New ODW fishing regulations

[dennishoddy]

That would be my guess. Illegal to use game fish as bait.

Not illegal to use game fish as bait.
If you throw net a crappie, it cannot be kept and has to be returned to the water.
If you catch a crappie on hook and line, it's legal to use as cut bait.

 

[Seansworth]

Not illegal to use game fish as bait.
If you throw net a crappie, it cannot be kept and has to be returned to the water.
If you catch a crappie on hook and line, it's legal to use as cut bait.

But then you would be in possession of a game fish that has had its head or tail removed while actively engaged in fishing... I have been looking for a definitive answer on how this new regulation works and I can't figure it out.

 

[dennishoddy]

But then you would be in possession of a game fish that has had its head or tail removed while actively engaged in fishing... I have been looking for a definitive answer on how this new regulation works and I can't figure it out.

With the new regs it appears so, which would put it in conflict with what is still legal in the same regulations.

 

[120 Acres]

Not illegal to use game fish as bait.
If you throw net a crappie, it cannot be kept and has to be returned to the water.
If you catch a crappie on hook and line, it's legal to use as cut bait.

I guess so. I was thinking of Arkansas and figured it was the same anywhere.

I know of some guides that got into some big trouble using small rainbow trout to catch giant stripers on Lake Hamilton.

 

[fishfurlife]

Just for clarification. This law is only in effect below Corp dams. This law has no bearing on municipal, state, or other owned lakes.

 

[chazroh]

This is dumb. so four guys go sand bass fishing in a boat, only one can use the livewell and others have to have baskets hanging off the boat.