Thread: Crankfest 2018 Clarification

I, for one, would never intentionally break any game laws and I haven't kept a single fish under 12 1/4" for tha reason, however I think that our wildlife officials should know that a fish measuring over 12" when caught is gonna shrink when put on ice. They know that a fish on ice that measures 11 31/32" had to be over 12" when caught therefore was a legal fish when boxed. Ticketing a fisherman for that fish seems immoral and dishonest to me. If the Court judge fines a fisherman hundreds of dollars for an iced fish that measures that close to 12" , in my opinion, that judge and the warden issuing that ticket are involved in racketeering and are stealing hard earned money from the taxpayers and something should be done about that...... Just my opinion....

Working on this as we type, our justice court judges in Yalobusha county want to see it first hand, when crankfest is over we will video it happening, measure the fish each 30 minutes

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I think it’s the responsibility of the fisherman to Know that the fish will shrink when put on ice. No way to police every situation at the public’s expense. If YOU know the fish will shrink below the legal length limit, Put It Back In The Lake!! Problem solved. You can’t have a law for Livewell fish and one for iced fish. SMH


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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I think it’s the responsibility of the fisherman to Know that the fish will shrink when put on ice. No way to police every situation at the public’s expense. If YOU know the fish will shrink below the legal length limit, Put It Back In The Lake!! Problem solved. You can’t have a law for Livewell fish and one for iced fish. SMH


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Completely agree, I prefer 12 1/2 no matter if there going on ice or in the live well just to be safe. I don't see anything unfair about being ticketed for a 12" fish when the law clearly states the fish have to be above 12 inches.

12 1/2 is my keeper size, too.....unless I'm fixing to head in, then might be a tad shorter.

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And don't use one of those EZ Checkers by Frabill

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Not really talking about semi- pros like all you geezers here but what about that family Guy that gets a chance to fish once or twice a year and wants enough fish to feed his family so he keeps all the fish he measures over 12", not really knowing about ice shrinkage. Them he gets hit with a huge fine thinking all the time he was legal?

Originally Posted by deltabull

Not really talking about semi- pros like all you geezers here but what about that family Guy that gets a chance to fish once or twice a year and wants enough fish to feed his family so he keeps all the fish he measures over 12", not really knowing about ice shrinkage. Them he gets hit with a huge fine thinking all the time he was legal?

Well, db, the law is the law, and unfortunately we can't change that. I refer back to BRM's post above. No offense intended. What that fisherman you speak of has to ask himself Is It Worth the Risk!