Thread: Are you following the law?

The operative word here is "field" possession limit.

Are they going around checking people's freezers? I'm just wondering being an Alabamian.

Originally Posted by dwr353

Once you get home you can gift the fish as you please. A license is not a requirement. You, your wife, and all children can count. This law is designed to combat market selling. GW is not going to go to your house. He would need a search warrant anyway. How would he get probable cause? Before someone says a GW does not need a warrant, your domicile is not the same as your boat, vehicle, or camp. Possession limit is for the field or camp prior to arriving at your domicile.

Got a link/source for your info?

I agree that for the GW to check your home and your freezer, they would need a search warrant. This would require probable cause. Now how would the GW establish probable cause? Follow you around in the boat for days, plus follow you home to your house, watch you clean the fish and then take them inside.... I doubt it.

I am a retired LSP sergeant. I have GWs I have hunted and fished with for over 40 years(state and federal). We had these discussions numerous times. If you read the pamphlet from W&F, it defines possession limit. Pay attention to field, camp, commercial cleaning facility, and domicile(home).

Originally Posted by dwr353

I am a retired LSP sergeant. I have GWs I have hunted and fished with for over 40 years(state and federal). We had these discussions numerous times.

That's all nice, but I ask for a link or source.

If you read the pamphlet from W&F, it defines possession limit. Pay attention to field, camp, commercial cleaning facility, and domicile(home).

The W&F pamphlet states
"possession limit"
"No recreational anglers can have in their possession more than twice the daily bag limit of any species of freshwater recreational fish, EXCEPT that anglers may have up to three times the daily bag limit of black bass (Micropterus spp.) below U.S. Highway 90 in coastal Louisiana. Anglers may have up to 100 crappie in their possession at Toledo Bend Reservoir"
Nothing in it I can find about "field, camp, commercial cleaning facility, and domicile(home)" in the pamphlet. the state statutes does mention these as in searches with out a warrent.

Louisiana Revised Statutes, particularly Title 56,§325.
Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish
B. No person shall have in his possession more than twice the number of fish specified in any paragraph of Subsection A, except those specified in Paragraph (11). No person shall possess in excess of the limits specified in Paragraph (11) of Subsection A.

The article I linked states "Technically, yes," said Adam Einck, media relations officer for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. "Each person is only allowed a two-day possession limit."

Originally Posted by jchag1718

I agree that for the GW to check your home and your freezer, they would need a search warrant. This would require probable cause. Now how would the GW establish probable cause? Follow you around in the boat for days, plus follow you home to your house, watch you clean the fish and then take them inside.... I doubt it.

With a tip or complaint. Like what was stated in the article.

We have a couple of issues entertwined here. One poster wanted to know who can gift fish to, the answer anyone. You can legally possess only two day's limit per person. You could have 100 sacs for yourself and another. 100 for your wife, children etc. The issue is covered in more detail in Federal regs(wardens say that is their guide). It goes into more detail ref domicile, etc. I never gave the fish angle much thought as I only wish I could have 200 for my wife and I, lol. I am stating real world application here. It is the same as a speed limit tolerance. The law says one thing, enforcement is another matter. I will check with my guys and see if they have a source for y'all.