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Originally Posted by jaycee
Went to see the trout today at Nice Mill. A fun time and lots of fisherpeople. I was not one of them.
A man with Masonic Lodge he said was there with a large cooler collecting fish for the Room In The Inn. He was taking all trout given to him. One man gave him a limit and started back fishng.
What is your opinion of this? Possession limit etc. Something does not seem right even though the fish go to a good cause.
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I have experience with this. A lot of you know I give a lot of my fish away to the Senior Citizen Center here and have been doing so for years. But before I did that I checked with TWRA as to what I could and could not do. Many times coming from Pickwick in the Spring I would have 2 Stripers....15 White Bass...less than a limit of Crappie and maybe 50 or more Gills. I was giving these whole fish to a man who had a fishing license. The way it was explained to me is that they are my fish and I can do as I please with them...with some exceptions. I can't keep anymore fish than what the legal limit is....meaning I can't give someone a limit of crappie and the same day get myself a limit. As for trout I don't ever bring trout home. But I have caught and given trout to a person fishing next to. But I would ask to see the guys trout stamp...and I would give him what the legal limit was and I told him no more and I did not want to see him trying to keep anymore. I have had many guys come up to me when they see me giving one man a limit of trout and they ask me for a limit...I tell them no. They sometimes get angry as I tell them I have kept all the fish allowed by law...even though I gave them away....I can't keep anymore fish that day. A lot don't understand that part of the law. So the guy that was collecting the fish is technically breaking game laws. The guy could have taken 7 trout....or what the legal limit is.....from the river bank if he had a license and trout stamp...and that is it. Now if you want to clean fish and give them to anyone that is your right also...but possession limits still apply. I confirmed my info...when originally given to me by TWRA on the phone......with several TWRA officers I know.
Regards