Thread: do fish have to be keep separate when two or more people are fishing in same boat

Originally Posted by mildot1

Show me the tagging of a pole in the game regs please.
I am going to call that a falsehood until shown.

Mildot

A sport fishing license entitles an angler to harvest fish, crayfish, turtles or bullfrogs within limits denoted in the Statewide Harvest and Size Limits Table, except for endangered and threatened aquatic life. It is unlawful to sell any aquatic life, or parts thereof, taken by a sport fishing license. Aquatic life may be taken by hand or other legal devices permitted by the sport fishing license which includes: pole and line, bank pole and line, dip net throw line, trot line, buoyed device (jug fishing), or other legal devices not exceeding 50 hooks Two untagged sport fishing devices are allowed; each device in excess of two must be tagged with the angler’s name and address. If attached to a tree, the device must be attached only to the main trunk below the water line. All unattended devices must be marked with the angler’s name and address.

There seems to be some conflicting information in the 2016 regulations ..... I found the same thing clfarms1 posted above.....
But they also have this information in the same document.

TROLLING
Trolling is permissible, provided the angler has not more than three poles and lines with not more than two hooks or lures on each.

Originally Posted by BobB

There seems to be some conflicting information in the 2016 regulations ..... I found the same thing clfarms1 posted above.....
But they also have this information in the same document.

TROLLING
Trolling is permissible, provided the angler has not more than three poles and lines with not more than two hooks or lures on each.

You can only use 3 poles for trolling on lakes that don't have a 2 pole limit. That is basically the corp lakes as most every other one has the 2 pole limit

It kind of seems like the "fishing devices" that must be labeled don't include fishing rods since they aren't listed the list of devices in that paragraph.

ON WATERS WITHOUT THE TWO POLES AND LINES FISHING ONLY
restriction, up to 50 hooks in total may be used legally on devices permittedunder a sport fishing license. Legal devices include: bank poles and lines,dip nets, throw lines, trot lines, buoyed devices (jug fishing), gigs, spears,bow and arrow, and bow and arrow devices. No more than two untaggedsport fishing devices (no more than 50 hooks total) under the angler’s immediatecontrol are allowed. Each legal device more than two, up to 50 hookstotal, must be tagged with the angler’s name and address. If attached to atree, the device must be attached to the main trunk below the water line.

Clear as mud...

Originally Posted by BobB

It kind of seems like the "fishing devices" that must be labeled don't include fishing rods since they aren't listed the list of devices in that paragraph.

ON WATERS WITHOUT THE TWO POLES AND LINES FISHING ONLY
restriction, up to 50 hooks in total may be used legally on devices permittedunder a sport fishing license. Legal devices include: bank poles and lines,dip nets, throw lines, trot lines, buoyed devices (jug fishing), gigs, spears,bow and arrow, and bow and arrow devices. No more than two untaggedsport fishing devices (no more than 50 hooks total) under the angler’s immediatecontrol are allowed. Each legal device more than two, up to 50 hookstotal, must be tagged with the angler’s name and address. If attached to atree, the device must be attached to the main trunk below the water line.

Clear as mud...

It is, look at my post above it says it right in there

Originally Posted by clfarms1

You can only use 3 poles for trolling on lakes that don't have a 2 pole limit. That is basically the corp lakes as most every other one has the 2 pole limit

It makes no mention of that in this document ... just a flat statement about trolling....on page 7

https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/fishing...nformation.pdf

Page 7 under sportsfishing license

The other thing I noticed is that it said ..."(unattended) devices must be labeled" in that original post