Targeting out of season species

[fishnowworknever]

I do have to state IMHO it is a very sorry state of mind when an individual angler "insists" on fishing C&R when known said limit has been taken. I for one would hope and want to believe that as anglers we would be above this pettiness and not for the CO or DNR to attempt to define "intent" or other gray words when enjoying time on the water. Regardless of what one's answer to that type of question may be, the angles is intentionally knowingly and willingly potentially putting fish in harms way if that scenario plays out and just a dang shame that someone has to act that way or mislead the CO when out on patrol. Its the very situation and scenario that we have all of these laws (& some quite ridiculous ones cause someone always has to "test" the system)

I understand what you're saying, but it's really no different than me being one shy of my limit and continue to C&R all day long until I'm ready to go home, then keep that last one. You can call me whatever you want, but I'd rather C&R all day long and keep one or two at the end of the day...and I think most on here would agree with me.

[Grum]

Glad everyone seems to be in good spirits and have their sense of humor intact. Love to see a vid of DTro's dog while someone reads the regulations on this subject.

Hope everyone has a fun Memorial Day weekend. Stay safe and free. Don't forget to raise a Flag, or a glass and tip your hat to those who made it possible.

[CaptainMusky]

Hope everyone has a fun Memorial Day weekend. Stay safe and free. Don't forget to raise a Flag, or a glass and tip your hat to those who made it possible.

THIS is something I hope we all can agree on.

[DTro]

 

When I do decide to keep a limit of fish, I’m usually selective in size especially when the bite is good.  But doggone it if the bite is sensational and I happen to have kept a limit already and I’m not really ready to go home yet,  you can rest assured I’ll keep on fishing and throwing them back.  If its against the law, well so be it.  I enjoy cruising down the highway at 80 sometimes too.

 

Remember tickets can be written for just about anything, a conviction is another story.  I’ll take my chances.  Its kind of like turning left against a red arrow at 2am with nobody in sight.

 

This thread sure has evolved from targeting out of species fish, but thankfully in a couple of weeks, just about everything will be fair game and nobody will give a rats a55 until next year

[amateurfishing]

Happy Memorial Day weekend all, be safe & fun.

Sorry for not wording my post properly. I was trying to explain he was "intentionally" trying to deceive a CO (or at least that's how I read the post) by saying 1 person fishing for eyes, 1 for pike, etc. when in the end it did not even matter because as a group they had not met the limit for 3 ppl yet.

hope to see some of you on the water @ mille lacs on south side by father Hennepin...give me a honk, waive, middle finger, whatever I have a 16ft crestliner Nordic explorer blue.....

good luck

[Big Bobber]

Myself, if I have my limit, I will go fish for something else. If the fish are really biting, I will be a pure catch and release angler. I have learned to be more than a one trick pony and can catch most of what swims in the lake. After my week at the lake, I will get in my vehicle and drive 300 miles home.

[Fish Head]

As mentioned, this topic comes up almost every year. A few years back I copied one of the posts regarding fishing for walleyes with your limit, and I have it saved on my computer for future reference. The post is below-

Hello,

Yes, you can continue to fish for walleye. You can not cull once you

have a possession in your live well. Not that it matters right now. But

the season does need to be open on the type of fish you’re targeting. I've

added that because we do get questions on whether you can fish and catch

and release a species that is closed or the season has ended.

Good luck.

Jim

James Abernathy

DNR Information Consultant

500 Lafayette Rd Box 40

St Paul MN 55155

651-296-6157

1-888-646-6367

[TruthWalleyes]

good luck on your camping trip amateurfishing! i know you have been busyplanning for it.

[fishnowworknever]

Amaturefishing - that was us who said that to the CO. There was no deceiving going on there, he knew what we were doing and just smiled and went on his way. Apparently we weren't doing anything illegal anyways.

Anyways everyone have a great Memorial Weekend, be safe.

[Kyhl]

By the interpretation explained in a few posts here wouldnt that be considered "wanton waste"?

Ha, good one.

A meat hunter might argue that it was a wanton waste of gas or time with no results to show for it.

[CaptainMusky]

Ha, good one.

A meat hunter might argue that it was a wanton waste of gas or time with no results to show for it.

Its a viscious cycle.