Long Range Fish Report
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Fish Report for 4-25-2010
If I catch my limit of the fish I'm fishing for, can I continue fishing catch-and-release?-(Michael
4-25-2010
Carrie Wilson
When fishing in freshwater, each person is allowed to take only
one daily bag limit per day. Once you catch your daily limit for a
species of fish, you are done fishing for that type of fish.
If you want to catch and release fish, you must do that before you take the last fish of the limit. If you want to give someone your fish, you may do so but those fish will still count toward your daily bag limit, and the person receiving the fish cannot have more than the legal limit in their possession either.
In addition, if you take an over-limit (for example, seven trout when the limit is five), and you give two to someone else, that person is now in possession of illegally taken fish and could be cited, too, even if they are not over their daily bag limit.
When fishing in the ocean, however, boat limits are allowed for anglers fishing from a boat. This means that all anglers can continue fishing until the total numbers of fish on the boat are equal to the total number of fish allowed for every angler, regardless of who actually caught each fish. Upon departing the boat, each passenger can only possess one daily bag limit.
If you want to catch and release fish, you must do that before you take the last fish of the limit. If you want to give someone your fish, you may do so but those fish will still count toward your daily bag limit, and the person receiving the fish cannot have more than the legal limit in their possession either.
In addition, if you take an over-limit (for example, seven trout when the limit is five), and you give two to someone else, that person is now in possession of illegally taken fish and could be cited, too, even if they are not over their daily bag limit.
When fishing in the ocean, however, boat limits are allowed for anglers fishing from a boat. This means that all anglers can continue fishing until the total numbers of fish on the boat are equal to the total number of fish allowed for every angler, regardless of who actually caught each fish. Upon departing the boat, each passenger can only possess one daily bag limit.
Carrie Wilson is a marine environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. While she cannot personally answer everyone’s questions, she will select a few to answer each week in this column. Please contact her at CalOutdoors@wildlife.ca.gov.
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