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STORE500

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Hello everyone, I know the limit has changed to 3 fish this year, but could someone clarify the "daily limit" rule for me. My dad and I are heading up there next weekend and will be staying on the ice for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday), can we have just 3 fish each in our posession when we leave Sunday or can we have 3 fish for each day we are there? And what is the rule about cooking fish in the fish house? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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riverrat56 Grand Master

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You can have no more than 3 Red Lake walleye in your possession.

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A statewide possession limit of six allows any combination of walleye and sauger, so all six fish in a statewide limit could be walleye. So in a combined trip to Red and LOW, once you are off the waters, you could possess six walleye as long as only 3 walleye are from Upper Red and only 3 walleye are from LOW. Additional sauger (2 in this case) would be allowed to reach the 8 fish combined LOW exception.

This is taken from the sticky at the top of the page, read through that and you will have everything you need.

As far as eating fish; If you keep 6 walleyes on Friday, eat 4 of them for dinner, you may keep 4 more walleyes on Saturday, but I believe the guts need to be disposed of on shore??

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Carcasses count! The guts need to go to shore for sure...also, be vigilant about those 16.75" fish.....we always shy away from the ones that are close....last trip we had plenty to sort through...don't risk a big ticket for .25" worth of fish! Have fun....

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deadstick Enthusiast

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So this is ok then?

Staying in a sleeper on URL, keep 3 walleyes one day and eat them for supper. Take carcasses back to shore before fishing anymore. The next day, catch 3 more and take them home.

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deadstick that is correct, yaeh dont keep anything close to 17" the COs seem to have better way of stretching that 16 3/4" fish to 17 or over. Not worth it.

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Walleyes that come in at 16 3/4 and up can relax, strech and do all kinds of stuff after they are caught, not to mention when you fillet a fish the carcass can stretch so be careful and remember if it even touches the line of seventeen it is "seventeen"

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Jonny, it's funny how the fish sizes can change. The carcasses can stretch when filleted, but my brother and I caught a couple where minimum size was 16 inches while summer fishing that were 16&1/2 and when they came out of the livewell, they were about an eighth of an inch short. The warden luckily was understanding. We've become more careful of what we consider to be keepers.

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