Quick question about fish limit.

[ThanhCuTi]

If my son who's 8 fishes with me, is he entitled to the 15 crappie limit as well ?
Thanks guys

[G.Gordon]

Yes.

[bwillaub]

As long as he is the one catching the 15 is the way the law states.

[Bulletman]

yes, BUT, you must keep them separate and identifiable. Meaning be able to distinguish between yours and his.

[Speck]

What they^^^^^^said!!!

[ThanhCuTi]

Thank you. I'm so cautious right now after that citation. :D

[TwainGang]

Yep- you get a limit for each legal angler-you may have to let him reel some it in order to be called "caught by him". I've not always been good about keeping fish separate and identifiable between people fishing, plus crappie can slip through the livewell dividers in my boat sometimes. I believe you can clip a fin to keep them identifiable. I also have paperclips in my tackle box to put through their lips as identifiers. Have there been many people who got cited for this? I knew a guy who cleaned the fish on his boat, without keeping a head/tail attached- that is another no-no, I believe.

[billd2626]

I knew a guy who cleaned the fish on his boat, without keeping a head/tail attached- that is another no-no, I believe.

Yeah, I think that's right. Smithville has a cleaning station at Camp Branch and they've been giving tickets if you clean your fish there and get back in the boat with them .. even if you were just gonna clean them real quick and then go load up at another ramp.

[skeeterxs170]

I watched a guy at smithville clean his fish in his boat, throw the heads & tails in the lake, head to the ramp! Wouldv'e been a great place to catfish that night, but I thought in was kinda shady!

[Kayak_Bob]

wow didn't know about the fish cleaning and I guess I have been lucky when it comes to keeping fish separate. Of course... if the agent looks in my live well he would chuckle and let me go anyway.