats off to him,

All the illegal fisherman are gonna start coming out since the fishing is going to get easy.

Everyone needs to put this number on speed dial and report everyone breaking the rules 1-800-792-4263

I understand the thump is addicting and how a person would want to continue fishing, especially if you're in the thick of them. However the trouble that comes with it, in my opinion, is not worth it. I'd rather get my limit, leave the fish biting, and come back another day to give it another try. I could do a lot of other things with $1,500, like get some electronics for my boat, than to give it to the State. Just my 2 cents.

hats of to the game warden there coming out now especially in the spring

I wonder how much the fine was?

If you honestly think about it, the game wardens know where the fish are being caught, and they WILL show up to check on it.

that doesnt make a bit of sense cause if that is the case every bass fisherman would get a ticket when he has a limit and catches a sixth fish but has it in his boat but checks all the fish to see if he can cull any fish and if this is the rule every bass fisherman should have had multiple tickets

He got fined $150 for 10 fish..

Guess it could have been more..

What about when 2 or 3 people go out in a boat and 1 person catches all the fish??

Nobody ever helps get the boat to its posession limit??

Bass fishermen fish as a team usually, possession limit is 10 fish, two people. Six in the live well is not a violation. If he's fishing alone, it's a violation if he put's the sixth fish in the live well. You may recall a famous bass fisherman was disqualified on a TV fishing show for doing that very thing. He forget how many he had in the live well and as soon as he dropped the sixth fish in, the chase boat called him on it and he was DQ'd.

Yes they definitely know where the fish are biting. I gave one of our local wardens some fish while we were fishing the same spot a few days ago. I feel like they have a job to do and I follow the rules. Knowing the rules and ignorance is no excuse will keep you ticket free.