Thread: Look at this

This just makes me sad. I mean how many do you really need? Full boat or not. And at least throw the dinks back for pete's sake!

What a fish fry!

Originally Posted by Orion_70

In Florida's fresh waters, a bag or creel limit is the number of fish an angler can harvest (keep) per day, with a two-day possession limit at a base camp, house boat, or when transporting prior to freezing.
Things to keep in mind are: Once the fish are processed and placed in a freezer (not a cooler) at a residence (e.g., their permanent home, a mobile home or motel catering to anglers), they become a food product. From that point on there is no longer a limit on them. So for instance, if someone is fishing all winter and keeps processing their catch and adding fish to their freezer, then puts them on ice to transport someplace else, they can exceed the possession limit. Hopefully this clarifies the confusion you had about transporting. If you have further questions, please contact the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management at 850-488-0331 or the Division of Marine Fisheries Management at 850-487-0554.
From Fl Sportsman last July (statement above was from FWC) on the same subject

Orion
Why does the Fwc write tickets to a boat with over 100 fish for 2 fishermen and take fish with them?
Your info is wrong in FL

This tab is getting intense : popcorn

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Here is the full clip, directly from the Florida Fish and Wildlife site. Other states have other rules:

No person shall have in his possession more than two days’ bag limit of freshwater game fish (see Rule 68A-23.005 for details).

And here is the cited rule 68A-23.005, which says the exact same thing.:

