DonO, Personally if I was fishing the "lower, non-quality" water prior to fishing the "quality" water and had 4 fish in my creel, I'd stop at camp and drop those off... Because who's to say you "DIDN'T" catch those 4 in the "quality" water and then you'd get busted for keeping fish that was under the size limit of the "quality" water... But once you have that "daily bag limit" of 5 fish, you're done for the day, regardless, no can fish nowhere... Now there are ways to get around all this... For example, you fish in the morning, catch your "daily bag limit" of 5 fish, go back to camp, cook them up for Mom and the kids for lunch, then go back out and get another 5 for dinner... You have no fish in your possession when you go back out... Personally, I'm a C&R fisherman... Yes I'll keep one every once in awhile, because I love smoked fish... Put it in the freezer till I get a few nice ones, filet them up and then put them in my smoker... For example last week when I was up at the San Juan, I met acouple guides I know after the day of fishing, had a couple "cold ones" and I broke out the smoked salmon, cream cheese and crackers... It was quite a treat for everyone and it was great... Some of their "clients" REALLYBut I guess it's my ex-military background that I try my best to adhear to all rules and regulations... That way the next person can have just as much fun, or more then what I just experienced...
On 6/16/05, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rod, > > Thanks for the clarification. Same with Wyoming- rules change everywhere. > > So... > > In NM, on a stream with a five fish limit, you could have 4 in the creel and > then C&R and gamble on that last trout going into the possession limit. > > On a stream (or in a section of a stream) with a one-fish limit, it's keep > it and stop fishing, or release it and keep fishing. Or move into another > area with a higher limit. > > OK, so now... > > On the SJR, can you move into the quality waters with your creel of 4 fish > (from below the 4.5 mile marker) and catch that last fish in the 1-fish > quality waters? Or can you have 5 fish in your creel (from the low-quality > area) and move up into the C&R only section? Do you have to take all fish > to camp before you can move up-river? > > Nitpicky in Wyoming, > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodney Barilleaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:06 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Any More Bream?... Now C&R Rules > > > DonO and all, > I checked out the regulations from the New Mexico Game and Fish and > they said the following: > > There is a "Daily Bag Limit" of 5 "Trout" in any combination of Brown, > Rainbow, Cutthroat, Brook, Lake Trout and Kokanee Salmon, with the > exception of Cutthroat Trout... Only 2 Cutthroat Trout may be > included in the "Limit" and that includes "Daily Bag Limit" AND > "Possession Limit"... Once a daily bag limit of 5 fish are aquired, > you must STOP fishing... There is no C&R fishing allowed once your > daily bag limit is aquired... There is a "Possession Limit" of twice > the daily bag limit... That includes what you have in your camp, your > camper and ALSO includes what you have at your home in your freezer... > > Now in areas of what's called "Quality Waters", there are "Special > Regulations"... For example the San Juan River: The first quarter > mile below the Navajo Dam is C&R only... The next 4.25 miles is > considered "Special Trout Waters", (no bait fishing, live or > artificial, and single, barbless hooks only), where you may only keep > one, (1), fish, "Daily Bag Limit", which has to be 20 inches or > better, and you MUST STOP fishing once that "Dialy Bag Limit" is > aquired... BUT, you may fish the "Non-Quality Waters" below that 4.5 > mile marker and the fish that was aquired in the "Quality Waters" > counts towords your "Daily and Possession Limit"... > > New Mexico is really weird and you really have to read up on where > you're going to be fishing because different areas in New Mexico have > different regulations and that includes "warm water fishing", (Black > Bass, Catfish, Crappie, Stripped Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Tiger > Muskie, White Bass, Bluegill, Sunfish and Perch)... > > Rodney... ;-) > > > > On 6/15/05, DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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... > > > > > > > > > > > > >
