Rod and all, Out of curiosity and wanting a difinitive answer, I called our Game and Fish warden's office and talked with an officer. In Wyoming, at least, you can still keep fishing C&R if you have your bag limit for the day in possession. I've kept gill-hooked fish for dinner and kept right on C&R fishing, although there is a one-fish limit where I fish.
I'd be curious if other states have the same law or say you have to quit fishing. Here, the bag limit is 'in possession', which means it can be cumulative over many days- say, if you're camping and hadn't eaten your catch, but it's in the cooler. (A 6 fish (daily) limit would be all you can possess per license.) So even though you can't keep any more fish, you can still C&R for the meantime until you eat your fish (your vacation fishing time). This also keeps people from stocking up their freezers with fresh fish because the older fish are freezer-burned from siting in there too long. It also keeps poachers from having huge quantities of fish that they say they caught over time. I'd be curious as to the rules of other states. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Barilleaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Any More Bream Flyfishers here??? The San Juan River, for example, does have a "Daily Bag Limit" of one fish, 20 inches or better, per day... But what happens when their clients catch that 20" or better fish and keep it??... They're done for the day... Rodney...