68A-23.005 Bag Limits, Length Limits, Open Season: Freshwater Fish.
(1) The open season for fishing shall be from July 1 until June 30 of the following year, except as otherwise provided by these rules.
(2) This rule does not apply to game fish lawfully acquired for aquarium use in accordance with Rule 68A-23.009, F.A.C.
(3) No person shall have in his possession more than two days’ bag limit of freshwater game fish. In any water body where there are specific regulations as to bag limits, minimum length, maximum length, or protected length limits for any species, which are different from the general regulations, the specific regulations supersede the general provisions of this rule section.
(4) Bag or length limits for lakes designated as Fish Management Areas shall be as specified in Rules 68A-20.004 and 68A-20.005, F.A.C.
(5) Bag or length limits for lakes within designated boundaries of Wildlife Management Areas shall be as specified in Rules 68A-15.061, 68A-15.062, 68A-15.063, 68A-15.064, 68A-15.065, F.A.C.
(6) State-wide bag limits: Except as otherwise provided in these rules, no person shall take in any one day more than the following:
(a) Five (5) black bass, of which only one may be 16 inches or longer in total length.
(b) Twenty-five (25) crappie.
(c) Fifty (50) in the aggregate for all other panfish.
(d) Two (2) butterfly peacock bass, only one (1) of which can be greater than 17 inches total length. No person shall kill or possess any speckled peacock bass.
(e) American Eels must be nine inches or greater in total length for recreational and commercial harvest. The recreational bag limit for American Eels is twenty five (25) per angler per day.
Wholesale/Retail purchase exemption. Recreational anglers purchasing American eel as bait may possess more than the legal bag limit provided that the eels were purchased from a licensed dealer. The burden shall be upon the person claiming the benefit of this exemption to show, by receipts, bills of sale, or other appropriate documentation, that such fish were purchased from a licensed wholesale or retail dealer.
(7) In that portion of the state north and west of the Suwannee River (including in the Suwannee River and in any tributary river, creek or stream of the Suwannee River), bag or length limits are as follows:
(a) Black bass – no person shall kill or possess any Suwannee Bass, Shoal Bass, Spotted Bass, or Choctaw Bass that is less than 12 inches in total length.
(b) Striped bass, white bass, or sunshine bass – no person shall kill or possess more than 3 striped bass nor any striped bass less than 18 inches total length. The daily aggregate bag limit of white bass, striped bass and sunshine bass shall be 20.
(c) Lake Seminole (Northwest Florida) – see Rule 68A-23.0131, F.A.C., for bag or length limits for certain freshwater game fishes.
(d) Lake Talquin (including that portion of the Ochlockonee River lying between Lake Talquin and the railroad trestle that is located immediately below US Highway 90, that portion of the Little River lying between Lake Talquin and County Road 268, that portion of the Rocky Comfort Creek lying between Lake Talquin and County Road 65-B, and that portion of Bear Creek lying between Lake Talquin and Bear Creek Road, those portions of Ocklawaha and Hammock creeks lying between Lake Talquin and State Road 267, those portions of Blount’s, Freeman [Stoutamire], and Harvey and Polk creeks lying between Lake Talquin and State Road 20): No person shall kill or possess any crappie less than 10 inches in total length.
(e) Chipola River: No person shall kill or possess any Shoal Bass in the section between Peacock Bridge (Peacock Bridge Road; County Road 278, Jackson County) and Johnny Boy Landing (Johnny Boy Landing Road, Calhoun County). Anglers in the process of certifying a possible state record Shoal Bass (within 0.25 ounces of the existing state record Shoal Bass) may termporarily possess in live condition one cadidate Shoal Bass in this section of the river until the fish is certified by FWC staff or an authorized representative.
(8) In that portion of the state south and east of the Suwannee River, bag or length limits or areas closed to fishing are as follows:
(a) Striped bass and sunshine bass – the daily aggregate bag limit of striped bass and sunshine bass shall be 20, no more than 6 of which may be more than 24 inches total length.
(b) Fishing is prohibited in Silver Glen Springs in Lake and Marion counties and in Salt Springs in Marion County and within 50 yards of the springs. Fishing is prohibited from the headwaters of Rainbow Springs to a point one mile downstream on Rainbow River within Marion County.
(c) No person shall kill or possess any black bass in the following areas:
1. In Wildcat Lake within the boundaries of the Ocala National Forest.
2. In the St. Johns River Water Management Area, in Indian River and Brevard counties (commonly known as Farm-13 and including the Stickmarsh).
3. In the St. Johns River Water Management-owned area formerly known as the S.N. Knight Farm in Indian River County (commonly known as Kenansville Reservoir).
(d) Lake Okeechobee ‒ defined as any point lakeward of a boundary line delineated by the following points: Intersection of St. Rd. 78 and US 441, US 441 SE to St. Rd. 5 (“80”) St. Rd. 5 (“80”) to St. Rd. 25 (US 27) St. Rd. 25 (US 27) to St. Rd. 78 St. Rd. 78 to US 441 Including: Harney Pond Canal (C-41) north of St. Rd. 78 to South Florida Water Mgmnt. District (SFWMD) structure S-71 C-41-A Canal, southeast of the S-84 structure Indian Prairie Canal (C-40) north of St. Rd. 78 to SFWMD structure S-72 All of Taylor Creek and Nubbin Slough in Okeechobee County C-38/Kissimmee River south of SFWMD structure S-65E to St. Rd. 78, All of L-50 Canal in Glades County, Fisheating Creek to US 27, All of Sportsman’s Canal (LD-3) in Glades County. No person shall kill or possess any crappie less than ten inches (10'') in total length.
(9) Anglers participating in the TrophyCatch Program in compliance with TrophyCatch Program rules and fish handling guidelines may temporarily possess in live condition one Hall of Fame candidate largemouth bass (13 pounds or greater) over the legal length limit and bag limit until the fish is certified by FWC staff or authorized representative.
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 8-1-79, Amended 5-19-80, 6-4-81, 6-21-82, 7-1-83, Formerly 39-23.05, Amended 2-27-86, 5-10-87, 3-1-88, 4-13-88, 7-1-89, 4-11-90, 7-1-92, 8-23-92, 4-20-93, 7-1-94, 9-15-94, 4-1-96, 7-1-98, 10-20-98, Formerly 39-23.005, Amended 7-1-00, 7-1-01, 7-1-04, 7-1-05, 7-1-06, 7-1-08, 7-1-11, 5-22-13, 9-9-13, 11-26-14, 7-1-16.

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Orion
Why does the Fwc write tickets to a boat with over 100 fish for 2 fishermen and take fish with them?
Your info is wrong in FL

You can not have over limit in boat, you can have a cooler with possession limit heading home. You can not have possession limit in livewell. Alive is considered days catch. Can have a limit in cooler on ice and a limit in livewell. Processed cleaned and frozen does not apply to possession limit unless you transport again. This is where people get tied up is vacationing for a few weeks and loading a freezer and then transporting in RV home. Once the fish become mobile again possession limit applies.

I'm not going to get into a pissing match on here over this, but I can assure you that cleaned fish in your freezer at home do not count against your possession limit.

I worked offshore for years and had FWC on the boat with us more times than I can remember.

We can argue what the intent of the word "possession" means, but for the intent and purposes of these rules, it means whole, unprocessed fish or game.

There fore the 25 crappies in the cooler in your truck and the 25 in the live well works if you didn't catch the 25 in the cooler the same day. This maybe this way because people take weekend trips. I am not going to worry about it I don't keep them anyway and T_om only keeps 7 or 8 all above 11".